New York City, NY-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Remote • Queens, NY
5,001-10,000 employees
Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

The Office of the Chief Medical Officer, which sits in the CHECW division, seeks to hire a Senior Advisor, Maternal Mental Health and Epidemiologist, Office of Chief Medical Officer. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, the Senior Advisor, Maternal Mental Health and Epidemiologist will work to serve as the Health Department's lead strategist for maternal behavioral health. The Senior Advisor, Maternal Mental Health and Epidemiologist will work to identify needs related to maternal behavioral health and work collaboratively across the department and with external partners to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies and initiatives to address outstanding concerns and ensure a holistic focus to maternal health.

  • Serve as the Health Department lead strategist and coordinator for maternal behavioral health.
  • Elevate the need to address maternal behavioral health needs as critical for achieving Healthy NYC goals.
  • Collaborate with Division leads and program directors to map current need and reach for existing programming.
  • Facilitate inter-divisional communication and collaboration, leveraging existing workgroups including the PMADS/SUD group and CMO Birth Equity sub-group.
  • Build relationships and foster collaboration with subject matter experts within the Division of Mental Hygiene.
  • Work with programs to regularly review behavioral health and programming data.
  • Lead implementation of behavioral health activities to carry out NYC Maternal Mortality Review Community recommendations.
  • Liaise with external partners actively working in maternal behavioral health.
  • Liaise with internal partners including the Office of External Affairs and the Center for Population Health and Data Science.
  • Master's degree public health, public policy, social work, or a related field desirable.
  • Certification in maternal child health.
  • Expertise in maternal health and behavioral health.
  • Expertise in coalition and partnership building, program development and implementation.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Demonstrated track record of critical thinking and analytical and creative problem solving.
  • Good knowledge of various evaluation methods.
  • Experience building and maintaining relationships with a wide variety of colleagues and organizations, including internal and external partners.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated commitment in public health anti-racism, social justice, and equity.
  • Loan Forgiveness: Eligibility for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs.
  • Premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually.
  • Public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
  • Tax-deferred savings program.
  • Robust Worksite Wellness Program.
  • Work From Home Policy: Ability to work up to two days during the week from home.
  • Job Security compared to private sector employment.
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