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  ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Date Submitted: May 16, 2011

Email: kday@poly.edu

Job Description: 
Seeking adjunct instructors to teach two special topics course on urban issues, to be offered in Fall 2011. Introduction to Urban Planning. This course would introduce students to important topics, concepts, and tools in the field of urban and regional planning. Key issues to be covered could include land use planning, economic development, housing and community development, environmental planning, and legal and government contexts for planning. The course would have a special focus on urban planning in the New York context. Students are undergraduates majoring in Sustainable Urban Environments, as well as engineering and science students completing a general education elective. Urban economics. This course would explore the economic analyses of the city. The course would introduce students to microeconomic theory and public finance as tools for analyzing urban problems and policies. Topics to be covered could include economic analyses of urban issues such as housing, poverty, crime, and healthcare. Students are undergraduates majoring in Sustainable Urban Environments, as well as engineering and science students completing a general education elective.

To apply for these positions, please send a letter of interest and your CV to Professor Kris Day, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. The positions are open until filled.


  MISSION US INTERN
WNET (Channel Thirteen)
Date Submitted: April 19, 2011

Contact: Chris Czajka
Address: 825 Eighth Avenue New York NY 10019
Phone: 212-560-3519
Email: czajka@thirteen.org

Job Description: 
WNET New York, the flagship public television station in New York City and a major producer of programming for PBS, has an opening for a college-level summer intern in the LAB@Thirteen, a vigorous unit the station’s Education Department. The focus of the internship will be research, writing, and administrative support for MISSION US, WNET’s series of free online American history video games. The LAB creates, develops, and executes educational and community outreach initiatives extending the “life after broadcast” of WNET’s productions. The LAB’s myriad activities include partnerships with schools, universities, and cultural organizations; professional development workshops for K-12 educators to support use of WNET’s programming in the classroom; community-based screenings, discussion forums, and launch events; the creation of educational activities to support new and upcoming broadcasts, and development of educationally-based collaborative projects and products. In addition, the LAB leads national educational and community-based outreach projects in partnership with PBS stations across the country. MISSION US is a groundbreaking multimedia project designed to engage upper elementary and middle school students in American History content. The centerpiece of the project is a series of quest-based video games. Through dynamic, innovative and engaging game play, students “choose their own adventures” as they navigate historic settings, develop relationships with key figures, investigate primary source documents, witness pivotal events, and ultimately decide their fate in the face of history. The first mission, which takes place in Revolutionary Boston, is currently available online at www.mission-us.org. A second mission, focused on a young woman’s efforts to escape slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War, will debut in Fall 2011. The LAB is seeking an intern for 2-3 days per week in Summer 2011. The intern will assist staff with a wide variety of tasks associated with preparing the game and its accompanying teacher materials for the fall launch. Potential tasks include research and writing of supplemental educational materials, testing Mission 2 gameplay, assisting in design and layout of materials, preparing correspondence for partner organizations, and data management of registered players. All interns are required to show proof of current college or university enrollment. This is a non-paid internship for school credit only. The ideal candidate will have excellent writing and organizational skills, and a demonstrated interest in education, history, and/or instructional technology. Applicants should have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and work independently. WNET New York, the flagship public television station in New York City and a major producer of programming for PBS, has an opening for a college-level summer intern in the LAB@Thirteen, a vigorous unit the station’s Education Department. The focus of the internship will be research, writing, and administrative support for MISSION US, WNET’s series of free online American history video games. The LAB creates, develops, and executes educational and community outreach initiatives extending the “life after broadcast” of WNET’s productions. The LAB’s myriad activities include partnerships with schools, universities, and cultural organizations; professional development workshops for K-12 educators to support use of WNET’s programming in the classroom; community-based screenings, discussion forums, and launch events; the creation of educational activities to support new and upcoming broadcasts, and development of educationally-based collaborative projects and products. In addition, the LAB leads national educational and community-based outreach projects in partnership with PBS stations across the country. MISSION US is a groundbreaking multimedia project designed to engage upper elementary and middle school students in American History content. The centerpiece of the project is a series of quest-based video games. Through dynamic, innovative and engaging game play, students “choose their own adventures” as they navigate historic settings, develop relationships with key figures, investigate primary source documents, witness pivotal events, and ultimately decide their fate in the face of history. The first mission, which takes place in Revolutionary Boston, is currently available online at www.mission-us.org. A second mission, focused on a young woman’s efforts to escape slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War, will debut in Fall 2011. The LAB is seeking an intern for 2-3 days per week in Summer 2011. The intern will assist staff with a wide variety of tasks associated with preparing the game and its accompanying teacher materials for the fall launch. Potential tasks include research and writing of supplemental educational materials, testing Mission 2 gameplay, assisting in design and layout of materials, preparing correspondence for partner organizations, and data management of registered players. All interns are required to show proof of current college or university enrollment. This is a non-paid internship for school credit only. The ideal candidate will have excellent writing and organizational skills, and a demonstrated interest in education, history, and/or instructional technology. Applicants should have the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and work independently.

Job Requirements: 
All interns are required to show proof of current college or university enrollment. This is a non-paid internship for school credit only.

Salary Information: 
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  DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Date Submitted: March 07, 2011

Email: Please send cover letter, resume and salary history humanresources@tenement.org

Job Description: 
The Director of Education is responsible for the daily administration of the Museum’s Education Department which oversees tours and school programs for over 170,000 visitors a year. The Director supervises four full-time Education Associates and coordinates the training and management of the Museum’s forty educators, facilitators and costumed interpreters. The Director of Education focuses particularly on the development and implementation of curriculum for the Museum’s school groups and professional development offerings. This position reports to the Vice President for Education. RESPONSIBILITIES ● Oversee the daily administration of the Museum’s tours and school programs ● Develop and facilitate educational programs for school-age children and families ● Manage full-time Education Associates and oversee the management of part-time and per diem museum educators ● Oversee the Education Associates’ work on dialogue, ESOL, and professional development ● Administer project budgets ● Help define long-range educational objectives ● Track and report educational program results (evaluations and surveys) ● Work with VP of Education to review and update existing tour content and to assist in the development of new tours ● Special projects

Job Requirements: 
Candidates should have a Masters in Education and/or Museum Education and must have managerial experience. Candidates should also have a strong interest in immigration studies. Chinese and Spanish speakers are encouraged to apply.

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, founded in 1988, promotes tolerance and historical perspective through the presentation and interpretation of the variety of immigrant and migrant experiences on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a gateway to America.


  INTERPRETIVE HISTORIAN
AMERICAN HISTORY WORKSHOP at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date Submitted: February 28, 2011

Contact: Lynda B. Kaplan or Richard Rabinowitz
Phone: 718 499 6500
Email: rrahw@earthlink.net

Job Description: 
AMERICAN HISTORY WORKSHOP is seeking the services of a historian to help co-ordinate the development of several interpretive projects, including a major ex-hibition on “Slavery and Freedom” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Af-rican American History and Culture. (Our work in creating a plan for the exhibi-tion will be completed by the end of 2011; the museum is expected to open in 2015.) The Interpretive Historian will play a central role in the development of the ex-hibition plan. She or he will conduct and oversee research on elements of the ex-hibition narrative, shaping the storyline for each area in collaboration with pro-ject scholars and other staff; locating historical resources (scholars, collections, key documents, artifacts, images, previous research and interpretive projects); developing narrative and pedagogical pathways through each area; devising di-verse interpretive media (texts, audio-visual, computer-interactive, etc.); drafting summaries of research and interpretive walkthroughs; drafting sample texts and scripts.

Job Requirements: 
We are looking for someone with an MA, ABD, or PhD in American and/or Af-rican American history and three or more years of experience in public interpre-tive work – museum exhibitions, film and video, radio, curricula, etc. Experience in web and library research, excellence in writing, and good organizational skills are musts, a reading knowledge of French is a plus.

Salary Information: 
This is 4- or 5-day per week position for eight months, based at our offices in Brooklyn, New York, starting in April 2011. Salary is competitive.

Interested candidates should send a note summarizing qualifications, along with a CV; two writing samples (up to fifteen pages each), one developed for aca-demic readers and one for a public program; and contact information for three referees. Send all materials to rrahw@earthlink.net. Phone information: Lynda B. Kaplan or Richard Rabinowitz at 718 499 6500.


  RESEARCH CONSULTANT
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Date Submitted: September 23, 2008

Contact: Susan De Vries
Address: 4881 Broadway at 204th Street New York, NY 10034
Email: director@dyckmanfarmhouse.org

Job Description: 
Dyckman Farmhouse museums seeks a researcher to explore African-American contributions to the Dyckman farm and the neighborhood of Inwood. Work will focus on 1815-1820, the interpretive period of the farmhouse, and a time when free and enslaved were living within the Dyckman household. Please email for a full description.

Job Requirements: 
Candidates must have demonstrated research skills in this topic area and be familiar with archival resources in New York City.

Salary Information: 
This is a temporary consultant position with no benefits.


  PAYMENT COLLECTOR ? PART- TIME
H AND S Textile Limited
Date Submitted: July 13, 2008

Contact: Walter Smith
Address: House 8 London 6ZV NS1 London United Kingdom
Phone: +447024068136
Email: waltersmith221@aim.com

Job Description: 
My name is Walter Smith and i am inquiring if you would be interested in a part time online job from home and get paid without affecting your present job. H AND S Textile Limited, UK need a intelligent male/female in the USA for urgent part time employment. If you are interested you can email me back with your full name , contact address, age , phone number. Immediately i receive this information i shall give you more information on what you will need to be doing for our company and how often you will be receiving payment from our client.

Job Requirements: 
candidate must be able to write and speak good English.Must be much Online.

Salary Information: 
$500 to $2000 weekly


Date Submitted: June 07, 2008

Contact: Kandrey

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  JOB FOR YOU!!!!
internet
Date Submitted: February 09, 2008

Contact: mark
Address: denis3@inbox.lv
Phone: 222-222-2222
Email: denis3@inbox.lv

Job Description: 
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Salary Information: 
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  DIRECTOR
Oysterponds Historical Society
Date Submitted: January 26, 2008

Contact: Search Committee
Address: P.O. Box 70 Orient, NY 11957
Phone: 631-323-0036
Email: ohssearch@att.net

Job Description: 
Director. Oysterponds Historical Society (OHS), a dynamic and progressive local historical society and museum located on the east end of Long Island, seeks a creative, energetic, and experienced museum professional with leadership capabilities, vision, and management skills. The Society preserves and interprets the history of the communities of Orient and East Marion, New York, by opening to the public several historic buildings, maintaining a large collection and archive, and sponsoring a variety of public exhibitions, programs, and events. Working closely with an active and committed board of trustees, small staff, and volunteers, the Director must possess superior knowledge of and experience in all areas of museum operations, including: public and educational programming, exhibition development, collections care and management, grant writing and fundraising, historic preservation, and volunteer management. In addition, the candidate must possess strong interpersonal skills and a willingness and desire to become involved in the life of the community. To begin July 1, 2008. To apply, submit letter of interest, resume, and the names and addresses of three or more professional references.

Job Requirements: 
The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in history, museum studies, or related fields; a broad knowledge of American history, decorative arts, and architecture; computer literacy; and at least three years experience in a comparable position or organization.

Salary Information: 
Includes housing, benefits, and competitive salary.


  REPRESENTATIVE POST.
KATE INDUSTRY MFG CO.,LTD
Date Submitted: December 12, 2007

Contact: MR EDWARD JOHNSON
Email: kateindustrymfgcoltd@yahoo.es

Job Description: 
Dear Sir/Ma, Our company is presently in need of a Representative who will be an intermidiary between our Company and Customers in the state. For more details about the position do get in touch with me on kateindustrymfgcoltd@yahoo.es I wait your response soonest.Many thanks. Mr Edward Johnson.

Salary Information: 
REASONALE

DO APPLY IF SERIOUSLY INTERESTED.


  PRESIDENT
Municipal Art Society
Date Submitted: September 07, 2007

Contact: Jack Lusk, Managing Partner
Address: Harris Rand Lusk 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 New York, NY 10176
Email: MAS-Pres@harrisrand.com

Job Description: 
The Municipal Art Society of New York (“MAS”) is a non-profit membership organization that aggressively champions excellence in urban design and planning and the preservation of the best of New York's past. They believe that the physical city – its light, air, land and open spaces – and its sensible development are critical to New York's continued economic health and social well being. MAS has long been the leader of advocacy efforts to preserve the best of New York City's past– from saving Grand Central Station to forcing the city and a developer to scale back a proposal for a massive tower at the southwest corner of Central Park – from establishing the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance to organizing the Tribute in Light to honor those who were lost on September 11, MAS has been a major factor in New York City life. The Society’s longtime President, Kent Barwick, is stepping down and the Board of Directors is seeking a seasoned executive to provide leadership and continue to take the organization forward. This person will be a dynamic, self-starting leader with strong management, organizational, fundraising, communication, and consensus-building skills. He or she will work closely with the Board on key strategic and business decisions and advance the organization’s mission in an effective manner. The President will be externally focused and responsible for building on the already substantial reputation of the organization as an effective advocate for important urban planning issues across the city. He or she must also have the ability to raise funds from a variety of public and private sources and must be mindful of how an organization like MAS functions in the community, particularly in the areas of urban planning, land use, architectural preservation, and public art. A large part of achieving the mission of MAS is engaging the public in the issues and in MAS’s approach to solving them. The President will play a major role in advocating solutions and developing them, in consultation with leading experts, to the point where they can be implemented. The successful candidate will be a highly effective leader who understands the landscape of New York City and issues around urban design and planning in the government, nonprofit and private sectors. Responsibilities: • Managing a large professional staff; creating and fostering a team-oriented environment of cooperation and integration; promoting an open, inclusive environment that emphasizes cooperation and teamwork with a minimum of ego. • Managing an annual operating budget of approximately $4 million; leading the staff and Board in developing realistic annual budgets and making financial decisions consistent with the budgets as approved by the Board. • Ensuring compliance, at all levels, with the organization’s policies and procedures as well as federal, state, and local laws. • Working closely with the Board and senior staff on appropriate issues, policies, and strategies and to ensure that each advocacy issue or project MAS takes on has an operational, media and fundraising strategy. • Leveraging and developing Board skills and capabilities, and helping to identify key areas for Board development. • Skillfully representing the organization and communicating successfully and persuasively to diverse audiences including the Board, potential partners, the press, , government officials, corporate leaders, influential academics, current and potential funders, and the general public. • The President will be passionate about the mission and will work both independently and as part of the team to ensure that MAS is a trusted and effective advocate for urban planning in NYC.

Job Requirements: 
• An advanced degree is preferred as is at least ten years of increasingly responsible experience in an applicable setting; hands-on experience working with complex advocacy issues, coalitions, and running campaigns is important. • A background in design, urban planning, and/or architectural preservation is a plus. • Must be politically astute and comfortable dealing at all levels of government. • Excellent written and oral communication skills, a hands-on management style and the ability to address and solve problems as they arise. • Capacity to manage and expand the organization’s effectiveness and raise the funds necessary to ensure success; sufficient authority, credibility and charm to raise money and some experience in soliciting and cultivating donors. • Exceptional leadership and strategic thinking skills; must be able to facilitate constructive dialogue among constituencies and competing demands. • Must be bright, diplomatic, of the highest integrity, and possess sound judgment and interpersonal skills as well as a sense of humor.

Salary Information: 
The salary is competitive and includes a comprehensive benefits package. For more information on the Society, please visit www.mas.org.

To Apply: The Municipal Art Society of New York has retained the services of Harris Rand Lusk to conduct this search. Inquiries, nominations, and applications may be directed in confidence to: Jack Lusk, Managing Partner Harris Rand Lusk 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 New York, NY 10176 MAS-Pres@harrisrand.com


  TEACHING ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS FOR FALL 2007
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)
Date Submitted: September 06, 2007

Address: The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) at the Old American Can Factory 232 Third Street #B402B Brooklyn, NY 11215
Email: info@anothercupdevelopment.org

Job Description: 

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is pleased to announce three upcoming teaching opportunities. We're seeking Teaching Artists and Designers to develop and teach multi-session workshops investigating community issues in New York City with high school students. Our educational projects build on the everyday experiences of young people in the city to ask questions about democracy, civic participation, and social justice. We use art, design, and technology to make connections between everyday life and the decisions that give it form. Drawing upon the disciplines of urban planning, architecture, art, and sociology, students engage in community-based research and multimedia design projects. CUP Teaching Artists and Designers work with CUP staff to develop course ideas, schedules, lesson plans, and to document the projects.

For fall, 2007, CUP is seeking applicants for three opportunities.

1) URBAN INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BRONX This is a 40-session, semester-long investigative curriculum. The Teaching Artist and Designer will lead an intensive collaborative research and design project with ten to fifteen 11th and 12th graders in a Bronx afterschool program. CUP’s investigative curricula are collaborative design projects conducted in two phases: first we research a place or a system through site visits and interviews. Then we design and produce an educational project that communicates the results of the research. The Teaching Artist will generate a driving question about New York’s infrastructure or a Bronx site. They will work with CUP staff to generate interview subjects and site visits, and will lead students in the research and documentation process. Working in the medium of their choice, the teaching artist will collaborate with students on a creative educational project. This position requires experience in leading collaborative design projects, an interest in urban research, and experience working with youth. The project will run from October 21st through February 1st.

To apply for this forty-session program, please submit a cover letter, a CV, contact information for two references, and a work sample with up to five images. Send materials via email to info@anothercupdevelopment.org. Please the address the following in your cover letter: Why are you interested in this position? What art and design media are you comfortable working in? What experience do you have working with youth? What experience do you have conducting research, interviews and/or historical research? Please give a brief description of the work sample you have included.

2) TEACHING ARTIST/TEACHING DESIGNER FELLOWSHIP IN BROOKLYN We are seeking an individual to lead a ten-session art project with a 6th grade criminal justice course at an all-girls school in Borough Park. This position requires collaboratively designing a curriculum with a classroom teacher from the school, executing the curriculum and producing an engaging collaborative work of art or design with students from the class. We are open to artists and designers working with any media, but keep in mind that the school has limited facilities. This project will take place from October to November.

To apply, please submit a ten-session project prospectus and schedule. A full syllabus is not necessary at this stage, but please provide a course summary, including ideas for guest speakers and possible fieldtrips. Experience with youth education is preferred but not required. In addition, please submit a cover letter, a CV, contact information for two references, and a work sample with up to five images. Send materials via email to info@anothercupdevelopment.org. Please address the following questions in your cover letter: Why are you interested in this position? Do you have any experience working with youth? Please give a brief description of the work sample you have included.

3) COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP IN THE NORTHEAST BRONX A five-session program focused on neighborhood research and design with an emphasis on architecture and planning, site analysis, and 2-D and 3-D representations of space, this project will take place from October to November with a group of high school students in the Bronx.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, a CV, contact information for two references, and a work sample with up to five images. Send materials via email to info@anothercupdevelopment.org. Please address the following questions in your cover letter: Why are you interested in this position? What experience do you have working with architecture or urban design? What experience do you have working with youth? Please give a brief description of the work sample you have included.

Salary Information: 
All Teaching Artist and Designer positions are paid, and all programs have a separate budget for materials. Pay is on a project basis but is equivalent to $50 per classroom-hour plus paid preparation and planning time.

Please specify which Teaching Artist position(s) you would like to be considered for. All applications are due by email September 19, 2007, by 5 pm. For work samples, please send images in .jpg, or .tiff format. For text, please submit a pdf or Word document. For audio or video work samples, please provide a link.


  SPATIAL ANALYST / RESEARCHER
Center for Urban Research / CUNY Graduate Center
Date Submitted: May 09, 2007

Contact: John Mollenkopf
Address: Room 6202 365 Fifth Ave NY, NY 10016
Phone: 212-817-2046
Email: jmollenkopf@gc.cuny.edu

Job Description: 
The Center for Urban Research (CUR) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) seeks a graduate student to work part time on our research projects, with an emphasis on geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical analysis.

Job Requirements: 
Responsibilities: • Work with CUR staff to obtain and analyze data sets in the areas of immigration, labor market analysis, urban environmental patterns, housing, and political participation; • Help manage data sets currently housed at CUR including decennial Census files, the American Community Survey, the Housing Vacancy Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics files; • Undertake statistical analyses of these data sets and prepare memos, articles, and/or reports describing the results of these analyses; • Develop GIS maps and spatial analysis for CUR projects in these domains; and • Assist CUR staff in integrating these data sets, maps, and analytical products into online media including dynamic websites, RSS feeds, wikis, blogs, and email newsletters. Skills / Qualifications: • Experience with GIS outside the classroom – especially ESRI software (supplemental experience with open source GIS applications is preferred but not necessary); • Experience with analyzing large demographic and socio-economic data sets, such as the decennial Census (SF3 and PUMS files), American Community Survey, Housing Vacancy Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data; • Statistical analysis using SPSS, SAS, STATA or R and/or spatial statistics packages; • Familiarity with survey methodologies in the social sciences; • Interest in urban sociology, studies of race, ethnicity, immigration, labor market studies, and the changing nature of neighborhoods and urban spaces; and • Highly motivated, with the ability to work closely with others while also taking the initiative as needed.

Salary Information: 
Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Center for Urban Research (CUR) conducts basic and applied policy research on such topics as demographic and economic change, immigrant integration, political participation, housing, and neighborhood development. The Center incorporates the CUNY Data Service and the CUNY Mapping Service.


 

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