Executive Director Brooklyn Neighborhood Health, Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established public health agency seeks an Executive Director to lead initiatives aimed at eliminating racial inequities in health outcomes. This transformative role involves strategic oversight of community health programs, staff management, and collaboration with various stakeholders to address chronic diseases and promote health equity. Join a diverse team dedicated to improving the health of all New Yorkers and making a meaningful impact in the community. The position offers opportunities to innovate in public health and contribute to a mission of equity and social justice.

Benefits

Loan Forgiveness Programs

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Flexible Work Schedule

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Master's degree in public health or related field preferred.
• Experience in program development and managing funding is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee unit directors and ensure alignment with agency goals.
• Support strategic planning and program oversight for staff development.
• Collaborate with agencies to advance public health initiatives.

Skills

Program Development

Staff Management

Budget Administration

Public Health Knowledge

Community Engagement

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Creative Problem Solving

Education

Master's Degree in Public Health

Bachelor's Degree in Related Field

Job description

Open to candidates who are permanent in the civil service title of Administrative Staff Analyst (Non-Managerial) Level-3; or the comparable titles of Administrative Director of Social Services (Non-Managerial) level-3; and Administrative Community Relations Specialist (Non-Managerial) level-3.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST - NON-MANAGERIAL, LEVEL 3

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:

CHECW aims to eliminate racial inequities resulting in premature mortality with a focus on chronic disease, by addressing the social and environmental factors that impact health. CHECW works to increase place-based investments in priority neighborhoods with community programming and services based on epidemiology; influence and leverage the health system to promote whole-person care; intensify the agency's approach to tackling big salt, sugar, and tobacco; and finding innovative ways to improve the built environment and address other social determinants of health. CHECW is comprised of the Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Bronx Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Harlem Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention, the Bureau of Health Equity Capacity Building, the Bureau of Equitable Health Systems and the Bureau of Finance, Administration, and Services. The Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health (BBNH) champions the agency's mission to protect and promote the health of all New Yorkers.

BBNH's catchment area includes North and Central Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bedford Stuyvesant, Bushwick, East New York, and Brownsville. This bureau supports programming, planning, and recovery work to address racial and other social inequities resulting in premature mortality for neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by chronic disease and COVID-19 due to histories of systemic and structural inequities driven by racism and oppression. BNNH's array of programming includes chronic disease prevention, maternal health, research and evaluation, mental health and wellness, community engagement, partnership development, capacity building, policy development, and program planning. The Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health seeks to hire an Executive Director to ensure all bureau programs and initiatives are coordinated, implemented and aligned, to accomplish programmatic and administrative goals and objectives established by CHECW and the Commissioner of Health.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

1. Support the Assistant Commissioner with strategic planning, program development, program oversight, including direct and indirect oversight of more than 50 staff while fostering staff development.
2. At the direction of the Assistant Commissioner, oversee unit directors ensuring scopes of work align with agency, division and bureau goals and objectives.
3. Serve as Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health's administrative lead to CHECW's Bureau of Finance and Administrative Services on matters related to finance, human resources, procurement, and operations.
4. Work closely with unit directors to identify external funding sources to support program growth or develop innovative programs aligned with COVID recovery and community engagement.
5. Serve as the bureau liaison to coordinate joint activities, initiatives, and projects with other bureaus/divisions.
6. Coordinate and prepare reports on bureau activities and initiatives with specific attention to accomplishments.
7. Collaborate with city, state and federal agencies, community-based organizations, and other experts to advance the mission on the bureau; coordinate key internal agency staff on key policy initiatives.

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:

1. A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver’s license.
2. Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
3. Current Resume.
4. 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.”

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST ( - 1002E

Minimum Qualifications

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills

Master's degree public health, public policy, public administration, business administration, or a related field desirable. Expertise in supervising and managing different levels of staff. Demonstrated history of successfully securing, and/or managing funding. Expertise in program development and implementation. Good knowledge of various evaluation methods. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Creative problem solver. Experience building and maintaining relationships with a wide variety of organizations. Knowledge of and demonstrated commitment in public health anti-racism social justice and equity.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.