OEPR Technology Project Manager Bureau of Healthcare and Community Readiness

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH)s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) was created to promote DOHMHs and NYCs ability to prevent prepare for respond to and recover from health emergencies. OEPR coordinates agencywide emergency preparedness planning exercises and training evaluation of incident response exercise performance and coordinating with community stakeholders city state & federal partners on public health emergency planning and response. OEPRs work focuses on promoting and protecting public health through emergency preparedness and response; and recognizes that social inequities negatively impact our efforts to maintain and improve the health of NYC during and after a disaster. With these inequities in mind OEPR is also working to improve its application of a social justice and racial equity lens to its emergency preparedness and response work. OEPRs employees are expected to align their work with OEPRs efforts to combat the harmful effects of systemic injustices on communities and work towards the most equitable postdisaster public health outcomes possible.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
Identify and prioritize OEPR and emergency response healthcare and community readiness technology needs.
Plan and serve as the program lead for project initiation to completion. This includes leading or serving as part of a team to define business requirements.
Develop administer and work with DIT to establish projects by defining and identifying resource needs ensuring the appropriate program staff provide information and meet deadlines coordinating necessary application testing drills User Acceptance Testing and ongoing trainings and maintenance.
Liaise with DIT and represent OEPR at meetings and coordinate agenda materials by implementing public health and healthcare community strategies with regards to public health emergency preparedness response and readiness.
Coordinate technical discussions with third party vendors as needed in partnership with DIT.
Conduct research on the use of technology for emergency response operations across healthcare and community readiness initiatives.
Provide effective programmatic project management for new and existing OEPR technology projects to ensure appropriate project management practices are followed throughout the project lifecycle.
Assist Division staff with navigating technology solutions to support their program requirements
Engage in proactive capacity planning including evaluating or participating in the review of new technology solutions to ensure OEPRs technology is scalable extensible and supportable for the future both for daily work and emergency response.
Support emergency response by ensuring applications are prepared for surge capacity use and work with vendors and/or stakeholders to adjust based on the needs of the incident.
In partnership with DIT assess the technology needs for emergency planning and response.

PREFERRED SKILLS:
Strong technical project management skills with deep understanding of the IT development project lifecycle
Strong business analysis and documentation skills
Strong verbal and written communications skills able to communicate equally with technical and nontechnical stakeholders to assure common understanding of goals and priorities
Strong technical understanding of technology platforms such as: Microsoft Teams CRMs such as Salesforce Mapping and data visualization (e.g. ESRI Tableau) Data storage integration and analytics and other messaging tools/protocols custom application development models identity management and application security
Experience with emergency management applications open data and social media data as data sources for analytics and research understanding of HIPAA and other security/privacy rules and understanding of multiplatform architectures and solutions.

Special Note:
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Specialists (HMH) will be required to work
during public health emergency activations drills and/or trainings.

Qualification Requirements
1. Masters degree from an accredited college in emergency management public health disaster management emergency preparedness/administration public administration or related field and one 1 year of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one or a combination of the following area(s): emergency preparedness planning/management emergency medical services fire or public safety law enforcement homeland security public health mental health environmental/occupational health and safety or a related specialized
area; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two 2 years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one of the areas described in 1above; or

3. A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience. However all candidates must have a minimum of one 1 year of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one of the areas described in 1 above.

Why you should work for us:

Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even fully forgive your full balance. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website (https://studentaid/pslf/
Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:
oa premiumfree health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually per a 2024 assessment.
oadditional health fitness and financial benefits may be available based on the positions associated union/benefit fund.
oa public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
oa taxdeferred savings program and
oa robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.
Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.
Job Security you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.

Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S. dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC. Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone regardless of age background or location can achieve their optimal health. We provide a wide array of programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and social justice initiatives. As the primary population health strategist and policy authority for NYC with a rich history of public health initiatives and scientific advancements from addressing the 1822 yellow fever outbreak to the COVID19 pandemic we serve as a global leader in public health innovation and expertise.

Come join us and help to continue our efforts in making a difference in the lives of all New Yorkers!


The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process contact SyeEun Ahn Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at or.

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Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime