Violence Prevention Senior Researcher, Bureau of Environmental Surveillance and Policy

City of New York
New York, NY
Category Social Services
Job Description
The Violence Prevention Senior Researcher will be responsible for preparing and managing injury-focused analytic datasets, conducting injury-related data and policy analyses, and participating in program planning and policy efforts that advance violence prevention. The position will involve serving as a subject matter expert on violence prevention, managing and analyzing large datasets, leading and collaborating on the development of injury-focused policy and program planning, and providing supervision, analytic support, and guidance to other analysts.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in epidemiology, public health, or a related field
  • Experience with violence prevention research or policy or both
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain relationships with external stakeholders
  • Ability to read, interpret and synthesize epidemiologic and quantitative data
  • Experience with International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 codes
  • Extensive experience in applied data analysis, and management and analysis of large size datasets using programming languages such as SAS, SQL and/or R

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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