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.

PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION:
Under the guidance and supervision of the Director of Recruitment, with very wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative, performs professional and responsible consultative and administrative social science research work and analyses in the field of Recruitment and Talent Acquisition in the Bureau of Human Resources and Labor Relations at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). More specifically, the primary duties and responsibilities encapsulate:

Talent Acquisition Research Duties
- Analyzing DOHMH’s existing hiring and talent acquisition needs to forecast future recruitment and hiring needs across all assigned Bureaus/Divisions. Evaluating economic indicators pertaining to
collective bargaining negotiations and contractual salary ranges for existing civil service titles in order to identify potential recruitment challenges. Research talent acquisition trends in the
healthcare staffing industry and strategically partner with Executive Leadership by making recommendations for improving talent acquisition activities.

- Performing research within the healthcare industry to identify various channels for talent benchmarking, talent assessment, interviewing and sourcing candidates across multiple academic
disciplines. This comprehensive process includes but is not limited to routinely partnering with DCAS’ Office of Citywide Recruitment and participating in DCAS Career Information Sessions for
external community members, as well as DCAS Career Talk Panels; Building applicant sources by liaising with community-based organizations, elected officials and their constituents in order to
promote many of our career opportunities; Conducting career information sessions and resume workshops with academic partners.

- Designing and implementing recruitment strategies for acquiring new talent by studying organization plans and objectives; Proactively seeking market intelligence to gain competitive advantage in
attraction, assessment and sourcing methodologies.

- Establishing collaborative working relationship with hiring managers by prioritizing recruitment needs and providing comprehensive recruitment activities to assist with their talent acquisition goals
and objectives. Participating in panel interviews. Planning, communicating and leading successful outcomes of virtual hiring fairs using virtual platforms such as Zoom, Teams, etc., including, when
necessary, preparing and managing breakout rooms.

- Coordinating the talent acquisition research efforts of the agency to determine the most effective community outreach and engagement strategies that will widen the external recruitment net and
leverage a viable, diverse, and lucrative pipeline of candidates in support of our high-priority public health goals and community networking objectives.

- Establishing employer brand recognition within the diverse NYC community across all five boroughs by actively participating in and hosting career fairs and recruitment events. Participating in
DOHMH sponsored community health events in adherence to our mission of protecting and promoting the health of all New Yorkers. Establishing a strong collaborative networking relationship
with the Mayor’s Office of People with Disabilities in hosting Diversity Career Fairs for “People with Disabilities”.

- Utilizing social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to promote job opportunities, source potential candidates, respond to interested candidates’ inquiries about working for DOHMH,
etc. and to help promote the DOHMH employer brand.

- Studying, evaluating and analyzing existing internal and external literature and data on hard-to-recruit titles, vacancy rates, rates of resignation and retirements, and number of candidate
declination rates for contingent job offers.

- Managing the applicant screening process, including vetting resumes for compliance with the minimum qualification requirements established for existing civil service titles.

- Conducting research surveillance and records observations on the progress of hiring managers in executing a successful interview process, and the timely selection of identified candidates for
existing vacancies.

- Maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations. Participating in policy review and providing comments related to grant funded personnel as needed. Monitoring the
progress on grant-funded activities and track all grant hires.

- Utilizing structured interviewing techniques to identify best candidate. Improve organization attractiveness by recommending new policies and practices to overcome recruitment challenges;
monitor job offers and compensation practices.

- Conducting research to identify the most effective talent acquisition strategies for developing and maintaining long-term relationships with current and past applicants in anticipation of future
recruitment goals and objectives.

Classification Duties:
- Serving as back up Classifications Specialist will perform the following duties and responsibilities:

- Prepare and review Managerial Position Description (MPD) submissions and accompanying Table of Organization, for appropriate allocation of managerial positions.

- Ensure that all MIV and higher executive level managerial positions are submitted to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and/or the NYS Civil Service Commission
(DCAS) for review and final approval.

- When appropriate, update the MPD Allocation database and assign and maintain MPD Position Numbers for all DOHMH Divisions’ managerial positions. Establish new civil service titles and
requesting amendments/modifications of existing title specifications for submission to DCAS.

- Respond to agencywide requests and inquiries for inhouse title changes, by reviewing proposed job descriptions, conducting a comparative analysis of all applicable civil service titles within the
full scope of their respective job family and recommending the most appropriate title designation to expedite processing.

- Stay abreast of all existing salary ranges per Civil Service title, bargaining unit, and their appropriate title jurisdiction (i.e. managerial versus nonmanagerial, open competitive or noncompetitive
etc.); Engaging in the full scope of market research to acquire data on compensation practices and competitive salary rates for hard-to-recruit titles.

- Establish collaborative relationships with Executive Leadership and administrative staff per Division/Bureau in order to modify management position descriptions etc.

- Maintain electronic DOHMH Title Specification Library and updates it when new titles specifications are issued by DCAS.

- Upon request, provides copies of title specifications via Title Specifications Online or DOHMH Title Specification Library, to DOHMH employees.


**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.