DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/Executive Deputy Commissioner/Chief Epidemiology and Data

Job ID569451

Executive Deputy Commissioner/Chief Epidemiology and Data Officer

Civil Service TitleDEPUTY COMMISSIONER (MENTAL HE

Title ClassificationExempt

Job CategoryConstituent Services & Community Programs, Health, Policy, Research & Analysis

Career LevelExecutive

Work Location42-09 28th Street

Division/Work UnitBureau of Epidemiology Srvcs

# of Positions1

Title Code No95477 LevelM7

Proposed Salary Range$106,729.00 - $233,800.00 (Annual)

As of August 2, 2021, all new hires must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been granted a reasonable accommodation for religion or disability. If you are offered city employment, this requirement must be met by your date of hire, unless a reasonable accommodation for exemption is received and approved by the hiring agency.

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 world-renowned 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 City’s yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 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, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.

Our Agency’s five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are:

1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health

emergencies, with a focus on building a “response-ready” organization, with faster

decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and

bridges to healthcare systems

2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related 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 women’s health

5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7,000-plus 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 racism’s 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 anti-racist 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.

The Chief Epidemiology and Data Officer (CEDO) is a new position, reporting directly to the Commissioner of Health, and a member of the Agency’s Executive Leadership Team. The

overarching goal of the new CEDO position is to create a standard-setting, equity-centered, pioneering public health data infrastructure for New York City that incorporates lessons learned

from COVID-19 and recent public health emergencies, to improve population health in New York City and in doing so, combat widening inequities in health outcomes and increases in

premature mortality borne disproportionately by low-income communities of color. The CEDO will foster a culture of rigorous, data-driven, equity-centered decision making, planning, and

action.

The three strategic functions of the CEDO will be to drive:

1. Data for Understanding and Excellence;

2. Data for Action; and

3. Data for Leadership and Planning,

Towards the achievement of citywide population health and health equity goals.

The CEDO will be the Agency’s strategic data leader, serving as the architect of an overarching data infrastructure and complementary data processes, enabling data from multiple sources both internal and external to the agency, to be used for knowledge creation and understanding of public health priorities and equity-focused solutions; rapid and strategic decision-making for the Agency and citywide public health preparedness and response; equity-centered policy and program development; and informing public health communication, narrative change, and community engagement and empowerment. The CEDO will lead the Division of Epidemiology consisting of the Bureaus of Epidemiology Services, Public Health Training and Information Dissemination, Vital Statistics, the World Trade Health Registry and Administration. Building on a rich history of population health surveillance, pioneering survey efforts, clinical and non-clinical data collection, and data integration, visualization, and dissemination activity, the inaugural CEDO will connect and further develop these capabilities. The CEDO will convene and work closely with other parts of the Agency that collect and manage large amounts of data including the Division of Disease Control (DIS), which collects and manages communicable disease surveillance data and public health clinic data, as examples. With other Executive Leadership Team members and senior leaders, the CEDO will increase cross-divisional collaboration, and support the implementation the Agency strategic plan that has a focus on internal agency process improvement including efforts tied to data strategy, equity, governance, and innovation.

The CEDO, in collaboration with data leaders throughout the agency, will lead the work of the existing Health Department Data Modernization Workgroup and Data for Equity Workgroup,

providing vision and executive leadership in overseeing efforts related to modernizing data systems to be flexible and interoperable, maximizing data sharing capabilities, building

predictive analytical capacity, strengthening data visualization capabilities, advancing equitable data-driven public health data practices, and further developing agency data and research talent.

The CEDO and team will partner and work closely with the Division of Information Technology (DIT). DIT is currently responsible for technical cloud and on-premises systems and

cybersecurity support, data analytics and visualization platform support, data engineering services, and application data interoperability. The CEDO work closely with DIT leadership to

lead key initiatives and strategies to modernize of the agency’s public health data infrastructure.

The CEDO will envision and implement external partnerships that maximize the Agency’s data

systems and capabilities toward achievement of citywide public health and health equity goals. This will be accomplished by expanding internal data modernization efforts in partnership with

counterparts at other city agencies, including the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation and with key stakeholders external to government, including the healthcare delivery system, state and

federal government partners, and social/human service agencies throughout NYC.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Expand and execute strategies to integrate and utilize public health data from across the agency, including population health surveys, communicable and non-communicable

disease surveillance, and public health program service data, including stockpile and supply chain data, amongst others.

• Strengthen data sharing and connection between internal agency data with external data sources toward greater understanding, action, and leadership for population health

planning and goal setting for NYC

• Lead and collaborate with current co-leads of the Data Modernization Workgroup and Data for Equity Workgroup, leading and strengthening these efforts within and beyond

Health Department.

• In collaboration with other agency, public health and healthcare leaders build out data models to support citywide public health initiatives including the Health Department’s

role in regional planning and healthcare strategy under the New York State Department of Health 1115 Medicaid waiver amendment (currently under consideration at CMS).

• Lead change management and evolution of the Agency’s Division of Epidemiology to

integrate the role of the CEDO and broader agency policies related to data science, data equity and data governance

• Design and implement structures and processes that drive a culture of consistent and rigorous data-driven, equity-centered decision making and integrate data into all forms of

agency communication.

• Support and nurture data talent across the agency, developing a culture of collaboration and growth.

• Partner with the Chief Equity and Strategy Officer to provide guidance and support in the development and implementation of the Agency’s strategic plan, related to strengthening

data systems, and beyond. Serve as the institutional leader and collaborative partner for priorities related to data modernization and data process improvement across the

agency. Participate in yearly and multi-year agency priority-setting with senior leadership.

• In consultation with DMI steering committee, establish agency governance structure and

process, align agency work around DMI priorities and support best practices in data science.

• Represent DOHMH and contribute to broader citywide data equity, data integration and data interoperability initiatives led by NYC’s Office of Technology and Innovation and

other entities.

• Partner with agency leadership to support critical Agency research and evaluation activities and training, encouraging, and continuing to foster a culture of knowledge creation, and equity centered scholarship, in service of policy or programmatic impact.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Advanced degree from an accredited college or university in Public Health, Population

Health, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Information Systems Management, Data

Science or a related field

• Ten or more years of experience working with complex data and information

management systems, demonstrating progressive responsibilities over that time period

• Minimum of five years of executive leadership experience

• Experience developing and implementing interoperable systems and standards to support

implementation

• Exceptional strategic, analytical, and critical thinking skills with experience

implementing strategic plans across a large organization, and with a variety of external

stakeholders

• Demonstrated experience with complex partnership and relationship management

including bringing diverse stakeholders to the table around a shared value proposition

• Experience in the areas of data privacy, data security and data sharing arrangements

• Experience with data modeling, cataloging, inventory and discovery

• Proven track record of applying an equity lens to processes, planning and policies

• Demonstrated ability to lead a change management process

• Commitment to anti-racism, social justice and equity

• Proven track record of applying an equity lens to data processes, planning and policies.

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• Training and/or practical experience in epidemiology and population health

• Experience using data for persuasion, influence, and policymaking

• Experience with public health data formatting, coding standards, optimizing data

integration, data governance, interoperability and visualization

• Previous leadership roles within a rigorous, data-driven organization

• Experience building or overseeing complex data infrastructure

• Experience with use of survey data, lab, surveillance, and clinical services data to assess

performance of public health programs and policies

• Deep knowledge of and strong connections within the public health and healthcare data

sectors

• Experience with matching large data sets, epidemiologic assessments, data visualization,

and predictive analytics and modeling

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate

technical and non-technical information to various levels within the organization. Ability

to translate and explain complex models and health care analytics to senior management,

segment leaders, and external stakeholders

• Excellent judgement

• High degree of self-awareness, humility, sense of humor and diplomacy.

**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 Driver’s 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 posting’s “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 on-boarding 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.

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

The NYC Health Department is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and culturally responsive workforce. We strongly encourage people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and gender non-conforming persons to apply.

All applicants will be considered without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, age, prior record of arrest; or any other basis prohibited by law.

NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your resume that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program.

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 Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

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POSTING DATE01/18/2023

POST UNTIL05/18/2023