Job Description
Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.
As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City’s yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.
Our Agency’s five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are:
1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a “response-ready” organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women’s health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7,000-plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism’s impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021, the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance anti-racist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.
We strongly encourage people to apply and contribute your diversity in thought, racial identity, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability status, veteran status, and/or LGBTQI+ status to enhance the work of the DOHMH and promote the health of all New Yorkers.
We welcome applicants who share the vision for a city where all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, where they are from or where they live. DOHMH extends this vision of wellness by providing every member of our team and prospective job applicants dynamic benefits: Benefits - NYC Health, and a robust Worksite Wellness program with a wide range of offerings.
As a current or prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.
Please review the notice to see if you may be eligible for programs and how to apply at nyc.gov/student loans
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
- Garner community support for the study project by building relationships with community and key stakeholders, representing NHBS at relevant community events, and gathering feedback from study participants to tailor the project, as feasible and as necessary.
- Via community outreach, oversee formative research with NHBS priority populations (MSM, PWID, and HET) including key informant interviews, focus groups, and other qualitative methods. Continue to conduct ongoing formative research efforts, as needed.
- For HET and PWID cycles, oversee the recruitment of the initial set of participants via community outreach to initiate chain recruitment and assist in the identification of community site locations.
- For the MSM cycle, identify and enumerate MSM venues for recruitment through community outreach and observations
- Manage all aspects of planning for and implementing data collection at community site locations/recruitment events, including supervision of all NHBS study staff, including Study Interviewers and Testing Counselors. For the MSM cycle, coordinate with the study mobile van drivers.
- Assist project leadership, including the Project Director and the Principal Investigator, in data dissemination, including presenting findings to the community and stakeholders.
- Assist in hiring and training of Study Interviewers and Testing Counselors.
- Identify community-based care and treatment services available, develop linkage-to-care systems, and referrals to community services.
- Implement all locally developed procedures, including safety, incident reporting and handling participants known to project staff in the community.
- Assist with staff-related issues (i.e., training and development, scheduling, team building) and conduct interviewer evaluations in collaboration with the Project Director.
- Adhere to protocols regarding the protection of human subjects in research.
- Participate in CDC site visits, trainings, regular conference calls, and, as available, monthly calls.
- Review, tabulate, and reconcile forms and logs used in the study; review errors with recruiters, interviewers, and HIV test counselors; and oversee documentation of data errors.
- Ensure proper documentation of HIV and other potential testing activities, including consent for testing; ensure adherence to testing procedures; oversee maintenance of testing supplies; ship test specimens; and receive and test results from lab.
- Assist with other related duties as assigned.
This position will require daily transporting of study supplies (i.e., tablets, incentives, paperwork) and specimens from the community site/recruitment event to personal residence on a daily basis. It will also require packaging of specimens from personal residence.
**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:
Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:
- A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver’s license.
- Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
- Current Resume
- Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)
Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this posting’s “Minimum Qualification Requirements” section. Examples of additional documentation may be, but not limited to: college transcript, experience verification or professional trade licenses.
If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an on-boarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.
**LOAN FORGIVENESS
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
"FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL”
“This position MAY be eligible for remote work up to two days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.”
Qualifications
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.
