Drug-Checking Operations Lead, Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use

City of New York
New York, NY
Category Social Services
Job Description
The Drug-Checking Operations Lead will provide administrative and operations oversight for the Drug-Checking Program. In this capacity, they will be responsible for strategizing methods of sample collection, managing relationships with partnering sites and consultants/contractors, coordinating logistics and collecting samples for shipping to the laboratory, managing invoices, and ensuring data are shared with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as required.

Requirements

  • Oversee day-to-day operations for the Drug-Checking Program
  • Strategize and pilot novel methods of sample collection
  • Engage stakeholders in the identification of drug-checking data needs and analyze results
  • Contribute to research activities related to the Drug-Checking Program
  • Disseminate drug-checking findings
  • Build relationships with staff at community-based sites
  • Coordinate logistics for the shipping of samples to a secondary testing lab partner
  • Process and track receipt of sample data
  • Maintain records for the routine submission of drug-checking program data
  • Oversee the work of drug-checking consultants and contractors
  • Develop and refine Drug-Checking Program policies and procedures

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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