Only permanent employees in the title and those that are reachable on the civil service list are eligible to apply.
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.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

The Clerical Support will:

-Prepare draft daily facility reports for Facility Manager, and ensure corrective actions are taken.
-Liaise with Facility Manager and assist in walkthroughs for facility inspections at both Morrisania and Tremont District Health Centers
-Monitor Voter registration forms & Public Distribution
-Work with the custodial team to ensure equipment are maintained and adequate supplies are on site
-Oversee and assist with assigning parking spaces to employees in Tremont & Morrisania Parking lot
-Oversee, follow-up and submit Facility Service Requests
- Respond to complaints on behalf of the Facility Manager to ensure satisfaction of program staff and patients
-Assist in Safety & Health training- for Custodial Staff
-Tremont Health Center is designated as one of these sites for Neighborhood Health. Action Centers - Facilitating complaints received from the surrounding communities as it pertains to the district health centers.
-Coordinate program needs in the Neighborhood Action Centers in Tremont & Morrisania District Health Centers
-Provide outreach information to Community Groups and visitors to the building
-Assist the Facility Manager with meeting planner schedule internal and external meetings for the Program staff and Community Groups at both Morrisania and Tremont HC
-Respond to questions from the community and direct calls to appropriate programs
-Assist with the distribution and tracking of voter registration forms/ at Morrisania & Tremont Action Centers
-Represent the Facility Manager at monthly planning meeting with the Program staff; ensure that service request and correspondence flow freely between Program staff and Operations staff
- Update all report monthly and annually including Standard Operating Procedures Emergency Evacuation Plans Operations Contact List for District Health Centers
-Work with Facility Manager regarding renovations, and space allotment in the facilities.

Qualification Requirements
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.
Skills Requirement
Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.

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.

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.