Research Analyst, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

City of New York • New York, NY

2d • $87,743 - $100,904

About The Position

The Research Analyst works in the HIV Epidemiology Program (HEP), within the Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. HEP monitors trends in New York City's HIV epidemic and develops programming informed by the distribution and demographics of HIV. The Core Surveillance Special Projects Unit conducts HIV surveillance projects, including Project EXPAND, which collects additional information about people newly diagnosed with HIV and people whose primary cause of death was HIV, and registry connectivity projects that link surveillance data with electronic medical records to support provider alerts and engagement of people out of care.

The position leads quality assurance for Project EXPAND, supports interview data collection and survey programming, and assists with data cleaning, analysis, reporting, and dissemination. It also contributes to routine HIV surveillance work and to the development and monitoring of registry connectivity projects.

Requirements

• For Assignment Level I, a master's degree from an accredited college or university specializing in an appropriate field of physical, biological, or environmental science, or public health.
• For Assignment Level II and above, a doctorate in an appropriate field and one year of full-time responsible supervisory, administrative, or research experience; or a master's degree in an appropriate field and three years of responsible full-time research experience; or equivalent education and experience. Candidates qualifying through equivalency must have at least a master's degree and at least two years of the specified experience.
• Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I may substitute for the experience required for Assignment Level II and above.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with SAS.
• Experience with and understanding of surveillance data and quality assurance strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal, research, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills, with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Ability to work with a diverse staff of epidemiologists, analysts, and public health advisors.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Project EXPAND quality assurance activities, including QDS Warehouse data imports and import logs, SAS-based checks of imported interview data, tracking-sheet completion, progress reports, routine reports and tables, participant satisfaction surveys, and presentations of QA results at biweekly team meetings.
• Serve as the main liaison with the HIV Surveillance Operations and Core Analysis units to maintain an ongoing investigation list of cases with discrepant data identified through interviews.
• Assist in training data collectors in Project EXPAND activities.
• Maintain the QDS CAPI survey instrument, including survey programming and related documentation.
• Assist the Senior Research Analyst with cleaning and analyzing Project EXPAND data.
• Assist other special projects with QDS CAPI survey programming, piloting, and data cleaning.
• Conduct data analysis and dissemination using Core and Special Projects surveillance data.
• Contribute to routine HIV surveillance activities, including fulfilling data requests and preparing quarterly analytic datasets, the annual surveillance report, slide sets, surveillance tables, and other dissemination products.
• Assist with developing registry connectivity projects, including quality monitoring, data reports, data management and cleaning, and data visualization.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility for federal or state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs.
• Premium-free health insurance plan.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position's associated union or benefit fund.
• Public-sector defined benefit pension plan.
• Tax-deferred savings program.
• Worksite Wellness Program.
• Depending on the position, the ability to work from home up to two days during the week.
• Job security compared with private-sector employment.

What This Job Offers

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