Data Analyst, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

City of New York • Long Island City, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)'s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). BHHS leads testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; research and evaluation; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. The mission of the BHHS HIV program is to end HIV transmission, promote the health of all New Yorkers with or vulnerable to HIV, reduce HIV-related inequities and combat stigma. The HIV Program ACE (Assess. Connect. Engage.) Team of the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is responsible for providing partner services to approximately 2000 New Yorkers newly diagnosed with HIV each year, including the identification, tracing, notification and HIV-testing of their sex and needle-sharing partners. ACE staff ensures that all newly HIV-diagnosed persons are linked to HIV clinical care. ACE staff undertake the continuous education of providers and community members about HIV- related laws and regulations and build/maintain structure for timely reporting of HIV diagnosis and linkage to care and services for patients and partners to further curb further spread of HIV. The ACE unit is looking for a Data Analyst to support the activities of multiple ACE 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. 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.

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years’ experience in working with surveillance or large-registry data, hospital or Medicaid data or similar large complex, relational databases
• Advanced SAS and SQL skills.
• Familiarity with MS Access, Tableau, and REDCap strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of epidemiological method and concepts.
• Experience with scientific data collection, interviewing and survey research.
• Experience with data quality assurance and knowledge of QA best practices.
• Ability to work with a diverse staff of epidemiologists, analysts, and public health advisors.
• Knowledge of HIV epidemiology and previous experience in the field of HIV research strongly preferred.
• Have strong analytical, organizational and communication skills; demonstrated ability to manage projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop SAS programs to utilize HIV Surveillance System data and other internal data sources. This includes matching, merging, and cleaning data to create assignment lists.
• Carry out routine functions of data management such as data monitoring and quality assurance; Serve as backup analyst to the database manager.
• Contribute to the maintenance, review and update of the ACE database, protocols and standard operating procedures.
• Create and Maintain SAS programs and data dictionaries for data collection forms.
• Provide reports and data visualizations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Address data requests. Create program tables, slide sets, and assist in preparing analytical datasets.
• Prepare and contribute to abstracts, manuscripts, and presentations for scientific conferences and peer-reviewed journals.
• Deliver oral presentations of epidemiologic and operational analyses to diverse audiences, both scientific and non-scientific.
• Coordinate with eD2C funding clinics to facilitate the linkage of HIV clients to care by managing monthly case list creation, executing weekly pre-check list transfers, and providing routine communication and technical assistance to clinical partners to ensure data accuracy and program adherence.

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 fully forgive your full balance.
• 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 - 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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees