Director of Strategic Communications and Partnerships, Bureau of Communicable Diseases

New York City
New York, NY
Category Healthcare
Job Description
Role Overview

The Director of Strategic Communications and Partnerships will oversee the development and implementation of policies, strategic communications, community outreach initiatives, and partnerships related to the prevention and control of communicable diseases.

What You Will Do

Develop and implement communication strategies, create data visualizations, supervise the Community Outreach and Health Education team, build and maintain partnerships, and formulate policies related to communicable diseases.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills, experience in community outreach and engagement, emergency planning and response, programmatic policy development, and program evaluation.

Requirements

  • 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
  • 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
  • Three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization
  • Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required

Benefits

  • Premium-free health insurance plan
  • Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits
  • Public sector defined benefit pension plan
  • Tax-deferred savings program
  • Worksite Wellness Program
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