CBO Liaison

City of New York • New York City, NY

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Division of Disease Control's mission is to safeguard the health of New Yorkers through identification, surveillance, treatment, control, and prevention of infectious diseases. The Bureau of Public Health Clinics (BPHC) mission is to promote a healthy community by providing New Yorkers with the resources needed to make informed and empowered health decisions; identify and treat tuberculosis and provide immunization and sexual health services regardless of ability to pay or immigration status. BPHC provides direct clinic services to people seeking health care; monitors disease trends; provides education and training to service providers and community groups; conducts research; and develops policies and programs to deliver high-quality clinical care which best serve New Yorkers. The Public Health Educator will perform outreach duties and report directly to the Director of Community Engagement.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of full-time satisfactory experience in: (a) developing public health education programs, including identifying target populations, conducting needs assessments, designing educational materials, planning educational presentations or workshops, and evaluating health education programs; (b) presenting public health education programs; and/or (c) counseling in areas such as communicable diseases, substance abuse, assault, sexual abuse, and/or family planning; or
• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following areas: public health education, education, public/community health administration, public administration or business administration and one year of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "1" above.

Nice To Haves

• For Assignment Level II In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, to be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have two additional years of full-time satisfactory experience, for a total of four years of experience for candidates with a baccalaureate degree, and two years for candidates with a master's degree.
• For Assignment Level III In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, to be assigned to Assignment Level III, candidates must have three additional years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above, for a total of five years of experience for candidates with a baccalaureate degree, and three years for candidates with a master's degree; at least one year of which, in either case, must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.

Responsibilities

• Promote clinic services to community through virtual and in-person meetings.
• Conduct direct community outreach by conducting site visits to new and historical community partners and faith-based organizations and participating in tabling at events.
• Coordinate with external partners, organizations, and other medical facilities to promote services.
• Attend monthly or quarterly partnership meetings (NY Knows, community partnerships meetings, EtE etc.)
• Maintain updated list of BPHC community partners and track all outreach activities and events in Public Health Partners Connect database.
• Work with BPHC's Sexual Health Clinic Navigation Coordinators to identify and maintain referral relationships for the NYC Sexual Health Clinics through Memorandums of Understanding (MOU).
• Maintain and track education material ordering for clinics.
• Assist with identifying and coordinating speakers from CBOs for clinic meetings.
• Lead clinic tours for external groups.
• Coordinate technical assistance requests from community organizations with Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV & STI and provide training coverage when needed.
• Represent BPHC on appropriate agency task force and coordination groups or meetings.
• Help facilitate patient advisory board for BPHC programmatic feedback.
• Contribute to a quarterly community clinical newsletter for BPHC's partners.
• Assure that outreach activities align with agency's commitment to language justice and becoming an anti-racist institution that acknowledges our history, takes action to eliminate inequities, and protects and promotes the health of all New Yorkers.

Benefits

• a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment.
• additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• a tax-deferred savings program
• a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.
• Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.
• job security compared to private sector employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level