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Job
Listing:
Pennsylvania
Coalition
to
Save
Lives
Now
8/11/00
The Pennsylvania Coalition
to Save Lives Now (PACSLN) is seeking a Project Manager to:
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Build an effective statewide
program facilitating and supporting effective prevention and harm reduction
efforts directed towards the health risks of injection drug use, including
HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other bloodborne pathogens.
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Educate and motivate Pennsylvania
policy makers, pharmacy associations and others about the public health
benefits of making clean syringes available to IDUs and other harm reduction
and prevention interventions.
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Develop relationships with community
resources working towards harm reduction/syringe exchange programming.
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Organize to build and coordinate
community support for access to clean syringes and harm reduction within
PA.
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Provide technical assistance
and serve as a resource for information and advice to grassroots community
workers throughout Pennsylvania, assisting them in launching and maintaining
regional syringe exchange and harm reduction programs based on best practice
models.
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Help create a framework for
education to clinicians on the benefits of dispensing syringes to IDUs.
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Coordinate and attend Steering
Committee meetings.
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Other duties, as assigned.
Requirements include drive,
determination and commitment. Experience working with people with
HIV and/or IDUs is useful, as is a Bachelor's degree in related discipline,
but any comparable experience will be considered. Graduate degree
highly desirable. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
is essential. Candidate must possess a current Pennsylvania driver's
license and have access to an automobile.
The job is part time, approximately
25 hours/week, and is supervised by the Chair of the Steering Committee.
PACSLN is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minority candidates
and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. (AA/EOE/M/F/D/V)
Starting date ASAP, competitive salary, per experience.
Please send resumes or CV
along with a letter of interest to: PACSLN Search Committee, c/o
PCASO, 624 West Lincoln Highway, Exton, PA 19341. No phone calls.
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Issue #149, 8/11/00
Marijuana Spraying Kills One, Sickens Hundreds, Mexican Villagers Report | Ecstasy Panic Spreads, Draconian New Laws Claim First Victims | Interview with DanceSafe's Emanuel Sferios | New Mexico Courts Face Consequences of Asset Forfeiture Double Jeopardy Ruling | California Medical Marijuana Fight Continues | Trial for Former Gubernatorial Candidate to Resume Next Week | How Many Drug Offenders Behind Bars: New York Times Distorts the Numbers | Drug Testing on the Job Loses Popularity, Tight Labor Market Cited | Job Listing: Pennsylvania Coalition to Save Lives Now | AlertS: Colombia, Mandatory Minimums, California, New York | HEA Campaign | Event Calendar | Editorial: America Needs Its Drug Users
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