New York City, NY-posted 4 months ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Remote • Queens, NY
5,001-10,000 employees
Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

The Center for Health Equity & Community Wellness (CHECW) seeks to eliminate racial and other inequities resulting in premature mortality. With an unwavering grounding in history and structural analysis, CHECW works to increase visibility of the harm perpetuated by centuries of racist, socially unjust policy while pushing towards redress for the most impacted NYC communities. CHECW addresses inequity across community and healthcare systems in partnership with community, faith-based, and health care organizations. CHECW's work focuses on social determinants of health, including environmental and commercial determinants, and addresses both upstream and downstream factors to improve health and well-being of New Yorkers. CHECW is comprised of the Bureau of Bronx Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Brooklyn Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Harlem Neighborhood Health, the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention, the Bureau of Health Equity Capacity Building, the Bureau of Equitable Health Systems and the Bureau of Finance, Administration and Services. The division's Deputy Commissioner also serves as the Agency's Chief Equity Officer and oversees Race to Justice, the Agency's internal reform effort to help our staff learn what they can do to better address racial health gaps and improve health outcomes for all New Yorkers. CHECW sits under the Agency's Chief Medical Officer. The Office of the Chief Medical Officer, which sits in the CHECW division, seeks to hire a Senior Epidemiologist & Maternal Health. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, the Senior Epidemiologist & Maternal Health will work to serve as the Health Department's lead strategist for maternal behavioral health. The Senior Epidemiologist & Maternal Health 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 HealthlyNYC 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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