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:

With an annual budget of $2.3 billion and more than 6,000 employees throughout the five boroughs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) is one of the largest public health agencies in the world, serving 8 million New Yorkers from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. We're tackling a broad range of public health issues with innovative policies and programs and getting exceptional results, but our work is never finished. The breadth of our innovative programs provides the widest range of choices for every member of our team.

NYC DOHMH's Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) was created to promote DOHMH's and NYC's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from health emergencies. OEPR coordinates agency- and healthcare system-wide emergency planning, exercises and training, evaluation, information sharing, operations and logistics and coordination with healthcare partners, community stakeholders, City, State & Federal partners.

EPR's work focuses on promoting and protecting public health through emergency preparedness and response; and recognizes that social inequities negatively impact our efforts to maintain and improve the health of NYC during and after a disaster. With these inequities in mind, OEPR is also working to improve its application of a social justice and racial equity lens to its emergency preparedness and response work. OEPR's efforts to combat the harmful effects of systemic injustices on communities focuses on working towards the most equitable post-disaster public health outcomes possible.

The Healthcare System Readiness unit plans and implements NYC's programming dedicated to supporting the City's healthcare system in responding safely and effectively to emergencies. This includes development and management of the NYC Healthcare Coalition (NYCHCC) and its sub-recipients, ensuring that their activities contribute to advancing the program goals and mission.

This program is also actively involved in contributing to the critical Citywide health and medical planning and response efforts, working with an array of partners and ensuring that the DOHMH Healthcare System Support Branch is prepared to respond to public health impacts of emergencies.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Manage the Healthcare System Support Branch (HSSB) emergency response group (ERG) through the Incident Command System coordinator model: attend biweekly ICS Coordinator meetings; convene HSSB Leadership meetings as needed; complete OEPR ICS-related projects, as assigned; and update ERG materials and staff assignments, as needed.

Coordinate intra-agency projects to address corrective actions assigned to HSSB

Perform strategic planning for HSSB advancement and capacity building, specifically by coordinating scheduling for on-call rotations, ensuring adequate staffing rosters and training for rostered staff and leadership and developing response actions or objectives in emergency response plans (or incident action plans)

Lead HSSB in implementing a response dashboard to monitor the status of the NYC healthcare system during emergencies and provide data for after action reporting

Staff the Healthcare Systems Support Branch of the NYC DOHMH's Incident Command System when activated and complete emergency response trainings

Support DOHMH's Healthcare Systems Readiness unit by coordinating with the Senior Director of Healthcare Programs, focusing on healthcare coalition projects designed to increase healthcare system engagement and improvements in preparedness; provide programmatic oversight of vendors and/or budgets as needed to support Healthcare System Readiness programs

Serve as NYC DOHMH healthcare liaison officer to agencies and healthcare delivery partners

Manage emergency preparedness equipment (ICS Boards, ICS Vests, Med Sleds, Fit Testing Kits, Emergency Evacuation Tags, etc.) o Maintain routine correspondence with equipment vendor(s) and NYC DOHMH Grants Management pertaining to purchases and required requisition forms o Coordinate and monitor the delivery and distribution of equipment to NYC Healthcare facilities; maintain package slip information; ensure and document delivery of equipment o In coordination with vendors and internal NYC DOHMH staff, coordinate equipment trainings, if needed; responsible for: registration, agenda development, training logistics

Assist with coordination/logistics for meetings, presentations, and webinars for all current sectors under the purview of the unit, as needed; assist as scribe and or during registration

Establish and maintain strong relationships with key partners including government, community partners, facilities, institutions, networks, stakeholders, and associations in support of citywide response objectives

Assist with the development and updates of Bureau and NYC Healthcare Coalition continuity of operation plans (COOP)

Provide research and benchmarking capabilities for threat analysis and hazard vulnerabilities

Support the development of healthcare resource inventories and other local, state, and federal reporting requirements

Participate in and contribute to continuous evaluation and improvement of citywide approaches to health and medical emergency response, including coordinating healthcare delivery system trainings and exercises

Lead all operational efforts with a health-equity lens that help defeat structural racism and advocate for the disadvantaged

**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 Driver’s 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 posting’s “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 on-boarding 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 Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

"FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL”

Apply online with a cover letter to https://cityjobs.nyc.gov/. In the Job ID search bar, enter: job ID # 606145

We appreciate the interest and thank all applicants who apply, but only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

The NYC Health Department is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and culturally responsive workforce. We strongly encourage people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and gender non-conforming persons to apply.

All applicants will be considered without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, age, prior record of arrest; or any other basis prohibited by law.

NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your resume that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program.

Completion of FEMA IS-100, 200, 700, and 800 Experience with stakeholder engagement and project management. Excellent communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills. Strong analytical skills and ability to manage and report complex information. Experience with data collection, analysis and interpretation. Desire to grow professionally, develop new skills and willingness to work outside of comfort zone. Experience working with the public health sector and coordinating projects involving multiple stakeholders. Ability to prioritize and work in fast-paced environment with hard deadlines. Fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.

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/

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.

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.