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 Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment (BADUPCT) works to reduce morbidity and mortality related to alcohol and substance use among New Yorkers through contracting and oversight of prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery and support services; policy analysis and development; epidemiology, surveillance, and evaluation; development and dissemination of treatment and management guidelines; harm reduction initiatives; public and provider outreach and education; and community involvement and interagency collaboration.

The Research and Surveillance unit conducts alcohol and drug related surveillance, program evaluation and research, maintains databases, designs research protocols, produces reports, writes scientific articles for peer review journals, and facilitates program and policy development.

The Bureau seeks an Evaluation Associate who will report to the Director of Data Management and Monitoring to assist with developing tools to manage, monitor, and evaluate data from existing and new Bureau-wide initiatives.

With unprecedented funding to address the overdose crisis, this will be a key position in supporting Bureau initiatives.

Under direction from the Director of Data Management and Monitoring, with latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative, the Evaluation Associate will:

- Collaborate with the Data Management and Monitoring Unit Director and/or Manager, project leads, and other staff to plan and execute QI/QA and other evaluation activities, manuscripts, data matching, and analyses
- Contribute to the design of data management, monitoring, and evaluation plans, study protocols, questionnaires, and surveys
- 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
- Extract, clean, manipulate, organize, and analyze data using R, SAS, Excel, SQL, and other platforms
- Support reporting of programmatic data, including, but not limited to, internal reporting (e.g., weekly reports, QPR), external reporting, and ad-hoc data requests
- Create and maintain programmatic datasets, including, but not limited to, back-up, frozen, matching, and analytic datasets
- Stay up-to-date on relevant drug and alcohol-related research, policy, and news; conduct literature reviews; alert team to noteworthy updates
- Create and deliver power point presentations to internal staff and external partners
- Other duties as assigned.

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master's 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 full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A master's 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 full-time 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 master's 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.

Experience practicing public health and working across systems to further a public health approach to alcohol and other drug use working with programs serving people who use drugs, including those using harm reduction approaches in program monitoring and evaluation. In addition, candidates will - Have experience with program evaluation - Have experience in data and database management, such as SQL and REDCap - Have experience with statistical software such as R, SAS, and SQL - Have experience with quantitative data, including the ability to read, interpret and synthesize epidemiologic and other scientific literature - Have experience with data visualization and dashboards, for example with Tableau - Be able to work independently and as part of a team - Possess exceptional interpersonal, research, written and verbal communication skills - Be proficiency in Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint - Be detail oriented with outstanding organizational skills - Be able to multi task in a fast paced, high volume environment

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.