Data Governance Coordinator

Public Health Solutions • Long Island City, NY

98d

About The Position

The Data Governance Coordinator will help implement data governance policies and ensure smooth, compliant access to external health data sources. Reporting to the Data Governance Manager, you'll support policy development, data stewardship, and user education for DOHMH analysts. Specifically, the Data Governance Coordinator will serve as a data steward, managing relationships with external data providers (e.g., NYS DOH, RHIOs), coordinating data access agreements, and ensuring compliance. The role also involves overseeing secure data access by implementing role-based controls and conducting compliance audits, supporting, developing and refining data governance policies to enhance data intake, classification, storage, security, and sharing, educating and supporting data users on policies, best practices, and available resources, maintaining accurate tracking systems for data assets, agreements, and metadata, and supporting agency-wide data modernization by enhancing data governance infrastructure.

Requirements

• Master's (3-5 years exp.) or Doctorate (1+ years exp.) in public health, epidemiology, health informatics, or related field.
• Experience in health data governance, compliance, public health policy, or epidemiology.
• Knowledge of HIPAA, health data privacy laws, and public health regulations.
• Strong analytical skills and project coordination experience.
• Proficient in Excel (pivot tables, lookups), Microsoft Office Suite, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with relational databases.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a data steward, managing relationships with external data providers (e.g., NYS DOH, RHIOs), coordinating data access agreements, and ensuring compliance.
• Oversee secure data access by implementing role-based controls and conducting compliance audits.
• Support, develop and refine data governance policies to enhance data intake, classification, storage, security, and sharing.
• Educate and support data users on policies, best practices, and available resources.
• Maintain accurate tracking systems for data assets, agreements, and metadata.
• Support agency-wide data modernization by enhancing data governance infrastructure.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Social Assistance
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees