Careers Job Description
General Description
The Project Assistant will be responsible for supporting the Dashboard Team at the CUNY Institute for
Implementation Science in Population Health (www.cunyisph.org). The Dashboard Team consists of two
full time staff members and several part-time team members. This position will contribute to workflow
coordination among multiple projects, creating and updating data visualizations, quality review, dataset
curation and management, and disseminating information via blog posts, social media and other
external outlets. The core work will focus on the development of emerging dashboard projects related
to major public health issues and initiatives (e.g. HIV and Hepatitis C), similar to our work on the Ending
the Epidemic Dashboard (www.etedashboardny.org). The ideal start date is January 3, 2023 with a oneyear
hire commitment. Further extension is dependent on funding availability and performance.
The CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health’s mission is to translate research
into sustainable, cost-effective population-level interventions, strategies, initiatives, and policies with
the potential to improve health and reduce health disparities at scale around the world. We do this by
understanding biological mechanisms, subtypes and major drivers of disease, identifying
program/service/policy implementation gaps driving suboptimal health outcomes at the population
level, and by designing and conducting rigorous experimental and observational studies of the impact of
strategies aimed at improving population health outcomes. We rigorously assess the effectiveness of
these strategies when implemented at scale. Given that many forces shape population health, including
those outside the health sector (e.g., political, economic, sociologic, environmental, demographic), we
seek and generate knowledge, collaboration and expertise to achieve our mission of improved
population health through better implementation.
Other Duties
• Test and review beta/pilot-site web-based visualizations and provide routine detailed written feedback to web developers.
• Brainstorm and create mock ups of new data visualizations (charts, maps, etc.) to display data
on public facing web-based dashboards.
• Communicate with and address feedback of dashboard content from funders and relevant
stakeholders, including regular meetings with health department representatives.
• Curate, maintain, and prepare datasets from multiple sources for integration with a dashboard
database.
• Draft and edit blog posts related to dashboard topic areas (e.g. HIV prevention, HIV surveillance
data, implementation activities).
• Generate and maintain social media content (Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook) to promote and
disseminate key information, including campaigns for national HIV/AIDS awareness days.
• Consult with team graphic designer on website design and branding and collaborative creation
of infographics for dissemination via social media.
• Support workflow and project coordination through organized notetaking and routine
monitoring of project deliverables.
• Collaborate on analyses of HIV-related data and manuscript writing for publication in peer
reviewed journals.
• Provide logistical support for webinars, meetings, etc.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline or equivalent experience
• Competency in management or analysis of public health data (e.g. surveillance and/or
population level surveys)
• General knowledge and interest in effective methods to display and disseminate public health
information to a wider audience (e.g. GIS, interactive visualizations, etc.)
• Flexibility and willingness to work on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Excellent writing, editing, research analytic and problem solving skills
• Strong MS Office software skills – advanced proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS
PowerPoint are minimum requirements
• Familiarity with WordPress, Mailchimp, Adobe XD/Photoshop, Google Analytics and social media
(e.g. Twitter/Instagram) is a plus
• Highly self-motivated and able to work independently as well as in a collaborative team
environment
• Professional attitude and team player
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
CUNY ISPH
Full Time
$50,000.00 - $75,000.00
Feb 15, 2023 (Or Until Filled)