EDP Training and Enablement Specialist

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Full-Time Professional DOH - LIC, Long Island City, NY, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Company Overview:
With an annual budget of $2.3 billion and more than 7,000 employees throughout the five boroughs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) is one of the largest public health agencies in the world, serving 8 million New Yorkers from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. We're tackling a broad range of public health issues with innovative policies and programs and getting exceptional results, but our work is never finished.

The breadth of our innovative programs provides the widest range of choices for every member of our team.

With grant funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), DOHMH is undertaking a new initiative that will meet critical infrastructure needs and make possible strategic investments that will have lasting effects on public health. Investments and improvements through this initiative will help modernize DOHMH’s foundational capabilities and data infrastructure, enabling it to partner in complex health and health care environments and, in turn, support better public health outcomes, including COVID-19.

This initiative supports larger efforts to rebalance investments in public health and more equitably serve communities and populations.

The selected candidate will be an employee of Public Health Solutions, a nonprofit organization which is the fiscal and administrative manager of the grant but will work be supervised by DOHMH.
This is a grant-funded position ending in November 2027.

Program Overview:

The Center for Population Health Data Science (CPHDS) aims to create a continuously learning public health system
that harnesses data and technology to deliver responsive services, advance health for all, and drive equitable outcomes. CPHDS unites people, services, and technology to transform data into a trusted and shared resource
that strengthens public health practice and maximizes impact.

The Bureau of Data Technology and Strategy (DTS) is dedicated to the development of the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) and is home to data strategy, data governance, data product management, data engineering, and data science capabilities.

Position Summary:

The Bureau of Data Technology and Strategy is seeking an Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) Training and Enablement Specialist to design, deliver, and continuously refine technical trainings that help analysts, biostatisticians, program teams, and other DOHMH Agency staff use the EDP effectively. This role works closely with the Senior Product Manager of Data Infrastructure and supports the bureau’s need for consistent, scalable EDP training as more agency users and programs adopt the data platform.

Specifically the Enterprise Data Platform Training and Enablement Specialist:

• Deliver lecture, demo, and lab modules covering EDP fundamentals, like Databricks Unity Catalog, Databricks notebooks, and dashboards
• Teach users how to query data in SQL, load data into R or Python data frames, perform exploratory analysis, develop basic analytic workflows, and visualize data in dashboards
• Develop and maintain training materials, including slide decks, lab notebooks, exercises, tip sheets, and quick start guides
• Provide over-the-shoulder, hands‑on support to participants during lab sections focused on accessing, transforming, visualizing, and presenting data in Databricks
• Support a trainer-of-trainers model by preparing data engineers, analysts, and other agency staff to contribute to EDP instruction
• Coordinate and…