Director of The Health and Justice Epi Center Health Promotion for Justice-Impacted Populations

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 worldrenowned 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 Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 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 antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial and social justice work among others.

Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are:
1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated 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 womens health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7000plus 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 racisms 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 antiracist 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
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Division of Mental Hygiene seeks one (1) full time Director of The Health and Justice Epi Center for the Bureau of Health Promotion for Justice Impacted Populations.

BUREAU DESCRIPTION:

The Bureau of Health Promotion for JusticeImpacted Populations (HPJIP) aims to reduce the negative social and health consequences of criminal legal system involvement through innovative policy and practice change. By centering community addressing racial inequities honoring lived experience and elevating traumaandresilienceinformedapproaches we promote evidencebased best practices to address the needs of those disproportionately impacted by the criminal legal system.

UNIT DESCRIPTION:

The Health and Justice Epi Center is responsible for providing support to HPJIP programmatic initiatives conducting public health surveillance and generating new knowledge about the health of justiceimpacted New Yorkers by publishing relevant data and research.


JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Director of The Health and Justice Epi Center reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of HPJIP and leading a team dedicated to promoting the health of justiceimpacted populations will be responsible for:

Demonstrating an unwavering commitment to health equity and dedication to addressing both historical and contemporary injustices across social positions and social identities with a specific focus and understanding of how the criminal legal system cuts across these factors.
A commitment to centering lived experience and to reducing the scope and negative impact of the criminal legal system in New York City.
Directing and overseeing all HPJIP public health surveillance program monitoring evaluation and research activities.
Overseeing the characterization of the behavioral and physical health of individuals and communities who have interacted with and are impacted by the criminal legal system.
Providing expert input on research questions analytical guidance research instruments and publications.
Supporting staff in the development and dissemination of internal and external publications including agency data briefs reports and peerreviewed publications.
Collaborating with internal and external partners to identify integrate and analyze available health data to incorporate into public health surveillance program monitoring and evaluation activities.
Providing relevant statistics for presentations/conferences and talking points for Agency/HPJIP leadership.
Leading the incorporation of criminal legal system measures on DOHMH surveys and subsequent analyses as well as advocating for and guiding opportunities to expand the research and evaluation activities of the Epi Center.
Managing work expectations and areas of responsibility for staff as well as timelines and workflow; providing support to Epi Center staff as needed.
Providing direct regular supervision to senior members of Health and Justice Epi Center staff.
Communicating and liaising regularly with the Assistant Commissioner and bureau leadership and representing The Health and Justice Epi Center/HPJIP at Division and Agencywide meetings. This includes participating in ongoing discussions across bureaus and divisions to share insight and ideas on content related to the behavioral and physical health of individuals and communities impacted by the criminal legal system and relevant methodologic approaches.
Preparing written documents including grant proposals study protocols and IRB applications manuscripts memos reports and presentations.
Participating in special studies and activities as assigned and other duties as deemed necessary by the Assistant Commissioner of HPJIP or their designee.
Other duties or tasks may be assigned on an asneeded basis.

**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 Drivers 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 postings 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 onboarding 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 Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF

FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL

NOTE: This position may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.

Qualifications :

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters 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:
1. 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 fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters 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 fulltime research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters 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.

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime