Special Assistant, Bureau of Office of Chief Medical Officer

City of New York • New York, NY

4h • $74,536 - $74,536 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Health Equity & Community Wellness (CHECW) focuses on social determinants of health, including environmental and commercial determinants, and addresses both upstream and downstream factors to improve the health and well-being of New Yorkers. The Office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO Office) aims to bridge NYC's healthcare systems with the health department to expand and strengthen bidirectional communication and engagement around the emerging health needs and risks of NYC communities. These capabilities are achieved by coordinating and streamlining agency-wide provider communications, using content tailoring approaches by leveraging a health provider contact information database, and leveraging community connections to increase agency reach to providers. Specifically, the CMO Office focuses on keeping health providers abreast of healthcare affordability opportunities for all New Yorkers and works to coordinate front-line health worker engagement activities to connect New Yorkers to benefits and resources that supplement healthcare affordability obstacles. The CMO Office works closely with the Commissioner's Office and Divisional leadership to strategically plan and implement agency-wide efforts and response to public health priorities and emergencies. The Office of the Chief Medical Officer seeks to hire a Special Assistant.

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.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative and team skills.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail; ability to work independently and exercise a high degree of initiative.
• Ability to work independently and exercise a high degree of initiative, apply project management strategies.
• Accomplish tasks and solve problems; experience and ability to critically review and assess the scientific literature.
• Keen ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments; comfort and competence with data interpretation and reporting.
• Experience and comfort applying a racial equity lens

Responsibilities

• Conduct outcome and impact evaluations of CMO Office programs related to provider engagement, healthcare workforce unification, and frontline public health services delivery.
• Collect primary data, such as provider communication analytics tracking and public health workforce engagement, in support of office goals and projects to include in Agency's Quality Performance Report (OPR).
• Assist with and conduct assigned research, literature reviews, memos, including work on the application anti-racist public health practice, and data collection instruments to improve and streamline provider engagement efforts across agency.
• Work closely with other members of the CMO Office's team, ensuring seamless support for daily tasks, meetings, reports, and activities, as well as high-priority projects including all provider engagement and community health worker activities.
• Support and staff CMO and Deputy CMO with internal and external meeting coordination and preparation, follow-up items and activities, document review and approval process, and other related activities.
• Manage goal gathering and reporting projects, including the Agency's Quality Performance Report (QPR), provider communication analytics tracking, and publication tracking.
• Coordinate and manage requests to CMO Office, including coordination of meetings with CMO and Deputy CMO to share information and build collaborative relationships across agency and oversee of the office's pre-approval and review request processes.
• Assist with and conduct assigned research, literature reviews, memos, and other summaries, including work on the application anti-racist public health practice.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge base on critical issues in public health, chronic disease prevention and management, place-based work, community engagement, bridging public health and health care, COVID-19, and social determinants of health, including research, policy, and programmatic interventions.
• Coordinate and lead staff across the office to create, refine, format, proof-read, and organize deliverables, metrics and reports, applying a racial equity lens to documents in review.
• Manage and/or lead special projects at the request of the Deputy CMO, as needed.
• Organize Office activities, including staff meetings and guest speakers. Attend meetings and events on behalf of the CMO Office, as requested.
• Maintain and improve upon organizational systems to manage information flow within the CMO Office.

Benefits

• premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment.
• additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• a tax-deferred savings program
• a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.

What This Job Offers

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