[Jobs] NYC Dept of Child Health

[Leora Lawton]

Dear colleagues: NYC Deptartment 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



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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
350K Barrows Hall
(of) 510-643-1270
(m) 510-928-7572
www.popcenter.berkeley.edu
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