Company overview:
With an annual budget of $2.3 billion and more than 7,000 employees throughout the five boroughs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) is one of the largest public health agencies in the world, serving 8 million New Yorkers from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. We're tackling a broad range of public health issues with innovative policies and programs and getting exceptional results, but our work is never finished. The breadth of our innovative programs provides the widest range of choices for every member of our team.

Program Description:

The Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS) is housed within the Center for Population Health Data Science. BVS registers, amends, processes, and analyzes all vital events in New York City while also issuing certified copies of certificates to the public. Vital events include births, deaths, and spontaneous and induced terminations of pregnancy. The position of Data Analyst reports to the Director of the Statistical Analysis & Reporting Unit within the Office of Vital Statistics.

The Data Analyst will analyze these types of data for the purpose of publishing the Annual Summary of Vital Statistics on a timely basis. Work related to the Annual Summary will include creating data tables, data visualizations, and updating text summary statements; the analyst will also perform data checks and may help with copy-editing of the Annual Summary. This position will also help BVS to release provisional data online, in addition to final data presented in the Annual Summary.
On an as-needed basis, the Data Analyst will help fulfill internal and external data requests; contribute to or lead research projects that are disseminated via internal presentations, local or national conferences, or peer-reviewed publications; provide feedback on existing data processes and share ideas for releasing data quickly and accessibly; respond to public health emergencies that require an agency-level response.

The selected candidate will be an employee of Public Health Solutions, a nonprofit organization which is the fiscal and administrative manager of the grant but will work be supervised by DOHMH. This is a grant-funded position ending November 30, 2027.

Duties:

• Conduct statistical analyses of birth, death, other vital event data, and other registry or survey data, applying standard analytical tools to address the research questions posed.
• Prioritize and complete internal and external vital statistics data requests as assigned.
• Produce Annual Summary of Vital Statistics data tables and figures in collaboration with the Office of Quality Improvement. Compile Annual Summary of Vital Statistics for web posting and printing.
• Produce routine quarterly, monthly, weekly reports.
• Support internal and external colleagues on data provision and analysis.
• Create datasets for DOHMH programs and external researchers.
• Provide consultation or guidance to internal and external data requesters on statistical methods and data interpretations.
• Work independently or collaborate with other internal or external researchers on analyses, reports, and peer-review papers, to share these data with wider audience.
• Provide input on how to improve and expand upon data visualizations using vital statistics data using advanced programming languages or state-of-the-art software.
• Run automated mortality surveillance system reports, as needed.
• Respond to data requesters, verify proper data governance procedures, and track progress of data requests, as needed.
• Other tasks, as assigned.

Qualifications:

• A master's degree or doctorate from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of public health, epidemiology, statistics, health economics, or data science.
• The candidate should have academic training in public health, statistics, including applied epidemiology.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Extensive experience using SAS or R and experience using Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint are required. Being familiar with computer languages, such as SQL or Python will be a plus.
• The candidate should be a self-starter with strong initiative and sound judgment, who is able to work both independently and in a team, to analyze data and provide written interpretations of both statistical analyses results and methods.
• The preferable candidate will have experience presenting results to expert audiences, such as at national public health conferences and in peer-reviewed manuscripts.
• The preferable candidate will also have knowledge and experience with the electronic death and birth registration systems, the cause of death coding system within the International Classifications of Diseases (ICD) framework, and experience with large administrative datasets.
• Salary - $86,830 -$86,830

Additional Information:

• This is a temporary grant-funded position ending November 30,2027.
• This individual must reside in the tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT) by their confirmed start date.
• Preference may be given to individuals residing in New York City (5 boroughs) or surrounding New York State counties.
• This individual will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies.

PHS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, and veterans.