Evaluation Specialist, Bureau of Children, Youth, Families & Developmental Disabilities

The Bureau of Children Youth Families & Developmental Disabilities (CYF-DD) is responsible for planning and monitoring much of NYCs comprehensive network of child and adolescent community mental health services. CYF-DD relies on research and surveillance to guide its decisions around service planning implementation and evaluation and incorporates a health equity lens into its work. CYF-DD oversees a portfolio of over 100 programs and supports a family-driven individualized and strength-based approach to care. The portfolio includes the NYC Perinatal and Early Childhood Mental Health (PECMH) Network consisting of specialized clinics for children birth to five and their families as well as pregnant persons and a Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC).

The Evaluation Specialist for PECMH Programs will be supervised by the Program Data Manager and work closely with rest of the PECMH team to support the evaluation and quality improvement of perinatal and early childhood mental health services. This role focuses on data management and analysis stakeholder collaboration and capacity building to enhance behavioral health services for families of young children and pregnant and parenting caregivers.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
-Data Management and Analysis.
-Collaborate with the Program Data Manager PECMH Network Providers and IT to support data collection through the Maven or other data systems
-Ensure clean and accurate data sets for analysis and reporting by reviewing provider submitted data
-Perform statistical analyses of mental health treatment family peer support data and consultation data.
-Develop review and update SAS code to analyze data
-Create internal and external data reports with visualizations
-Program Evaluation and Improvement:
-Support the program evaluation of the PECMH Network
-Collaborate with the Data and Program Coordinator in reviewing mental health consultation data and training center reports
-Use data to identify areas for quality improvement and inform technical assistance provided to contracted providers
-Participate in annual site visits to review data submissions and program performance
-Collaboration and Communication:
-Support the Director and team in overseeing the performance of contracted providers
-Attend meetings and trainings as requested
-Maintain clear documentation across data submissions and shared drives
-Other duties as assigned

PREFERRED SKILLS:
-Experience working with data analysis tools (e.g. SAS)
-Experience with data cleaning and manipulation
-Proficiency in creating data visualizations
-Strong understanding of research methods and statistical analysis
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills
-Outstanding organizational skills and abilities to handle multiple priorities on tight deadlines
-Experience incorporating racial equity and social justice principles into their work and demonstrated commitment to supporting communities who have experienced systemic oppression and bias
-Strong sense of teamwork and the ability to function effectively both independently and as part of a multi-stakeholder team
-Familiarity with mental health programs and/or perinatal/early childhood mental health is a plus

Why you should work for us:

-Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:
oa premium-free 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 tax-deferred 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 anti-tobacco 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 COVID-19 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 Sye-Eun Ahn Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at or

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Qualifications :

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. 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
2. A masters 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
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters 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.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

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 :

Full-time