Community Engagement Specialist - New York, United States - NYC Careers

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Community Engagement Specialist:

Agency: DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE

Posted on: 04/19/2024

Job type: Fulltime

Location

NYC-ALL BOROS

Title Classification: Exam may be required

Department

SH Medical

Salary range: $51, $59, ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
AGENCY DESCRIPTION
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 City's 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 Agency's five strategic priorities, building off a recently completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 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 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 women's health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7,000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all 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 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.

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Community Engagement is a core function for the overall success to support student services inclusive of case management of chronic health problems, preventive health screening, urgent care, medication administration, preventive counseling, health education, referral for care and assurance of ongoing effective treatment.
The Community Engagement Specialist will provide a high level of support to the office of the Medical Unit, ensuring the quality and timeliness of services provided.
Duties will include but not be limited to:
Developing/maintaining a database of mental health organizations and resources.
Assisting with the development of effective and costefficient opportunities for message planning, research, message development, and delivery of information to augment communication to parents and guardians.
Creating Master tracking spreadsheets of community engagement projects as assigned.
Assisting with creating/developing communication outreach material, presentations, and coordinating School Health events.
Leading crossfunctional team to align communication efforts to engage and educate targeted communities.
Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with schools, parents, contractors, and stakeholders.
Developing a keen knowledge of virtual, digital communication platforms, and software.
Researching/maintaining knowledge of best practice communication strategies.
Providing program administrative su