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North Carolina Farmworkers’ Project

P.O. Box 352

Benson, NC 27504

(919) 894-7406

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

PEPE Project Coordinator

Background

PEPE [Pesticide Education to Prevent Exposure] is a 12-month project of

the North Carolina Farmworkers’ Project [NCFP]. PEPE is designed to

implement the safety program developed in the PACE [Preventing

Agricultural Chemical Exposure] project to provide direct education to

famworkers and to develop the skills and knowledge of at least three

farmworker leaders who will be trained as safety promoters. PEPE will

also identify other farmworker leaders for future promoter training.

Description of Position

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing each aspect

of PEPE. S/he will: 1) with assistance from current Farmworker Project

staff, select three farmworker leaders to be trained as safety

promoters; 2) train the safety promoters to a) become pesticide

safety trainers using the PACE model, and understand and utilize the

dynamics of effective community education and organizing; 3) provide

safety training to farmworkers in Sampson, ston, and Harnett

counties with the safety promoters; 4) supervise and mentor the safety

promoters; 5) conduct evaluations of the direct education effort and the

safety promoter training; and 6) change the training curriculum or

methodology as needed to meet better meet the needs and desires of the

trainees. The Project Coordinator will also work with the other

Farmworker Project staff and board members and will consult with the

PACE team members at Wake Forest University. PEPE training will, to the

maximum extent possible, be integrated with other events at the

Farmworker Project, such as films and meals and celebrations, to set

PEPE in a more culturally comfortable and inclusive atmosphere. The

Project Coordinator will be responsible for adhering to the PEPE budget

and for submitting timely reports of work done and expenses incurred to

the director of the NCFP.

Qualifications: Ability to work independently when needed yet

collaboratively with others, ability to mentor and develop others; and

fluency and literacy in Spanish required. Proficiency in English,

experience as a farmworker or working with farmworkers, experience

training adults or experience in community organizing preferred.

Salary: $25,000 + benefits

To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to NCFP or call for an

application form.

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A. Arcury, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Research Director

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Medical Center Boulevard

Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084

Phone: 336-716-9438

Fax: 336-716-3206