Policy Manager, Bureau of Equitable Health Systems

The Center for Health Equity & Community Wellness (CHECW) seeks to eliminate inequities resulting in premature mortality. With an unwavering grounding in history and structural analysis, CHECW works to increase visibility of socially unjust policy while pushing towards redress for the most impacted NYC communities. CHECW addresses inequity across community and healthcare systems in partnership with community, faith-based, and health care organizations.

CHECW’s work focuses on social determinants of health, including environmental and commercial determinants, and addresses both upstream and downstream factors to improve health and well‑being of New Yorkers.

The Bureau of Equitable Health Systems is the healthcare systems bureau of DOHMH. Our mission is to apply policy, evidence, and practical expertise to improve equity in health care delivery at the individual, organizational, and systems levels. We do this by engaging primary care providers and other healthcare organizations to implement evidence‑based strategies; leveraging information to support planning and technical assistance for providers and payers;

advancing policy to close the racial equity gap for priority health outcomes; and surfacing opportunities where health care can influence and connect consumers to social support and address the whole person, beyond physical ailments. Located within the BEHS, the Office of Healthcare Systems Strategy and Accountability (OHSSA) advances innovative initiatives to improve healthcare delivery, financing, and strategy in New York City.

• Oversee the development, design, coordination, and implementation of cutting‑edge, interdisciplinary policy projects across priority issue areas.
• Conduct legal and policy research, translating findings into memos, explainers, reports, and presentations for team members and agency leadership.
• Track relevant legislative and regulatory developments at the local, state, and federal levels.
• Engage key stakeholders, including lawmakers, regulators, community‑based organizations, advocacy organizations, and healthcare providers and payers, to inform policy agendas and goals.
• Work in close collaboration with quantitative and qualitative researchers to coordinate research, identify opportunities to shape narratives and inform program and policy design, and collaborate across the agency to disseminate research findings and advance policy goals.
• Draft regulatory comments, public testimony, and other external policy statements and presentations.

• Advanced degree in public health, public policy, law, economics, health administration, health care management, business, or similar.
• At least three years of relevant policy and/or research experience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience leading community and stakeholder engagement.
• Outstanding research, analytical, and writing skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Experience working on interdisciplinary teams.
• Ability to lead strategic visioning and operationalize mission‑driven goals.
• Ability to work independently and self‑direct.
• Ability to synthesize and present information on complex programs, policies, and research.
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines across multiple projects in a fast‑paced environment.
• Creativity, humility, and resourcefulness.

• For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological, and environmental sciences and public health):
  Must have 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.
• For Assignment Level II and above:
  • Must have 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
  • Must have 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…