Executive Director, Bureau of Children, Youth, Families & Developmental Disabilities (CYF-DD)

Job Description

The Bureau of Children, Youth, Families & Developmental Disabilities (CYF-DD) is responsible for planning and monitoring much of NYC's comprehensive network of child and adolescent community mental health services. CYF-DD relies on research and surveillance to guide its decisions around service planning, implementation and evaluation and incorporates a health equity lens into its work. CYF-DD oversees a portfolio of over 100 programs and supports a family-driven, individualized and strength-based approach to care. The portfolio includes the NYC Perinatal and Early Childhood Mental Health (P+ECMH) Network, consisting of specialized clinics for children birth to five and their families as well as pregnant persons, and a Training and Technical Assistance Center. CYF-DD collaborates with large DOHMH programs, such as: (a) The New Family Home Visits program that offers support, services and referrals to new and expectant parents and(b) the Citywide Doula Initiative (CDI) that aims to reduce inequities in birth outcomes in New York City by providing doula services in neighborhoods that face elevated social and health burdens resulting from structural racism and disinvestment.

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Health Department) is seeking an Executive Director (ED) for Strategy and Operations to assist the Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Children, Youth, and Families; Developmental Disabilities (CYF-DD) with strategic management, oversight of the Bureau. The ED will work with the Assistant Commissioner and bureau leadership to leverage available data (e.g., program budgetary, population, and human resources); knowledge of best practices; and shifts in the policy and funding environment to drive strategic decision-making, operational improvements and implementation of new initiatives.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead and supervise team responsible for: managing and overseeing Assistant Commissioner Office scheduling, management, meeting planning, programmatic reporting, and special requests and ad hoc projects; manage the and support and coordination needed to evaluate and improve initiatives and performance; Support cross office research, survey, program evaluation, and public health surveillance initiatives.
- Manage and support bureau special initiatives by helping set appropriate goals, research- and data-informed programmatic interventions, implementation and operations approaches, data collection and evaluation strategies, and timelines, and by assuring deadlines and goals are met.
- Provide support and data- and research-informed guidance to the Assistant Commissioner on strategic initiatives, operations, organizational change, and setting, evaluating achieving programmatic priorities.
- Collaborate with, lead, and counsel bureau leadership on planning, implementation, trouble shooting, data collection, evaluation, and timely reporting on programs and new initiatives.
- Support planning, implementation and evaluation of bureau policies, programs, and procedures related to scientific research, programs, epidemiological surveillance, policy, and other initiatives.

- Work with the Assistant Commissioner and bureau leadership on initiatives to review and recommend new policies and procedures based on literature reviews, data collection and interpretation.
- Help implement within the Assistant Commissioner Office and across the bureau the development, implementation, and evaluation of data and research-informed strategies to embed and advance racial justice and health equity in work and the workplace.
- Serve as point of contact and liaison to the Assistant Commissioner and bureau leadership for external partners; triage communications from within the Division, Agency, City, and community organizations; and represent the Assistant Commissioner and bureau in internal and external meetings.
- Oversee the development and dissemination of intra- and inter-bureau communications from the Assistant Commissioner.
- Aid in developing presentations, speeches, and briefing materials for Assistant Commissioner use with key stakeholders.
- Support Assistant Commissioner in implementation of standardized practices and processes across the bureau, including around research, evaluation, and monitoring, program design and implementation, policy analysis and recommendations, and HR, budget, and management/operations.
- Assist with hiring and personnel matters

Preferred Skills:
- Assist with hiring and personnel matters.
- Excellent written and oral communication.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional organization skills, planning and project management skills, and attention to detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
- Experience interpreting programmatic, policy, and research data.
- Experience with, a