Assistant Director of the Grant and Intra-Cities Claiming Unit, Bureau of Revenu

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, a recognized leader and innovator in public health and mental hygiene services nationally and internationally, seeks an Assistant Director of Grants and Intra-Cities Claiming Unit to join its challenging, fast-paced Bureau of Revenue within the Division of Finance.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

• Provide leadership and general direction to agency personnel in planning, conducting, and coordinating specific research projects to maximize the collection of public health research grant revenue and minimize disallowances.
• Plan and carry out activities to develop effective coordination between the public health research efforts of the agency and other research projects with intra-city agencies. Oversee the coordination and management of grant and intra-city claiming activities for new and continuing public health grants and intra-cities.
• Utilize effective project management techniques to ensure a seamless flow of data collection, tracking, and analysis as a means of providing Bureau of Revenue with accurate and routine updates on the status of current projects
• Document progress of projects; Identify potential challenges with project deadlines and the gathering of quantitative and qualitative data; Make recommendations for a corrective action plan as needed so that assigned projects remain on target and deliverables are met at both the bureau and divisional level
• Conduct relevant industry-based literature reviews (including charts, graphs and tables) to interrogate methodologies appropriate for successful return of revenue for public health research emergency funding grants etc...

Minimum Qualifications

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

To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:

1. A 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 in the appropriate field of specialization; or

2. A master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or

3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in "2" above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in "1" and "2" above.