Team Lead for Client Services

ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

Division/Program Summary:
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department)s Bureau of Hepatitis HIV & STIs (BHHS) oversees the Citys response to viral hepatitis HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Across a range of programs and through extensive collaboration with other parts of NYC Health Department and external stakeholders BHHS leads testing initiatives; prevention care and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; research and evaluation; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives.

The mission of the HIV program is to end HIV transmission promote the health of all New Yorkers with or vulnerable to HIV reduce HIV-related inequities and combat stigma. The HIV programs ACE (Assess. Connect. Engage.) Team is responsible for providing linkage to care and partner services to New Yorkers with a new HIV diagnosis including the identification tracing notification and HIV-testing of their sex and needle-sharing partners. ACE staff ensure that all newly HIV-diagnosed persons are linked to HIV clinical care. Each year ACE staff reaches out to approximately 3000 people with HIV (PWH) in NYC and appear not in care an approach known as Data to Care (D2C). ACE staff trace the not-in-care people and when found connect them with HIV clinical care providers. ACE staff assesses all clients for unmet needs or for any additional medical and supportive services (e.g. Hepatitis C sexually transmitted infections housing and nutrition) and connects them with appropriate clinical and social services providers.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
1)Supervising ACE team Program Coordinators on the provision of linkage to care and partner services.
2)Assuring and monitoring the technical competencies of all staff in the provision of linkage to care and partner services.
3)Collaborating with other Team Leads and program leadership with the organization implementation and monitoring of client services.
4)Support ACE citywide operations by establishing and maintaining effective communications with HIV medical providers and monitoring logistics and ongoing working relationships with NYC medical and social services providers.
5)Supervise and train staff in performance of activities/procedures related to HIV case and partner investigation and assist in assessing and identifying training needs of staff.
6)Conduct routine quality improvement and quality assurance activities using ACE data management systems to ensure compliance with documentation and follow-up procedures. This includes prioritization of case investigations as well as ensuring thoroughness of case investigations narratives and partner notifications.
7)Generate reports and conduct data analysis to review compliance with timeliness of case investigation and partner services. Work with supervisors to evaluate productivity and make recommendations to improve program outcomes.
8)Routinely review the efficiency and effectiveness of disease intervention activities; make changes as appropriate and evaluate the impact of these changes. Participate in planning and organizing activities through meetings conference calls and other means of input.

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!

Commitment to Equity:

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.

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 .

ADM MANAGER-NON-MGRL FRM M1/M2 - 1002C

Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible experience as described in 1 above 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of
satisfactory full-time progressively responsible experience as described in 1
above 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial
executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the
supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than
moderate difficulty; or
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above. However all
candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative managerial executive or supervisory experience as described in 1 2 or 3 above. Education above
the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative
experience (but not for the administrative managerial executive or supervisory
experience described in 1 2 or 3 above) at a rate of 30 semester credits
from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½
years.

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