Data Analyst, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

City of New York • Long Island City, NY

2d • 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 Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections’ (BHHS) mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers by ending transmission, illness, stigma, and inequities related to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections. BHHS accomplishes its mission 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 HIV Care and Treatment Program (CTP) is the Recipient of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) grant, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant, and the RWHAP Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) cooperative agreement. CTP consists of six units: 1) Quality Management & Program Implementation, 2) Program Planning & Compliance, 3) EHE Initiative Services, 4) Housing Services, 5) Special Projects & Initiatives, and 6) Research and Evaluation. Reporting to a Senior Research Analyst and working closely with another analyst and with a group of staff responsible for program oversight, this Data Analyst in the Research and Evaluation Unit will contribute to evaluation and reporting for RWHAP and HOPWA housing programs and assist on other projects as needed. This opening offers a rare opportunity to join a stellar team in advancing health practice, policy, and science through the effective use and communication of data. The selected candidate will contribute to evaluation and reporting for federally funded health/housing programs and provide critical assistance on other projects.

Requirements

• A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
• 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
• 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
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to '1' or '2' above.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of SAS (programming and analysis), Tableau (data visualization), and Adobe Acrobat, as well as Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other MS Office software.
• An appreciation for data quality and program quality management.

Responsibilities

• Supporting data-driven management and standardized, federally and state-compliant HIV services provider reporting.
• Contributing to data systems specifications, documentation, testing, data collection tools, and/or user support/technical assistance.
• Assisting with developing, maintaining, and presenting standard reports for the HIV Care and Treatment Program and its stakeholders.
• Participating in core unit activities, including cleaning, managing, matching, analyzing and displaying process and outcomes data, and responding to ad-hoc data requests using analytic software packages (primarily SAS).
• Helping integrate data from different systems as needed to ensure data quality and completeness.
• Contributing to every stage of the research and evaluation process, from building systems for data collection, to analysis, to producing reports, presentations, presentations, and papers for public dissemination.
• Serving in local public health responses to emergencies.

Benefits

• Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even forgive your full balance.
• 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.
• Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.

What This Job Offers

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