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From: Tiffany Harris (EPI) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 11:54 AM
To: Mark Farfel; Gretchen Van Wye; Sharon Perlman; Ram Koppaka; Lorna Thorpe; Cynthia Driver; Charon Gwynn; Amber Levanon Seligson; Christine Dominianni; Daisylee Sprauve; Debbie Huang; Donald Olson; Hilary Parton; Kari Yacisin; Katharine McVeigh; Katherine Bartley; Kimberly Johnson; Kinjia Hinterland; Liza King; Michael Sanderson; Rhonda Regester; Sabrina Alongi; Sana Ahmad; Shakara Brown; Sophia Day; Stephen Immerwahr; Tejinder Singh
Subject: Program Evaluation analyst

Hi everyone – please see below for a vacancy for an analyst in our Program Evaluation Unit (Job ID 180332). Please forward to others.



Job Description


The Program Evaluation Unit conducts public health program evaluations, disseminates findings through publications and presentations, serves as a resource to other units in DOHMH that need help with program evaluations, and trains DOHMH staff in program evaluation. The unit is skilled at inter- and intra-agency collaboration on evaluation projects, including acquiring data, developing study designs and methodologies, analyzing data, and disseminating findings.

The Program Evaluation Unit has a vacancy for a City Research Scientist to serve as a data analyst in the unit. The duties of the data analyst will include:

• For an evaluation of supportive housing:
o Create analytic datasets from multiple complex administrative datasets.

o Propose statistical approaches for analyses of cost, health care utilization,
health, and other program outcomes.

o Implement statistical approaches, including propensity score matching and analytic techniques that take into account propensity score matching.

o Create charts and figures summarizing analyses, and contribute to written reports and papers.

• Provide statistical guidance for other program evaluations, such as an evaluation of sick leave policies in NYC, and work on analyses and reports of findings.

• Provide consultation to programs throughout the agency that need assistance with statistical methods for evaluating programs.

• Provide training for DOHMH staff on statistical elements of program evaluation.


Minimum Qual Requirements


1. For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health) A master's 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 master's 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 master's 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.


Preferred Skills


• Graduate level education, plus work experience, in statistics for the social sciences, epidemiology, or other relevant fields;

• Highly advanced skills in using statistical software SAS and R to conduct analyses, including the ability to document and annotate SAS and R code;

• Advanced skills in working with multiple complex datasets and transforming them into datasets that can be analyzed;


• Excellent written and oral communication skills;

• Strong scientific writing;

• Strong commitment to team work, including working with team members to independently arrive at statistical conclusions and work together to figure out the cause of any conclusions that differ.


To Apply


Apply online with a cover letter to https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/. In the Job ID search bar, enter: job ID number # 180332.

We appreciate the interest and thank all applicants who apply, but only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.


Work Location


28-37 29th Street


Residency Requirement


New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.






POSTING DATE:

POST UNTIL:


01/08/2015

Until Filled




Thanks

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Tiffany G. Harris, PhD, MS
Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Epidemiology Services
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
42-09 28th Street, WS 7-117
Queens, NY 11101
Telephone: 347-396-2859
E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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