Evaluation and Quality Associate Office for Data Aggregation Translation Analytics ODATA Community Awareness Action Response and Engagement BCAARE

Flat Hiring Rate: $72190.00**

The Bureau of Awareness Action Response and Engagement (BCAARE) engages and supports community action to learn from community members experiences and expectations to develop and disseminate behavioral health linkages and supports for wellness and for preparing for and responding to local and widespread events and emergencies. The bureau invites and includes peer perspectives to integrate equitable access to behavioral health across sectors and settings. BCAARE is organized into
five offices including Behavioral Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Community Engagement and Training Consumer Affairs Data Aggregation Translation and Analytics and
Neighborhood Response Unit. Key programs initiatives and collaborations include Connections to Care: Building Resilience for Youth Community Covid Conversations (3C) NYC Project Hope Resilience and Emotional Support Team (REST) and the Mayors Subway Safety Plan.

Position Summary:

The Bureau seeks an Evaluation Associate who will report to the Director of Office of Data Aggregation Translation and Analytics (ODATA) to support to support Bureau monitoring evaluation and research activities. Under direction from the ODATA Director with latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative the Evaluation

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Collaborate with supervisor ODATA Director BCAARE leadership and program managers/staff to plan and execute QI/QA and other evaluation activities including cleaning data drafting manuscripts conducting lit reviews data matching and analyses.
Support the development of tools to manage monitor and evaluate data from existing and new Bureauwide initiatives.
Contribute to data collection including quantitative and qualitative data data management and maintenance of data accuracy.
Support the organization of data including developing data collection tools assisting with database creation developing data entry procedures and preparing preliminary documentation.
Conduct ongoing quality checks of process and outcome data during regular monitoring and reporting.
Extract clean manipulate organize and analyze data using R SAS Excel SQL and other platforms.
Liase with program staff to incorporate their input into evaluation activities.
Assist in management of evaluationrelated workflows such as DUAs MOUs and protocol documents.
Prepare regular reports for internal or external stakeholders and support reporting of programmatic data including regular ongoing reports and adhoc data requests.
Contribute to the design of data management monitoring and evaluation plans study protocols questionnaires and surveys.

Preferred Skills:
Experience practicing public health and working across systems to further a public health approach to mental wellness.
Experience with programs serving people who have mental health or substance use issues.
Experience with statistical software such as SAS R SPSS and/or SQL.
Experience with quantitative data including the ability to read interpret and synthesize epidemiologic and other scientific literature.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (e.g. Word Excel and PowerPoint)
Ability to multitask in a fast paced highvolume environment.
Experience with data visualization and dashboards for example with Power BI and Tableau.
Have an MA/MS/MPH in public health statistics or a related social science or health care field with a focus on quantitative research or BA/BS with experience in program evaluation and/or research.
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 Educations website ()
Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:
oa premiumfree health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually per a 2024 assessment.
oadditional health fitness and financial benefits may be available based on the positions associated union/benefit fund.
oa public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
oa taxdeferred savings program and
oa 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 antitobacco 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 COVID19 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 SyeEun Ahn Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at or.

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