The NYC Health Department's Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) falls within the Division of Disease Control, oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Its mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers by ending transmission, illness, stigma, and inequities related to viral hepatitis, HIV, and STIs. BHHS does this through testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. BHHS's over 500 staff members work across eight programs: Administration, HIV Care and Treatment, HIV Epidemiology, HIV Prevention, Policy and External Affairs, Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiatives, STI, and Viral Hepatitis.
The Epidemiology Unit in the STI Program of BHHS has an opening for a Data Analyst. This position will be supported by a five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), earmarked for conducting enhanced surveillance for STI. The Data Analyst will join a team that is conducting a variety of high priority research and surveillance projects related to the control and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and sexually transmitted viral hepatitis. We are seeking a reliable and conscientious team member to join our dedicated and collaborative staff.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
- Develop and implement database queries.
- Prepare datasets for epidemiologic and surveillance projects and analyses.
- Analyze data and provide data interpretation for STI quality assurance, evaluation, program development, surveillance, and research.
- Access and analyze large data sets housed outside the Bureau (e.g., Medicaid data, hospital discharge data).
- Contribute to the development of comprehensive proposals, protocols and evaluation plans for select STI or cross-cutting STI-HIV-Hepatitis research, surveillance, and evaluation projects.
- Contribute to narrative and data reporting to federal funders and internal leadership, in collaboration with other STI Program analysts.
- Contribute to the preparation of reports, presentations, and peer-reviewed publications.
- Supervise 1-2 staff who conduct interviews for a CDC enhanced surveillance project.
PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Experience analyzing different types of data (clinical, surveillance, survey, administrative).
- Proven experience with conducting quantitative data analyses.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency in SAS for data manipulation and analysis.
- Familiarity with SQL query writing language.
- Comfort with Excel and other Microsoft Office tools.
- Familiarity with ArcGIS and/or Tableau.
- Ability to maintain multiple projects simultaneously and function effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Background in STI epidemiology.
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 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 NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Sye-Eun Ahn, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, at sahn1@health.nyc.gov or 347-396-6549.