[Viva] Fwd: Please share - Peer Worker job description for Vancouver

[Kath Webster]

I was hoping you might apply Tami  !  Crossing fingers for you!

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> On Apr 7, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Tami Starlight <tamistarlight at gmail.com> wrote:
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> oooo yea.
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> applied. so fits in with my lived experience and living philosophy. 
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> hiy hiy/thank you for forwarding kath. 
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> Hiy Hiy/Thank you/Merci
> Tami M. Starlight
> Unceded & occupied Coast Salish Territory
> Vancouver, Canada
> tamistarlight at gmail.com
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> https://www.facebook.com/tami.smashtheoppressions
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> http://theantioppressionnetwork.wordpress.com
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>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Kath Webster <kathwebster at shaw.ca> wrote:
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>>> Hello !
>>> 
>>>  
>>> The Trans Priorities Project is looking for a part-time peer worker for Vancouver. This is a 5 week position. I am hoping you can share the information with your networks. We are seeking a trans woman for this role (please see below for more info).
>>>  
>>> The posting is below and the application form is attached.
>>>  
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Zack
>>>  
>>> Zack Marshall
>>> -------------------------
>>> 
>>> Vancouver Peer Worker Job Description
>>>  
>>> The Trans Priorities Project: Cross Country Trans Women and HIV Research Priority Setting aims to bring together trans women affected by HIV across Canada to discuss issues important to ourselves and our communities and determine the priorities for future research and action.
>>> 
>>> A Peer Worker will be hired in Vancouver to help recruit trans women* most affected by HIV to participate in research. The Peer Worker will also help out with logistics in terms of organizing and publicizing focus group. We welcome and encourage applicants who; have a history of current or former sex work; are Indigenous, Aboriginal, Métis, First Nations, are racialized, Black, African, Caribbean and/or members of migrant communities; have experienced poverty; are affected by HIV; live with any type of immigration status, including non status to apply. Compensation is $750, approximately 6 hours per week for 5 weeks at $25/hour. These hours are flexible and can be worked on evenings or weekends, as fits with applicants schedule. Worker can be paid by cash or cheque as preferred. 
>>>  
>>> Position starts immediately and ends on May 9th, 2016. 
>>>  
>>> Qualifications include:
>>> -community connections to trans women affected by HIV
>>> -lived experience that directly relates to the research project
>>> -communication skills
>>> -regular access to phone and e-mail
>>> -experience working with trans women affected by HIV
>>>  
>>> Responsibilities include:
>>> -recruiting 8 trans women most affected by HIV for participation in focus groups and interviews
>>> -regular communication with Research Coordinator
>>> -attendance at (not participation in) the focus groups
>>> -communicating access needs of participants to Research Coordinator
>>> -securing an appropriate space for the focus group
>>> -helping with securing space for interviews
>>> -help organizing food for focus groups
>>> 
>>> If interested please complete the included job application and e-mail it to transhivresearch at gmail.com with 'Peer Worker -Vancouver-' in the subject line by April 8th, 2016.
>>>  
>>> If you have questions or would like assistance with the job application, or you would like to complete this application over the phone, please don't hesitate to contact Kit Wilson-Yang at transhivresearch at gmail.com to set up a time.
>>> 
>>> The Trans Priorities Project: Cross Country Trans Women and HIV Research Priority Setting, seeks to bring together trans women* to identify our priorities for research around HIV. We will be holding community-led consultations in five cities, bringing together local trans women most affected by HIV to discuss their experiences and research priorities. We are a team of trans people who are researchers and community leaders with experience in the field of HIV. Most of us are trans women, with experience as sex workers, front-line community workers, and HIV researchers. We are a mix of HIV positive and negative folks.
>>> 
>>> For more information visit: www.reachprogramscience.ca/trans-priorities-project
>>> * We recognize that trans women is a broad term. This project is open to Two Spirit people, transsexual women, transgender women, genderqueer people who may have been male assigned at birth, intersex people who may identify as trans women, and people who may be identified as trans women.
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