Join Our Mission: Volunteer Accountant/Bookkeeper Needed
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Where humans go, medicine follows. The Institute of Health Beyond Earth is a small but mighty organization pioneering research and innovation in natural medicine for space exploration. As the sole full-time team member, I wear many hats, and I'm looking for a skilled volunteer to help with the critical financial side of our work.We need a dependable individual to help with payroll and accounting so that I can focus more of my time and energy on our core mission: preparing humanity to thrive beyond Earth.Your Role Will Include:Ensuring accurate monthly payroll for our small team (1 employee at present).Assisting with the preparation of financial records for our annual tax filing (Form 990).Helping to maintain accurate financial books, primarily in a Google Sheets-based system for now.Providing valuable insight into efficient financial processes as we grow.Who You Are:An experienced bookkeeper, accountant, or financial professional.Familiar with nonprofit tax requirements (Form 990).Highly organized and detail-oriented.Someone who is passionate about our unique mission and wants to contribute their skills to help us grow.Time Commitment: We're flexible! We estimate this role would require approximately 5-10 hours per month, with a bit more time needed during tax season.Interested? Please reach out to admin@healthbeyondearth.org with a few details about your background and a brief explanation of why you'd like to help.
About Institute of Health Beyond Earth
The Institute of Health Beyond Earth is for you if...You believe in the power of natural medicine.This includes practices like Chinese medicine and acupuncture, mind-body therapies, and integrative and functional approaches. You’ve experienced the benefits of natural medicine in your own health or in the health of your loved ones. Most importantly, you want to ensure its preservation for future generations—even as we become a space-faring civilization.You are a scientist, inventor or creator in the spaceflight industry.You want to improve your designs to be more human-centric and user-friendly by incorporating principles of natural medicine.You are a space enthusiast!Since you were a child, you have dreamt of going to Space. Although your career is not aligned with the spaceflight industry, you still want to contribute meaningfully to the conversation of Space Health for All.YOU CAN IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE HEALTHYou've likely noticed the lack of conversation – or even imagination – around if and how natural medicine can work in microgravity environments. There's very little research, few published case studies, and virtually no education.We need investments in research and development so that we can investigate how natural medicine principles can work in space, and invent devices that can be used for acupuncture in space.Space Medicine today views health and disease through a strictly physical and mechanistic lens. This approach reduces complex biological systems and processes to their smallest components (e.g., genes, molecules, cells) and often relies heavily on technological and pharmaceutical interventions to address health issues. For example, bone density loss and muscle atrophy are often treated with pharmaceuticals or exercise equipment, radiation exposure with shielding or experimental drugs, and immune system suppression is managed with immunosuppressive therapies.Space travel imposes significant psychological stress, including isolation, confineme
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