Statistician jobs in New York, NY

Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.

As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City’s yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.

Our Agency’s five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are:
1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a “response-ready” organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women’s health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7,000-plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism’s impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021, the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance anti-racist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.

PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION:

The mission of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Bureau of Immunization (BOI) is to prevent the occurrence and transmission of diseases through immunization. The BOI promotes the immunization of children and adults against numerous diseases such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, polio, influenza, pneumococcal disease, the human papillomavirus (HPV), COVID-19 and monkey pox.

BOI promotes immunization of children and adults through the tracking of individual immunization status and monitoring of immunization levels in the NYC population using the Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR). The CIR is a central record-keeping system established by the DOHMH and accessible to the public, licensed health care providers, parents, and agencies authorized by the DOHMH for the purpose of ensuring that NYC children and adults are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.

The Bureau of Immunization (BOI) is seeking a highly motivated, experienced public health professional to serve as a Statistician and assist with data analysis and research projects aiming to inform BOI's vaccination coverage improvement activities, in particular those related to the COVID-19 and monkeypox responses.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Participate in or leads the design and execution of research to describe vaccination coverage levels in the NYC population and inform initiatives related to the COVID-19, monkeypox and other vaccination campaigns.

Plan and conduct research studies using advanced statistical techniques and modelling methods to examine current vaccination trends and provide projection on future trends.

Work closely with internal staff and the CDC to perform the evaluation of key programmatic interventions in the CIR.

Assist with the planning, development and implementation of protocols and research related to CIR data quality and vaccination coverage improvements.

Ensure data integrity by performing rigorous cleaning, error checking and validation.

Work closely with internal teams and CIR IT consultants to contribute to the development and application of solutions for observed data challenges, especially those related to data quality.

Participate in grant preparation and IRB submission.

Work with other DOHMH teams and federal agencies in collaborative research projects.

Supervise and supports junior data analysts and contributes to building team capacity.

Prepare reports, abstracts and manuscripts for presentation and peer-reviewed publication.

Develop reports for senior management and external stakeholders.

**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:

Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:

• A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver’s license.

• Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.

• Current Resume

• Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this posting’s “Minimum Qualification Requirements” section. Examples of additional documentation may be, but not limited to: college transcript, experience verification or professional trade licenses.

If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an on-boarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.

**LOAN FORGIVENESS

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

"FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL”