Program Manager, Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; New York (NY); On-site; USD 106,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene seeks a Program Manager to lead initiatives aimed at reducing environmental disease and injury. This role involves data analysis, grant management, and collaboration with external partners, providing a critical impact on public health and community well-being.

Benefits

Loan forgiveness programs

Premium-free health insurance

Robust Worksite Wellness Program

Job security

Work from Home Policy

Qualifications

• Master's or doctorate in relevant field.
• Experience in project management and data analysis.
• Supervisory experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage administrative tasks for grant implementation.
• Oversee analysis of micromobility injury data.
• Supervise CRS II staff and interns.

Skills

Written and oral communication

Scientific writing

Project management

Team collaboration

Research and data analysis

Education

Master's degree in relevant field

Doctorate degree in relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Program Manager, Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention

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The mission of the Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention is to prevent environmental disease and injury in homes, communities, and the workplace, and to protect health by promoting healthy environments and health equity.

Duties Will Include But Not Be Limited To

• Manage day-to-day administrative tasks associated with grant implementation, including cross-unit internal coordination, developing timelines, staff allocation, and budgeting.
• Hire and supervise CRS II staff and interns.
• Oversee staff conducting analyses of micromobility injury hospital data to support, inform, and evaluate new or existing program initiatives for traffic safety.
• Assess existing traffic injury data sources, including SPARCS and Syndromic Surveillance, for the opportunity to improve understanding of the burden of micromobility injuries by age, neighborhood of residence, and other socio-demographic factors.
• Assimilate and analyze multiple data sources from emergency department and inpatient hospital admissions data.
• Provide support for ongoing surveillance projects, including managing large datasets involving multiple years of data, data cleaning, such as ensuring consistent coding of variables, preparing datasets for analysis and conducting analyses.
• Participate in coordination among external research partners.
• Conduct quality assurance of other analyst's work and project outputs. Provide technical and analytical support for data collection, management, and reporting for micromobility injury measurement efforts.
• Create and format publication-quality data tables and reports for internal and external use. Create, revise and maintain data management documentation, including data dictionaries and codebooks.
• Present data in written and oral form internally and to key stakeholders. Analyze surveillance and program initiative data and produce reports for internal and external dissemination. - Perform all other responsibilities and projects as assigned by supervisors.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• The candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, and experience with scientific writing. Competency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is strongly preferred.
• The individual will possess project management skills as well as an ability to easily adapt to multiple programmatic and/or functional areas.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-disciplinary team environment.
• A background and experience in research and data analysis is highly desirable.
• Experience in mentoring and guiding less experienced analysts and scientists in data analysis.
  
  

Why You Should Work For Us

• Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even fully forgive your full balance. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website (https://studentaid.gov/pslf/)
• Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:
• 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 and
• 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.
  
  

Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S., dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC. Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone, regardless of age, background, or location, can achieve their optimal health. We provide a wide array of 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 social justice initiatives. As the primary population health strategist and policy authority for NYC, with a rich history of public health initiatives and scientific advancements, from addressing the 1822 yellow fever outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic, we serve as a global leader in public health innovation and expertise.

Come join us and help to continue our efforts in making a difference in the lives of all New Yorkers!

The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Sye-Eun Ahn, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, at [e-mail] or 347-396-6549.

CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744

Minimum Qualifications

• For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) 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.
  
  

To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:

• 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; or
• 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; or
• 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. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in "1" and "2" above.
  
  

Note

Probationary Period

Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service 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 https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

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.

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