Training Specialist, Bureau of Maternal Infant and Reproductive Health

Training Specialist, Bureau of Maternal Infant and Reproductive Health

Open to candidates who are permanent.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is expanding home visiting in NYC and streamlining how providers, organizations, and community residents can access quality home‑visiting services. The goal is to improve maternal and child health and wellbeing by matching families’ assessed risks to evidence‑based (EB) or evidence‑generating (EG) home‑visiting (HV) models that are most appropriate for them based on their needs, and to connect them to other resources as needed.

Racial, ethnic, and socio‑economic inequities create disparate outcomes in certain neighborhoods as compared with the rest of the city, and providing services beginning in the prenatal through postpartum period is vital to improving these outcomes. In addition, recent attention to inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality, especially in New York City, points to the need for more respectful maternity care and greater agency for people during childbirth, both of which the program’s staff will facilitate, in partnership with community stakeholders.

DOHMH’s New Family Home Visits (NFHV) program will serve families from pregnancy through the postpartum period. NFHV incorporates a strong mental‑health and chronic‑disease focus, including screening for diabetes, hypertension, maternal depression, and anxiety, along with referrals to needed services.

• Collaborate with internal partners to design, develop and offer training and technical assistance curriculum, materials and protocols that focus on best practice and evidence‑based programs; conduct research on community resources, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and assessment of community home‑visiting program models.
• Ensure program model fidelity and professional development through the provision of technical assistance and training in program implementation; including maternal child health, breastfeeding, early childhood development (socio‑emotional, language), and home‑visiting program models. Training topics will vary and will require research and consultation with subject matter experts.
• Support special projects developed as part of the New Family Home Visits Program and other duties related to training, resource coordination, protocol implementation, technical assistance and information/awareness on new and existing community services, resources and programs.
• Review program plans, make recommendations on and assist with the development of policies, procedures and protocols. Provide interpretation of complex issues that will address efforts to bridge evidence‑based/informed practices and service coordination for the NFHV Program.
• Prepare reports, maintain records and support evaluation activities including pre/post‑test tool design, data collection and analysis of process, content and outcome measures.

Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills; ability to handle multiple and diverse assignments and priorities. Experience working with professional staff at CBOs and hospitals. Possesses an understanding of adult learning principles and can provide training and technical assistance that is evidence‑based and/or evidence‑informed. Ability to design materials: flyers, handouts and questionnaires. Demonstrates discretion and can work with internal and external stakeholders.

The position requires an individual who can work independently and should also have strong analytic, writing and verbal communication skills and excellent computer skills (Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Calendar).

• 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.
• Benefits:
  City employees enjoy unmatched benefits such as location wise premium‑free health insurance, additional health, fitness and financial benefits, a public sector defined benefit pension plan, a tax‑deferred savings program and a robust worksite wellness program.
• Work From Home Policy:
  Depending on your…