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:

Its 100-plus programs protect and promote the health of the world's most culturally and linguistically diverse city. Within the Office of External Affairs, the Bureau of Customer Support Services Graphics and Reproduction Print Shop directs, controls, and coordinates a large staff providing varied essential Agency services. Manages and coordinates the safeguarding of highly sensitive and confidential records and documents. Assures all legal standards are fully complied with respecting to care, control and archival storage.

Provide DOHMH with cost-effective, quality print materials in a timely manner. The Graphics section produces layouts, negatives and digital output, the Reproduction section produces printed, photocopied and bound documents.

Graphics also serves as the agency's Form Control Unit. The Print Shop Graphics and Reproduction Unit is looking to hire an Assistant Printing Press Operator.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Under direct supervision, assists in the operation of large scale complex cylinder-type printing presses including web presses; performs related work.

Assists in setting up press for printing / starts up press.

Operates multi brands of copiers such as Xerox, Konica, Canon.

Operate wide format machines.

Assist and operate the shrink wrap machine.

Assist with the mailing inserting machine.

Assist in monitoring operation of running presses, making necessary adjustments to meet job specifications.

Maintains machines, assists in making routine repairs.

Selects and loads paper.

Assist in mixing ink to produce desired colors or shades.

Operates Cutters - sets up machinery, monitors operation of equipment, making necessary adjustments to meet job specifications and produce uniform impressions.

Assist with quality assurance control, making sure that all material in the quality and order it was expected.

Assist with packing the packages and label it accordingly.

Submit transportation request for all completed orders.

Lifting and handling packages and paper boxes of 50 lbs.

1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and three years of satisfactory full-time experience operating a cylinder-type printing press using the offset-press printing process; or
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above.

Knowledge of software iMAC programs such as InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Analytical with ability to run and maintain productivity reports. Proficiency in use of jack pallets and forklift a plus.

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.

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/

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.

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.