City of New York
Public Health Educator III Bureau of Communications
City of New York, Long Island, New York, United States
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 worldrenowned 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 Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 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 antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial and social justice work among others.
Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are: 1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated 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 womens health 5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7000plus 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 racisms 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 antiracist 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.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
Plan for upcoming meetings by preparing agendas and necessary supporting materials; attend meetings with the Assistant Commissioner to provide a record of the discussion decision made next steps and followup items. Distribute followup items and delegate tasks to Unit staff or others as needed.
Coordinate interaction with City Hall as needed.
Develop presentations talking points write letters design and produce routine and special reports as well as other materials.
Disseminate information and serve as liaison between the Assistant Commissioner and the Office programs and others to assist with troubleshooting and provide advice on programmatic matters; includes coordinating with staff to ensure timely completion of followup items and compiling information for agency and City reports.
Monitor and track tasks deliverables and deadlines for the Assistant Commissioner. Take the lead in disseminating agency division and bureauwide tasks reports and ensuring communications across all Units and tracking program/unitlevel projects and initiatives.
Manage the flow of communications ensuring appropriate signoff distribution and timely submissions are met.
Manage the Assistant Commissioners calendar including scheduling and logistics for internal and external meetings.
Coordinate and oversee travel arrangements including reservations itineraries meetings and any lastminute changes
Participate in agency meetings interagency projects and initiatives workgroups committees and task force as assigned
Initiate special projects as requested by the Assistant Commissioner.
**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 Drivers 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 postings 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 onboarding 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 Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL
This position MAY be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.
PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR
51110
Qualifications : 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
or university and two years of fulltime satisfactory experience in: (a) developing public health education programs including identifying target populations conducting needs assessments designing educational materials planning educational presentations or workshops and evaluating health education programs; (b) presenting public health education programs; and/or (c) counseling in areas such as communicable diseases substance abuse
sexual abuse and/or family planning; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following areas: public health education education public/community health administration public administration or business administration and one year of fulltime satisfactory experience as described in 1 above.
For Assignment Level II In addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements above to be assigned to Assignment Level II candidates must have two additional years of fulltime satisfactory experience for a total of four years of experience for candidates with a baccalaureate degree and two years for candidates with a masters degree.
For Assignment Level III In addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements above to be assigned to Assignment Level III candidates must have three additional years of fulltime satisfactory experience as described above for a total of five years of experience for candidates with a baccalaureate degree and three years for candidates with a masters degree; at least one year of which in either case must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.
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
As a worldrenowned 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 Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 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 antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial and social justice work among others.
Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are: 1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated 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 womens health 5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7000plus 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 racisms 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 antiracist 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.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
Plan for upcoming meetings by preparing agendas and necessary supporting materials; attend meetings with the Assistant Commissioner to provide a record of the discussion decision made next steps and followup items. Distribute followup items and delegate tasks to Unit staff or others as needed.
Coordinate interaction with City Hall as needed.
Develop presentations talking points write letters design and produce routine and special reports as well as other materials.
Disseminate information and serve as liaison between the Assistant Commissioner and the Office programs and others to assist with troubleshooting and provide advice on programmatic matters; includes coordinating with staff to ensure timely completion of followup items and compiling information for agency and City reports.
Monitor and track tasks deliverables and deadlines for the Assistant Commissioner. Take the lead in disseminating agency division and bureauwide tasks reports and ensuring communications across all Units and tracking program/unitlevel projects and initiatives.
Manage the flow of communications ensuring appropriate signoff distribution and timely submissions are met.
Manage the Assistant Commissioners calendar including scheduling and logistics for internal and external meetings.
Coordinate and oversee travel arrangements including reservations itineraries meetings and any lastminute changes
Participate in agency meetings interagency projects and initiatives workgroups committees and task force as assigned
Initiate special projects as requested by the Assistant Commissioner.
**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 Drivers 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 postings 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 onboarding 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 Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL
This position MAY be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.
PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR
51110
Qualifications : 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
or university and two years of fulltime satisfactory experience in: (a) developing public health education programs including identifying target populations conducting needs assessments designing educational materials planning educational presentations or workshops and evaluating health education programs; (b) presenting public health education programs; and/or (c) counseling in areas such as communicable diseases substance abuse
sexual abuse and/or family planning; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following areas: public health education education public/community health administration public administration or business administration and one year of fulltime satisfactory experience as described in 1 above.
For Assignment Level II In addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements above to be assigned to Assignment Level II candidates must have two additional years of fulltime satisfactory experience for a total of four years of experience for candidates with a baccalaureate degree and two years for candidates with a masters degree.
For Assignment Level III In addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements above to be assigned to Assignment Level III candidates must have three additional years of fulltime satisfactory experience as described above for a total of five years of experience for candidates with a baccalaureate degree and three years for candidates with a masters degree; at least one year of which in either case must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.
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