Data Entry Associate

Core responsibilities:

• Enter service delivery, enrollment, and outreach data into contracting databases and other systems as required
• Work with the Managing Director and Harm Reduction Services staff to identify issues with documentation and data submissions, troubleshoot problems, recommend solutions, and oversee needed corrections efforts
• Assist in the development and/or modification of data collection instruments as necessary in collaboration with the Managing Director of Harm Reduction Services
• Maintain participant confidentiality at all times as per VOCAL-NY policies and procedures

This role supports harm reduction services that save or improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness by ensuring accurate data collection and quality assurance for critical community services.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Strong understanding of harm reduction and past experience providing low-threshold services to active drug users
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively, give & receive feedback, and build working relationships with people from all walks of life
• Strong computer and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, problem solving, and data management skills
• Ability to work independently

This position is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit, and specific employment terms and conditions are subject to collective bargaining. No salary or additional benefits information is provided in the posting.

VOCAL-NY is a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness to create healthy and just communities through community organizing, leadership development, advocacy, direct services, participatory research and direct action.