HIV Planning Group Senior Project Officer, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

Job Description

The NYC Health Department's Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) falls within the Division of Disease Control, oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Its mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers by ending transmission, illness, stigma, and inequities related to viral hepatitis, HIV, and STIs. BHHS does this through testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. BHHS's over 500 staff members work across eight programs: Administration, HIV Care and Treatment, HIV Epidemiology, HIV Prevention, Policy and External Affairs, Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiatives, STI, and Viral Hepatitis.

BHHS's HIV Prevention Program oversees the Bureau's HIV prevention initiatives. It promotes and funds community-based organizations and healthcare facilities to provide HIV prevention services. As part of CDC funding, BHHS establishes and maintains the HIV Planning Group (HPG) to engage partners and stakeholders in prevention and care planning, improving the scientific bases of program decisions, and targeting resources to those communities most impacted by HIV. In addition, the HPG will inform and support NYC Health Department in developing, monitoring, and updating the jurisdiction's CDC and HRSA Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan. The HPG Project Officer works closely with HPG and community leadership in these efforts through workgroup coordination, research assistance, and stakeholder communication. The HPG Project Officer will support the coordination and communication between all existing HPG workgroups to ensure the effective integration of efforts in achieving the mission of the HPG.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

- Serve as the liaison to the HPG and HPG workgroups under the direction of the Deputy Director of HIV Prevention Partnerships
- Act as liaison and facilitate communication between the NYC Health Department community organizations and the HPG workgroups, including the stakeholders they represent and service
- Provide comprehensive support for in-person and virtual workgroup meetings with HPG community members and health department staff including: o Scheduling meetings and sending meeting reminders to HPG community members, o Collating, organizing, and distributing meeting materials, o Preparing and distributing meeting agendas minutes, o Sending out tasks and next steps and following up with members, o Tracking meeting attendance, o Reserving and preparing meeting rooms or Zoom line (if indicated).
- Work with the Director and Deputy Director of HIV Prevention Partnerships, and the HIV Planning Group Coordinator, coordinate with the HPG workgroups, ensure clear communication with workgroup members, and support the execution of the workgroup's work plans
- Support the HPG member recruitment process, including engaging community stakeholders and encourage participation in the HPG community process by attending community health fairs and conduct site visits to organizations to inform them about the HPG
- Support the coordination of full general meetings and the HPG Annual Strategic Planning meeting, including supporting the HPG community members to develop work plans for the workgroups
- Communicate with community stakeholders to update and maintain contact information of HPG community members in Salesforce/Public Health Partners Connect (PHPC).
- Coordinate social media calendar with the support of HPG community stakeholders in the Digital Advocacy and Health Promotion Workgroup, including commemoration of HIV Awareness Days and other holidays and special time periods for communities most impacted by HIV.
- Ensure that workgroups have access to up-to-date information and data for workplan development and workgroup activities, as well as providing research assistance to any larger HPG or prevention programs research needs
- Assist with policy and procedures development, documentation, and implementation
- Support the Health Department response during a public health emergency

PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Knowledge of the HIV epidemic in New York City and of HIV prevention interventions.
- Demonstrated experience working cooperatively with city employees and community members to advance the Unit's vision and projects efficiently.
- Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills with good problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience working with diverse service providers and community members impacted by racism and populations that face oppression, including people living with HIV, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, gender non-
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