Technical Training Facilitator

ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is expanding home visiting in NYC and streamlining how providers, organizations, and community residents can access quality home‑visiting services. The goal is to improve maternal and child health well‑being by matching families’ assessed risks to evidence‑based (EB) or evidence‑generating (EG) home‑visiting (HV) models that are most appropriate for them based on their needs, and to connect them to other resources as needed. Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities create disparate outcomes in certain neighborhoods as compared with the rest of the city, and providing services beginning in the prenatal through postpartum period is vital to improving these outcomes. In addition, recent attention to inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality, especially in New York City, points to the need for more respectful maternity care and greater agency for people during childbirth, both of which the program’s staff will facilitate, in partnership with community stakeholders.

DOHMH’s New Family Home Visits (NFHV) program will serve families from pregnancy through the postpartum period. NFHV incorporates a strong mental‑health and chronic‑disease focus, including screening for diabetes, hypertension, maternal depression, and anxiety, along with referrals to needed services.

Collaborate with internal partners to design, develop and offer training and technical assistance curriculum, materials and protocols that focus on best practice; and is responsible for conducting research on community resources, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and assessment of community home‑visiting program models.

Ensure Program model fidelity and professional development through the provision of technical assistance and training in program implementation; including but not limited to: maternal child health, breastfeeding, early childhood development (socio‑emotional, language), and home‑visiting program models. Training topics will vary and will require research and consultation with subject matter experts.

Support special projects that are developed as part of the New Family Home Visits Program as well as other duties in relation to training, resource coordination, protocol implementation, technical assistance and information/awareness on new and or existing community services, resources and programs.

Review program plans and make recommendations on and assist with the development of policies, procedures and protocols. Prepare reports, maintain records and support evaluation activities including pre/posttest tool design, data collection and analysis of process, content and outcome measures.

a premium‑free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a assessment.

additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.

a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.

a tax‑deferred savings program

Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.

Job Security: you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of full‑time 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;
• c) counseling in areas such as communicable diseases, substance abuse, assault, sexual abuse, and/or family planning;

A master’s 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 full‑time satisfactory experience as described in "1" above.

For Assignment Level II: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements above, candidates must have two additional years of full‑time satisfactory experience, for a total of four years of experience for candidates with a baccalaureate degree, and two years for candidates with a master’s degree.

For Assignment Level III: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements above, candidates must have three additional years of full‑time 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 master’s degree; at least one year of which, in either case, must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.

possesses an understanding of adult learning principles and can provide training and technical assistance that is evidence based and/or evidence informed; ability to design materials: flyers, handouts and questionnaires; strong analytic, writing and verbal communication skills; proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook calendar.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for 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.

Commitment to Equity

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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.