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Below are two ads for jobs. The first is full time position with a non-profit and the second is an internship with a health services corporation:

AmeriCorps VISTA Member for Community Engagement Center
Project Service Leadership
Position Type: Full Time Entry Level
Location(s): Vancouver, Washington (United States)
Description: Put your marketing skills to work for the community!!

Develop a Community Engagement Center
VISTA Position
Vancouver, Washington
Easy driving distance of Portland, Oregon
April, 2008 - March, 2009

Starting Date: April, 2008

Purpose:
Help develop a Community Engagement Center that will expand and promote
service and civic engagement for all citizens. A major emphasis will be
on developing resources and activities that engage youth in meaningful
civic action projects.

Activities of the VISTA Member:
1. Expand and refine service-learning and service opportunities in Clark
County.
* Work with agencies to develop student-friendly service and
service-learning opportunities.
* Gather information about service and service-learning opportunities
which will be included in an on-line database.
* Organize and promote events, workshops and conversations that help
students develop meaningful civic projects.
* Develop video and web-based resources to inform students about service
and civic possibilities.

2. Develop a plan for financial sustainability.
* Fundraising: write several start-up grants.
* Develop Income producing options: Family membership; fees for events,
annual service fundraising event; on-line donations and sales.
* Agency membership fees.

3. Promote Civic Dialogue/ Community Conversations around issues which
impact people in poverty. Topics will include:
* Livable wage;
* Public Transportation;
* Environmental Sustainability; and
* Accessible Physical /Mental Health Care.

4. Develop after school and summer service opportunities for low-income
youth.

5. Develop a marketing campaign for the Community Engagement Center.


Benefits of Service:
* $4,725 educational scholarship awarded at project completion;
* $850 monthly living stipend;
* Health insurance benefits;
* Student loan forbearance;
* Training, professional development and networking opportunities;
* Covered with Labor & Industries (Workman's Compensation) Insurance;
and
* Child Care Assistance if income-eligible.


Job Function: Marketing/Sales, Social Services
Desired Class Level: Senior
Posting Date: February 6, 2008
Expiration Date: April 15, 2008
Duration: about 12 months
Approximate Hours Per Week: 30-40
Salary Level: $850/mo. stipend + $4,725 educational scholarship at
project completion + benefits

Qualifications: Qualifications:
* Commitment to furthering service;
* Experience planning and implementing service-learning projects or
other events;
* Marketing and Public Information skills;
* Good writing and organizational skills;
* Grant writing skills;
* Ability to research and gather information about civic issues;
* Good people skills, personable, comfortable working with a variety of
people;
* Self-motivated, independent, responsible, dependable;
* Must have valid driver's license and provide DMV abstract of driving
record; first aid certification or willingness to secure;
* Willingness to commit to 12 months of service; and
* Proficient in using the internet and web based networks.

Prefer: Internet retain and marketing experience

BASIC ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to enroll in AmeriCorps programs an individual must:
* be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National or Permanent Resident Alien of the
United States;
* be 18 years of age or older at the date of enrollment;
* have a High School Diploma or GED, or agree to obtain one while
serving; and
* Have not previously served two terms in an AmeriCorps*State or
National program. Members may serve up to three years in a National
Service Program. However, they are eligible for an education award only
for the first two terms of service, regardless of the type of term
(full- or part-time) and regardless of the successful completion of that
term. In other words, a member who leaves a program for cause and is not
eligible to receive an education award has still used up a term for
which he or she would have been eligible to receive an award, thus it is
one of their two terms. If a recruit has served previously, we will
contact the program for a reference.

Industry: Non-Profit and Social Services
Website: http://www.projectserviceleadership.org/
Contact:
Ms. Kate McPherson
Director
12703 NW 20th Avenue Vancouver, Washington 98685 United States
http://www.projectserviceleadership.org/

How to Apply:
To apply submit a resume and writing sample to --

Kate McPherson
12703 NW 20th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98685
Phone: 360-576-5070
E-mail: mcphers@pacifier.com




Summer Internships - Legacy Health System

Description:

Legacy Health System is a dynamic organization based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. We are an integrated system of five tertiary care hospitals located in the Portland/Vancouver metro area. We are guided by our shared mission and vision, ethics, and history of achievement. Our exceptional commitment to community service, integration of quality practices, and focus on family-centered care are some of the many reasons Legacy is a great place to work.

We have ten administrative summer internship opportunities available. Internship projects will be in the following areas:

1. Legacy Hip Fracture Service (HFS), Good Samaritan: The Hip Fracture Service (HFS) is a multidisciplinary program within Legacy, developed to improve the care and coordination of geriatric patients who present with an acute hip fracture. This program was designed for both patient care and research. Since the inception of the program in August 2001, all patients have been tracked using an extensive computer-based Hip Fracture Service registry. The intern's role in this project would be to assist in follow-up calls to patients once they are discharged from the hospital. Information tracked includes multiple outcome measures at 30 days, 60 days, 3 months, and 6 months post-discharge from the hospital. The intern may also have limited participation in daily rounds with the Hip Fracture Service team.

2. Human Resources, System Office: The intern will work primarily with the Employment and Organizational Development teams. Specific projects may pertain to: employee retention, Retiree Portal, Residency Pipeline, leadership development resource guide, pre-post tests for classes and programs, e-learning projects, and/or Baldrige National Quality Program.

3. Marketing, System Office: The intern will be exposed to and contribute to a broad array of Marketing, PR, and Communication processes in an integrated healthcare environment. Potential tasks include working with press releases, identifying and writing stories for the employee newsletter, writing articles for some of the regular health columns we supply to community newspapers, assisting with event planning/implementation, assisting with brochure development, updating the media list for PR, writing and organizing web-based content, event planning, and media kit collection. The intern may also have limited exposure to internal consulting with other departments within Legacy.

4. Volunteer Services, Salmon Creek: The intern will be responsible for the facilitation and development the summer junior volunteer program. The intern will interview, train, place, supervise, document, and recognize junior volunteers. The placement of these volunteers will be from mid-June to mid-August. Recruitment of junior volunteers will not be a part of the intern's responsibilities, as this will be completed prior to the start of the internship.

5. OASIS Marketing: The mission of OASIS is to be a national education organization dedicated to enriching the lives of mature adults. The intern will be responsible for customizing and implementing an OASIS marketing strategy for the Portland community. Specific tasks assigned to the intern may include: writing press releases, making fliers, producing posters and event postcards, attending health fairs to promote the OASIS program, and staffing OASIS special events during the summer. This position is located on the 4th floor of Macy's Downtown.

6. Revenue Cycle, Davis Building: Be a part of implementing a new automated payment process for all Legacy hospitals and clinics! This is an important step for Legacy to enhance electronic payment methods for our patients and bring our technology to the forefront of the industry. This internship will include learning the automated system, establishing processes, identifying next steps, and training staff - there will be an opportunity to work with admitting/clinic managers throughout the system.

7. Reimbursement, System Office: Gain a unique opportunity to learn about Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement, an area within our Finance department. There will be special projects related to cost reporting, which includes financial and data analysis. You will also have an opportunity to worth with accounting, finance, and billing.

8. Lean Process Improvement, System Office: Utilizing the concepts developed by Toyota, the selected intern will participate as a team member in a LEAN process improvement project(s) within the hospital system. This internship will included process mapping, spaghetti charting, waste analysis, 5S Evaluation, Metric Development, and Process Documentation.

9. Purchasing/Supply Chain, System Office: This internship will provide an opportunity to work collaboratively with a Sr. staff member to construct the content of the Legacy Materials and Supply Chain Department Intranet (for internal users) and Internet (for both current vendors, as well as potential vendors). This will include determining content, "look and feel" of the site(s), and actual content development as time permits.

10. Information Services, Informatics, System Office: Our Information Services department is working on the implementation of a new EMR system and would like to provide one intern the opportunity to help support this project by assisting with design, build, and testing of the software. Creating workflow diagrams based on end user feedback of current workflow; workflow diagrams of best practice EMR workflow and document changes expected to current workflow; and document EMR design decisions utilizing standard documentation tools are some the of projects that will be worked on.

Ø Internship positions are non-exempt at a rate of $11/hour for undergrad interns and $12/hour for Master's level interns.
Ø Internships last approximately 10 weeks.
Ø Eligible candidates: Senior level or higher undergraduates and Master's level students.

Application deadline is March 2, 2008.

In order to apply, please complete the following:
1. Online Application. Visit our website at www.legacyhealth.org to apply online with our user-friendly application - select the link to Employment, click on Find Jobs and Apply and then select Job Application & Instructions. Required job number is 098487.
2. Resume. Please submit an electronic copy of your resume to summerinterns@lhs.org.
3. Letter of Interest. Tell us a bit about yourself! Be sure to include why you're interested in the internship, why you feel that you're a strong fit for the internship, and how you see this internship fitting into your career goals. Letters from 1 to 2 pages are preferred. Please send this letter to summerinterns@lhs.org.
4. Answers. Please send your answers to the following eight questions to summerinterns@lhs.org:
a. Please list in order, which specific internships are you interested in.
b. What school do you/did you attend?
c. What degree are you pursuing?
d. What year are you in the program?
e. What dates would you available to start and required to end?
f. Most of the internships work Monday - Friday, 8-5 but some require occasional evenings or weekends. Are you available to work all of these times? If not, please explain.
g. What is your skill level with the following programs:
i. Word
ii. Excel
iii. PowerPoint
iv. Access
h. What is your typing speed?
i. List any relevant projects that you've worked on and what your role in these projects was.

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