ITHACA, NY (CortacaToday) — Applications are open for a new position in Ithaca. 

The encampment response coordinator will lead efforts to close and clean unsanctioned homeless encampments in the city.

“Duties include coordinating closures and cleanup of unsanctioned encampments in City Right of Way and City properties, ensuring compliance with legal and environmental standards and regulations, overseeing property collection and storage protocols, and recording and documenting encampment responses and locations.”

The part-time job, which was OK’d by the Common Council in August, pays 32 dollars an hour. Applications are due by October 16th.