Here is a round-up of events, jobs, and how to submit to the GPPS blog!
Events:
GPPS Cookies & Coffee Chat
Date: Monday, April 24 Time: 1-2pm Location: IAB 801
Come grab cookies and coffee/tea with your fellow GPPS community! We'll just catch up about the semester and talk about summer plans. Feel free to come learn and ask Professor Ergas any questions you have.
Visualize Your Life: Make a Vision Board with WIL x Landing.space!
Date: Tuesday, April 25
Time: 5-6pm
Location: IAB 410
Come forget about finals for an hour! Women in Leadership welcomes you to an hour of self-care through a vision board creation session utilizing the digital platform, Landing.Space, + a Q & A session with some of the Landing.space team. (laptops needed!)
Landing.space is an early stage, community-led, female-founded and female + queer-led startup building a next-gen social platform. They believe the future of social media is positive and inclusive, not toxic or draining, authentic, and most importantly, based on community. Users create vision boards using the in-site creation tool and share them with the rest of the Landing Community.
Date: Wednesday, April 26
Time: 5-7pm
Location: Jed D. Satow Room
Join Women in Leadership (WIL) and the Career Advancement Center's (CAC) Jodi Caplan (Director of Programs Executive MPA and Alumni Career Services for SIPA CAC and MSW) for an interactive workshop to practice new negotiation skills. Learn about gender pay disparities, and strategies for salary negotiation, and increase your preparedness and confidence!
Join OSA and DEICE for fantastic food and company as we finally inaugurate our first step towards building period equity at SIPA. The products are free for anyone, with additional resources on selecting and taking care of a product + provisions for heating pads so that period pain is treated with the seriousness and empathy it deserves.
Since you all made this happen, and this box is for YOU, we would love to see you there to celebrate with us!
Date: Friday, April 28
Time: 1pm
Location: Meet on campus to walk to Riverside Park
Are you seeking a break from your studies? Join the Gender organizations for a picnic filled with good food, fun, and the chance to meet new people. This event is an excellent opportunity to bid farewell to graduating students!
Expert Panel: Protecting the Rights of LGBT+ Persons in Areas of Conflict
Date: Friday, April 28 Time: 12 - 4pm Location: Zoom and IAB 1302
Within both armed conflicts and peace operations, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBT+) persons disproportionately face violence and discrimination. While international organizations such as the United Nations have more widely recognized the LGBT+ population as a vulnerable group, there remains a sizable disconnect between western dialogue around LGBT+ human rights and the reality of preventing gender-based violence in the field. This expert panel will look at the challenges faced by these persons in areas of armed conflict and discuss paths forward for bridging gaps in their protection.
Date: Saturday, April 29 Time: 2 - 4pm Location: Central Park, North Meadow
Come join us the 29th of April from 2-4PM at Central Park, where we will have the possibility to hangout, share stories about ourselves, or just eat bagels in the sun.
Date: Friday, May 12
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Buell Hall
Come celebrate with the GPPS community for a graduation party at Buell Hall on May 12, 2-4pm! Feel free to bring your friends and family. Food will be served and registration is required.
Communities Speak Program Assistants: Summer/Fall Internship Opportunities Available
Professors Ester Fuchs, Sarah Holloway, Robert Shapiro, and Mayor Nutter are
seeking graduate students to assist with policy research, survey creation and survey data analysis being conducted on the impact of the pandemic and the question of future resiliency for cities and communities.
Rebuilding the Post-Pandemic City Through Community Engagement is a research partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, as well as many community partners, and will be expanding this year to train and work with at least 3 city governments across the country.
Communities Speak collects and analyzes micro-data through anonymous online surveys with the goal of understanding the evolving impact of COVID-19 and other social, environmental, political and economics shocks on New Yorkers; health, economic, social and emotional well-being, as well as access to education, childcare, technology, public benefits and social supports and their business and financial challenges.
The position is paid and if students work enough hours can be used to fulfill SIPA internship credit requirements.
Communities Speak is looking for 2 RAs & 3 PAs in each category:
Reports & Communications Research Assistant
Reports RAs are tasked with reviewing and revising background research to support in the writing up of data findings in the form of memos, briefs, reports, etc., reviewing data & info visualizations for reports, as well as social media. Reports RAs can draft background and data writeup sections. Reports RAs can propose topics for social media and website posts & additions. RAs can also propose topics for reports & memos based on data reviews. Reports RAs will also assist the data & surveys team in documenting methodology, protocols, & review A& revision documents.
Reports & Communications Program Assistant
Reports PAs are tasked with conducting appropriate background research to support in the writing up of data findings in the form of memos, briefs, reports, etc., creating appropriate data & info visualizations for reports, as well as social media, drafting basic background & data writeup sections, basic editing of drafts, & visual, text, & citation formatting of publications & social media posts.
Surveys Research Assistant
Surveys RAs are tasked with reviewing background research and survey & question field scans conducted by Surveys JRAs. Surveys RAs may propose module topics, baseline survey revisions and may draft module questions. Surveys are responsible for loading and formatting all baseline, module, and survey materials into Qualtrics for digital dissemination, as well as format the paper versions of surveys and modules. Surveys RAs will oversee beta testing process for each baseline survey iteration, as well as all modules. Surveys RAs will provide staffing & language support for in-person dissemination events & informational/roundtable events. Surveys RAs will review all free responses from surveys results & assist in hard coding them into the raw dataset.
Surveys Program Assistant
Surveys PAs are tasked with providing research support to the surveys team on background research, survey field scans and question specific scans. Surveys PAs will provide translation of survey & module questions into designated languages, translation of website, informational & dissemination materials into designated languages, provide staffing & language support for in-person dissemination events & informational/roundtable events, & translation of free responses from survey results.
Partnerships Research Assistant
Partnerships RAs are tasked with reviewing all partner materials, flyers & other dissemination materials, testing partner links, and reviewing dissemination kits. Review and evaluate translation materials for partner needs & events. Partnership RAs are tasked with delivering partner materials and in-person dissemination materials. Partnership RAs will help to update and keep the partner tracking system for NYC partners. Partnerships RAs will attend & observe partner meetings in order to prepare to take on partner management themselves in the future.
Partnerships Program Assistant
Partnerships PAs are tasked with automating new partner materials packaging, creating partner links, updating/creating partner flyers & other dissemination materials, prepping dissemination kits ahead of in-person events, & provided as-needed translation of materials for partner needs & events. Partnerships PAs will assist in in-person dissemination events.
Required Qualifications
Prior experience with Social policy research, community development, education, or city government work or research. Strong written & verbal communications skills, familiarity with qualitative & quantitative research techniques. Prior experience with survey-based research work preferred.
Students may email the following to Irina Cotfas, Assistant Director of Communities Speak ilc2116@columbia.edu
An up to date CV which includes their program of study, anticipated graduation date & current GPA estimate
A cover letter expressing why they feel they can contribute to the project & what about their past experiences will make them a good fit & help them contribute
A sample of previous quantitative analysis they have completed
Applications accepted until May 12, 2023
GemmaQ/SIPA Employer Info Session - Using the Power of Data to Close the Gender Leadership Gap in Global Markets
ƒôìRemote
Date: Thursday, April 27
Time: 1-2pm
Location: IAB 413
GemmaQ is providing the opportunity for users to invest directly in companies promoting gender equality. GemmaQ is a mission driven tech startup - using the power of data to close the gender leadership gap in global markets. We are a diverse team of passionate entrepreneurs based in Seattle, Iceland and Prague. GemmaQ is offering two internship opportunities this summer. The internship is non-paid, fully remote and flexible (can be part or full time). This is a great opportunity to be part of a mission driven tech startup in its early days, try on multiple hats in a fast paced environment and collaborate with a diverse team based in Seattle, Iceland and Prague - with post internship opportunities.
Vital Voices - Global Network and Regional Engagement Intern
ƒôìWashington, DC
The Vital Voices team is seeking a motivated intern who will support the Global Network and Regional Engagement team, our team focuses on applying regional expertise to programs across the organization as well as gender-based violence expertise through our work on Voices Against Violence. The GNRE program intern will contribute to multiple aspects of Vital Voices’ programs and initiatives to end gender-based violence through administrative, logistical, research, and programmatic support. This position reports to Hannah Barrett, GNRE Program Assistant.
European Women's Lobby: Gender Mainstreaming Trainers
The EWL is looking for a team of 2 trainers to develop a training module to improve gender mainstreaming on the political agenda of the European Union.
The trainers will be asked to design and carry out a training module to equip EU and national political parties to effectively include diverse women’s perspectives in decision and policymaking and to mainstream gender equality in their manifestos, political agendas and legislative work.
Deadline: April 28 Click here to read more and apply.
United Nations Population Fund: Consultant ƒôìYemen
International evaluator for the Final Evaluation of My Safety Our Future (MSOF) project on “the Protection of Women and Girls from Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Yemen.”
Deadline: April 30 Click here to read more and apply
Come grab cookies and coffee/tea with your fellow GPPS community! We'll just catch up about the semester and talk about summer plans. Feel free to come learn and ask Professor Ergas any questions you have.
Come celebrate graduation with the Human Rights Humanitarian Policy concentration and Gender Public Policy specialization at Buell Hall on May 12, 2-4pm! Feel free to bring your family. Food will be served and registration is required.
