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:

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)'s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Across a range of programs and through extensive collaboration with other parts of NYC DOHMH and external stakeholders, BHHS leads testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; research and evaluation; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives.

The HIV Prevention Program, within the Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV and STI's (BHHS), has an opening for a Condom Education Specialist (CES) for the NYC Condom Availability Program (NYCAP). The Condom Education Specialist will be responsible for condom-related education/presentations and technical assistance for the local condom distribution network within the NYC Community. Reporting directly to the Community Outreach Education and Distribution Services (CODES) Team Manager of the NYC Condom Availability Program.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Conduct condom education/training sessions with the staff and/or clients on NYCAP community partners.

Facilitate educational workshops, presentations, tabling, and other health education sessions on condom effectiveness, proper condom/lube usage (including condom demonstrations), appropriate condom storage, condom negotiation skills, harm reduction strategies, and eroticizing sager sex; (some of which will occur during evening/weekend hours).

As requested, provide virtual presentations and trainings via ZOOM or Teams for CBO's, FBO's and other organizations.

Assist the CODES Team Manager in responding to and managing product presentation/training requests received through NYC Safer Sex Portal (PHPC). This action may include but is not limited to engaging with the requesting organization through email or phone correspondence, assigning staff, updating the CODES team shared calendar, and/or any other appropriate action.

Assist with maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all conducted product trainings and presentations (in person and virtual) by routinely submitting paperwork and/or entering data into the Safer Sex Portal.

Work with community partners to establish and co-facilitate routine, borough-wide Condom 101 trainings and presentations, and make referrals for HIV/AIDS education and other prevention services.

Participate in special community-based events that require the presence of the NYC Condom Availability Program staff to facilitate condom distribution, including, but not limited to: NYC Pride events/festivals, HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, World AIDS Day and any other special events that would require NYCAP presence (please note that many of these special events occur on weeknights and/or weekends).

Support the expansion of the city-wide NYC Condom distribution network, including Support the establishment of collaborative partnerships and distribution channels with social service and medical service providers, special population gatekeepers, community-based organizations, retailers and business community members, media agencies, civil service/government actors, university, and school-based HIV Prevention initiatives.

Improve collaboration and cooperation among distribution partners to expand and strengthen distribution coverage and reduce duplication of distribution services.

Provide assistance to the Program in monitoring product stock(s) and in implementing quality assurance (QA) systems to Track and log inventory of all safer sex supplies at assigned site location (s).

Assist site(s) with ensuring adequate stock of NYCAP safer-sex products is available at all assigned location(s), assist the unit in monitoring standards of product maintenance in sites maintained by community-based organizations (CBO's)/private vending contracts and NYC Safer Sex Portal order site. This will include routine, random spot-checks of community sites to determine adequate supply, visibility, and maintenance of condoms and lube on site. These activities may occur during regular work hours but will also include evening, late night and weekend hours as assigned, complete and submit all paperwork related to monitoring activities.

Perform any/all other duties as assigned by CODES Team Manager of the NYC Condom Availability Program.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

Experience in community health education and program implementation. Demonstrated knowledge of HIV/AIDS, condom, and sexual health education. Ability to discuss and present upon issues of HIV/AIDS, sexuality, sexual behavior, and risk reduction at both the individual and group levels. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. Bilingual. 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.

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.