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NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · 6 hours ago

Research Associate, Bureau of Health Promotion for Justice-Impacted Populations

Queens, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is dedicated to safeguarding the health of NYC residents and is seeking a Research Associate for the Bureau of Health Promotion for Justice-Impacted Populations. The role involves supporting programmatic data management, ensuring compliance with data governance policies, and contributing to monitoring tools and data visualization strategies to enhance public health initiatives.

Health Care

Responsibilities

Serve as a resource for programmatic data management and quality assurance, including identifying and resolving data quality issues, conducting data cleaning, and communicating findings to relevant team members

Coordinate data-system related activities including database maintenance and case management system support. Support the development and facilitation of trainings and materials on data systems and tools for program staff

Ensure compliance with data governance policies by identifying confidentiality concerns and contributing to strategies that strengthen data security, appropriate use, and sharing

Support the development and maintenance of monitoring tools, such as program metrics and dashboards, to assess program performance and outcomes

Work with the Epi team to design, implement, and refine data collection instruments, protocols, and processes to enhance monitoring and evaluation of bureau programs

Contribute to the interpretation of program data to support data-informed decision-making across Epi and Program teams

Contribute to the design and lead the implementation of data visualization strategies to meet the needs of Epi, Program, and other internal and external stakeholders

Lead the development of dashboards and contribute to analyses to monitor publicly available data as well as data from criminal legal system agencies

Conduct literature reviews and contribute to the development of written materials such as reports, manuscripts, and presentations

Participate in special studies and activities as assigned and other duties related to surveillance, monito

Qualification

Data analysisSASSPSSHealth services researchQualitative researchData visualizationProgram evaluationRacial equity lensWritten communicationOral communicationProject management

Required

A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health

A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization

A master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization

Education and/or experience which is equivalent to '1' or '2' above. However, all candidates must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in '2' above

Preferred

Possesses analytic skills, including data analysis using SAS, SPSS, Stata, R or another statistical package, as well as experience with qualitative research methods, including data collection and analysis

Desire to grow skills in research design and analysis

Experience and interest in working with justice-impacted or other marginalized communities

Experience using a racial equity lens to manage and conceptualize data

Experience with health services research, specifically using health encounter data, as well as program evaluation data

Strong written and oral communication skills and familiarity with project management a plus

Experience contributing to written products for a variety of stakeholders, including healthcare providers, program staff, and scientific audiences

Ability to quickly familiarize oneself with priority public health and health policy topics, without prior experience

Benefits

A premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment.

Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.

A public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.

A tax-deferred savings program

A robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.

Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.

Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.