[Jobs] NYC Dept Health & Mental Hygiene

[Leora Lawton]

Dear colleagues: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is seeking a
Project Manager for a multi-year Child Health Survey. The right person
could be a child health researcher with experience managing a survey
vendor, a measurement and survey methodologist with public health
experience, or a survey project manager with child health survey
experience. The planned child health survey will be a large-scale telephone
survey conducted every other year and focusing on the health of New York
City children 0-12. It has to be designed from the ground up and meet the
demands of multiple stakeholders. Please share with qualified colleagues!
It's a great place to work, with lots of smart and dedicated people. Many
thanks,



Stephen Immerwahr

Acting Director, Survey Unit

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Epidemiology Services





Background

The Bureau of Epidemiology Services (BES) is dedicated to improving the
health of New Yorkers and to addressing health disparities by providing the
DOHMH with high-quality surveillance data; designing and conducting program
evaluations; guiding and supporting analyses of multiple sources; and
consulting on study design and other methodological issues. The Bureau is
responsible for developing, collecting and supporting the use of
population-based survey data; facilitating the use of survey and other data
sources; and providing support in survey design, questionnaire development
and survey weighting  for programs across the DOHMH.



Job Description

With guidance from project leadership, you will:

• Manage the development and implementation of an annual survey to gather
health surveillance data on New York City children.

• Develop a survey questionnaire to meet the needs of DOHMH programs and
stakeholders. This includes a literature review of current survey practice
and epidemiological methods for measuring child health by parent proxy
report; assisting programs in selecting validated survey items when
available; developing and formally testing new questions as needed;
maintaining documentation of the questionnaire process and review; and
obtaining I.R.B. approval for the survey protocol and final instrument.

• Manage the request for proposals and vendor selection process.

• Manage the selected survey vendor contract (s). This includes development
of the study design and its implementation; monitoring the quality and
timeliness of survey data (including response rates) and other
deliverables; and identifying appropriate weighting methodologies.

• Assess alternative sampling frames for child health surveillance.

• Participate in exploring alternative survey designs such as nesting
cohort studies within a larger survey, alternating 2 different surveys,
linking survey data to administrative data sources, etc.

• As time allows, conduct analysis of survey data for agency and outside
publications.

• Support other Unit projects as needed, and be an active participant in
the ongoing development of the Bureau.



Minimum Qualifying Requirements

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.

Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period
of one year.



Preferred Skills

• Survey research experience applied to public health, program evaluation,
and/or epidemiological research and evaluation • Expertise in designing
surveys (particularly telephone surveys), project management, and data
quality controls • Knowledge of public health and policy related to child
and/or adolescent development and health • The ability to work
collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to reach consensus on research
priorities • Descriptive data analysis using statistical software such as
SAS, SUDAAN, R, SPSS, etc.; and comfort with data base software such as
Microsoft Excel or Access • Attention to detail and documentation of
processes • Experience with teamwork



To Apply

Apply online with a cover letter to https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/.  In the Job
ID search bar, enter: job ID number # 188018.

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Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
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