SHARE Cancer Support

ChineseSHARE Outreach Ambassador 

Mission and History

SHARE is a 46-year-old survivor-led organization based in New York City that provides support, information, and resources to women affected by breast, ovarian, uterine, cervical, and metastatic breast cancer. Our mission is to help women and their families address the emotional and practical issues that arise from a cancer diagnosis and to provide the support these women need to feel less isolated, better informed, and more empowered as health care consumers. Approximately 300,000 times each year, SHARE programs touch women and families affected by these cancers, as well as members of the general public, through support groups, helplines, education programs, and outreach initiatives. 

Making targeted efforts to reach all women who may be or are affected by these cancers, SHARE places a special emphasis on partnerships and programming for women from medically underserved communities. Through the Ambassador Program, SHARE expressly serves women of color, with a focus on low-income and immigrant women in all five boroughs of New York City, and in communities across the nation. 

The Position 

SHARE’s Ambassador Program is a grassroots community organizing effort designed to reach out to women in medically underserved communities throughout NYC and reduce outcome disparities in patients with breast or gynecological cancers through education and support initiatives, as well as to reach women pre-diagnosis. SHARE Ambassadors reach thousands of women in underserved African American and Latina communities, and will now expand its reach to the Chinese American community in NYC.

Location: Willing to travel within NYC, especially Chinese community areas in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens

Schedule: Part-time, hourly-paid 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Recommend outreach partners (e.g., community organizations, associations, faith-based institutions) to distribute informational packets within the Chinese American communities. 
• Outreach to community partners and introduces SHARE’s services and information packets (including information brochures in Chinese and/or English).
• Represent SHARE at public events, communicate SHARE’s mission/programs/services and disseminate information regarding risks, risk factors, screening, symptoms, treatments and survivor stories. Set up and breakdown resource tables.
• Delivers educational presentations in teams of two in medically underserved communities. 
• Tracks participation and submits reports/feedback to ChineseSHARE Director or Coordinator. 
• Attend SHARE trainings and meetings as requested. 

Qualifications:

• Demonstrate enthusiasm or experience with SHARE Cancer Support’s mission, programs or services. 
• Working knowledge of or participation in Chinese community organizations/events. 
• Bilingual English and Mandarin or Cantonese required. Ability to read Traditional or Simplified Chinese, a plus. 
• Willingness to learn about breast and gynecological cancers, and their impact on Asian American/Chinese American women and their families.
• Strong communication and presentation skills. 
• Courteous to the public and community partners; empathetic to individual and community needs. 
• Punctuality and reliability. 
• Must present a professional appearance. 
• Basic computer skills. 

SHARE Cancer Support is an Equal Opportunity Employer