Data Analyst, NYC Test & Trace Corps

Job Description
The Test and Trace Corps (T2) – the City’s initiative to test all New Yorkers, break chains of COVID-19 transmission in a timely fashion through contact tracing, and ensure they can isolate and quarantine safely – is pivotal as New York City continues to reopen. In close coordination with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), City agencies and City Hall, T2 is supporting citywide efforts to allow programs and services to operate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

T2 is hiring a team of Data Analysts to provide targeted data management and analytic support regarding findings related to investigations of COVID-19 exposures that occur in a facilities, such as Child Cares, Camps, Schools, Universities, Houses of Worship (i.e. Church, Synagogue, Mosque, Temple), Private Gatherings, Restaurants/Bars, Work sites outside the home, or other events.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities  

Reporting to the Chief of Staff for the T2 Data, Analytics and Product Development Team and under the direction of the NYC DOHMH Surveillance and Epidemiology Data Unit Co-lead, the Data Analyst, Facility Investigations will be responsible for:

• Conducting on-going data cleaning of NYC COVID-19 surveillance and epidemiologic data housed within NYC DOHMH, and responding to ad hoc internal and external data requests related to COVID-19 exposures occurring in facilities
• Analyzing NYC COVID-19 surveillance and epidemiologic data using SAS, SQL, R or other programming languages
• Ensuring data are correctly entered and imported into Maven, NYC DOHMH’s Bureau of Communicable Disease database, and developing materials for reporting needs, such as developing reports for leadership regarding COVID-19 cases and contacts associated with exposures in facilities and investigating/ summarizing and reporting out on identified clusters
• Creating data outputs and deliverables for internal use such as standardized reports, visualizations and dashboards that describe analyses of COVID-19 exposures in facilities
• Assisting NYC DOHMH leads for facility investigations in ad hoc analyses of COVID-19 surveillance data in Maven, especially as related to facilities and cluster investigations, as requested
• Other relevant duties as assigned
• Alternate working schedules (i.e. schedules that include evening and/or weekend hours) may be requested.

Minimum Qualifications

For Assignment Level I (For physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health only)

1. A 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.

*Probationary Period

• Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

Department Preferences

• Strong competence in data analysis and experience in application of data to inform, drive and improve operations and disease surveillance
• Advanced experience in applied data analysis, and management and analysis of moderate to large size datasets using SAS and other programming languages such as SQL and/or R
• Proficiency in navigating computer systems; ability to learn new data systems quickly and to comply with data integrity and security to safeguard all personal identifiable information
• Excellent writing and speaking ability, strong interpersonal communication and time management skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to work with teams who may work remotely
• At least 2 years of experience in disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, or other applied public health work a plus
• Experience or education with data visualizations and interactive data displays
• NYC Residency Preferred

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