BRONX HUB PROJECT MANAGER

City of New York • New York, NY

4d • $87,743 - $110,120 • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Social Services (DSS) includes the administrative units of the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). DHS's mission is to prevent homelessness, address street homelessness, provide temporary shelter, and connect individuals experiencing homelessness to suitable housing. HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and inequality by providing essential benefits like Cash, Food, and Rental Assistance, as well as Medicaid. The DSS Medical and Health Services Office aims to improve the health and well-being of individuals experiencing homelessness, reduce morbidity and mortality, and increase access to care that supports readiness for independent living. This office develops and implements public health initiatives and evidence-based prevention programs for clients in shelters, safe havens, and those living on the streets. The Health Service Office is launching the Bronx Hub Project to reduce street homelessness and substance use risks among individuals congregating in public spaces in the South Bronx. This project will collaborate with City and State agencies and community-based organizations to identify the root causes of persistent street homelessness and public substance use in the region and design interventions that support successful transitions to harm reduction and substance use programs, health care facilities, shelters, safe havens, or permanent housing. Project staff will take a leadership role in interagency task forces, coordinate transitions into shelters or safe havens, deploy street-based health care services, strengthen the capacity of local shelters and safe havens to provide onsite risk reduction services, and deliver long-term, complex care coordination for individuals with high needs. The Health Services Office (HSO) is recruiting one (1) City Research Scientist II to function as a Bronx Hub Project Manager.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with leadership to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate the intervention.
• Conduct formative biological and social science research to inform project design, including literature reviews, expert interviews, community resource mapping, surveys, and focus groups.
• Participate actively in the Bronx Hub Task Force, which brings together City, State, and community-based stakeholders in street outreach, substance use, and medical treatment, and coordinating a homeless workgroup.
• Supervise field based staff who work in shelters and safe havens to provide onsite risk reduction and linkage to care services.
• Collaborate with supervisors to develop methods to integrate task force referrals with DHS and health system data, enabling rapid identification, enrollment, and provision of risk reduction, linkage to care, shelter intake and complex care coordination services.
• Record and analyze client health data and service delivery outcomes in a database to contribute to statistical reports, identify trends, and recommend system improvements.
• Develop monitoring tools, quality improvement methods, and surveys to support qualitative evaluation.
• Present evaluation findings to internal and external stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

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