Research Analyst, Bureau of Mental Health

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The Bureau of Mental Health's (BMH) mission is to improve mental health and wellness for people in New York City, and to eliminate racial and other long-standing societal disparities by providing services, resources, and opportunities to New Yorkers that are grounded in accurate, data-driven information that fosters community participation, thus reducing the stigma around mental health. To accomplish this mission, the Bureau of Mental Health contracts for supportive housing, crisis intervention, mental health treatment, care coordination and psychiatric rehabilitation services. The bureau directly operates the City's court-mandated Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program, Single Point of Access (SPOA) to mobile treatment and care coordination, and the NYC Supportive Transition and Recovery Team (NYCSTART) for young adults experiencing a first episode psychosis. The bureau also evaluates mental health services and conducts population level surveys and behavioral health care system surveillance to identify gaps care and inform decision making, advocacy and policy. Duties will include but not be limited to: - Participate in the planning, development, and implementation of population level mental health surveillance and research. This includes participating in the development and maintenance of adult mental health surveillance systems in NYC, including but not limited to syndromic emergency room visit data, suicide deaths, psychiatric hospitalizations, calls made to NYC 988, and 911. - Design, conduct, and interpret analysis of both administrative datasets and survey data as they relate to mental health (SPARCS psychiatric data, Vital Statistics suicide death data, data from epidemiologic investigations, etc.) to evaluate the prevalence, patterns and trends of mental health outcomes, patterns and trends of service utilization, and associations with social determinants of mental health. - Participate in investigations of surveillance clusters or signals, following surveillance investigation protocols. - Assist with the identification and implementation of new surveillance data sources and/or methodologies - Ensure surveillance indicators are measurable, standardized, and designed to support demographic disaggregation to identify and monitor disparities among historically marginalized populations. - Leverage surveillance and program data sources to support the planning and resource allocation of mental health programs. - Monitor surveillance systems for data quality issues, anomalies, and outliers, investigate discrepancies, and apply corrective actions as needed. - Pre-process, clean, and prepare data for analysis using SAS and/or R; and assist in data management efforts through data quality review and thorough documentation of data management decisions. - Respond rapidly and accurately to internal and external requests for data. - Create graphics, tables, slides and dashboards. Effectively present and interpret data findings verbally, in writing and in graphical format to internal and external stakeholders. - Assist in the writing of technical and research publications based on findings from the above analyses for internal and external stakeholders. - Conduct literature reviews to inform research questions, analysis design and outcome measures. - Collaborate with other research, surveillance, and evaluation staff. - Conduct special projects and perform other duties as assigned. - Incorporate an equity lens throughout all aspects of work. PREFERRED SKILLS: - The successful candidate will have strong analytic and statistical skills with the ability to manipulate and analyze data using statistical software such as SAS and R. - Ability to design and produce dashboards, reports, and maps using Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, and GIS tools to enhance interpretation of mental health surveillance data. - Competency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is needed. Why you should work for us: - Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even fully forgive your full balance. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website (https://studentaid.gov/pslf/) - Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as: o a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment. o additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position's associated union/benefit fund. o a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement. o a tax-deferred savings program and o a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers. Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home. - Job Security - you cou

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