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:

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Position Reports to: Program Director, Shop Healthy Initiative NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is a world-renowned agency with a long tradition of protecting and promoting health in the nation's most culturally and linguistically diverse city. Our 7,000-plus team members bring an extraordinary array of languages, cultures and experiences to bear on the work of public health. The Center for Health Equity & Community Wellness (CHECW) aims to eliminate racial inequities resulting in premature mortality, with a focus on chronic disease, by addressing the social and environmental factors that impact health. CHECW works to increase placed-based investments in priority neighborhoods with community programming and services based on epidemiology; influence and leverage the health system to promote whole-person care; intensify the agency's approach to tackling big salt, sugar, and tobacco; and finding innovative ways to improve the built environment and address other social determinants of health. CHECW is comprised of the Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Bronx Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Harlem Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention, the Bureau of Health Equity Capacity Building, the Bureau of Equitable Health Systems and the Bureau of Finance, Administration, and Services. PROGRAM OVERVIEW Shop Healthy NYC is a New York City Health Department initiative that aims to increase access to healthy food and engage residents and organizations to support sustainable food retail changes in their community. The program grew out of years of intensive work with more than 1,000 retailers in neighborhoods with the city's worst health outcomes, and targets multiple types of food retailers. To ensure a long-term impact on food access, Shop Healthy NYC aims to influence supply and demand by: 1) reaching out to food retailers to increase stock and promotion of healthy foods, including intensively working with stores to meet specific criteria; 2) collaborating with distributors and suppliers to facilitate wholesale purchases and widespread promotion of healthy foods; and 3) engaging community constituents (customers) to support participating retailers and increase neighborhood access to healthy foods. POSITION OVERVIEW The Shop Healthy Community Project Manager oversee outreach to bodegas, supermarkets and community organizations citywide. Under general direction, with wide latitude for independent initiative and judgment, the Shop Healthy Community Project Manager is responsible for, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of community programmatic work. The Project Manager will be expected to balance their week between providing technical assistance and capacity building activities for community partners, data management, and general meeting participation.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Provide intensive technical assistance to community partners/organizations to conduct the following:

Store owner training (train the trainer)

Provide hands-on assistance in product placement

Provide assistance in store re-design to promote the sale of healthier options

Conduct baseline data collection & post signage

Determine interest in intensive participation o Connect organizations to bodegas and supermarkets in the select zip codes.

Manage database of community organizations with current contact information and correspondence;

Help plan, implement, coordinates monitor and/or evaluate how the program provides important community services. o Manage multiple contracts for CBOs related to technical assistance healthy food vendors o Manage project milestones to ensure timely completion of work. o Review and approve consultant payment requests.

Coordinate with agency budget and accounting units to ensure efficient contract registration and payments. o Help plan, implement, coordinates monitor and/or evaluate how the program provides important community services.

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.

Bachelor's degree with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental, or social science, or in public health Strong quantitative analytic and qualitative skills Preferred experience in application development and/or GIS design Strong written, verbal and editing skills, including summaries, reports, manuscripts and presentations Previous experience working with a food retailer, specifically related to management or distribution of inventory,

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.