Fund for Public Health in New York
 www.fphny.org
Date: October 16, 2015
Job Title: Data Manager, CATCH Program
Organization: Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc.
Position Reports to: Director of Evaluation and Director of Adolescent Health
The Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc. (FPHNY) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that
is dedicated to the advancement of the health and well-being of all New Yorkers. To this end,
FPHNY implements programs to address pressing public health needs, fosters private sector
support to enhance health and health care, and helps educate the public regarding the protection
of individual, family and community health.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Office of School Health (OSH) is a joint Program of the Department of Education and the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene responsible for promoting the health of the 1.3
million school children enrolled in approximately 1,800 public and non-public schools in the
New York City.
The OSH Adolescent Health Program manages, among other programs, in-school reproductive
health programs at the high school level. These programs include the 1) School–Based Health
Clinics, which offer comprehensive primary care services that encompass mental and
reproductive health, including the onsite distribution of hormonal and long-acting reversible
contraceptives as critical components of adolescent health care services; 2) Connecting
Adolescents to Comprehensive Healthcare (CATCH) Program, which offers in-school pregnancy
tests, emergency and hormonal contraception, and referrals for reproductive health care by OSH
staff in school medical rooms; 3) and the Chancellor’s Initiative, which is a $30 million dollar
project to develop and build 20 SBHCs over the course of three years.
The OSH is the recipient of several grants to develop, implement, and evaluate adolescent
pregnancy prevention initiatives in NYC DOE schools. These grant-funded initiatives include
offering expanded direct reproductive health services in select high school sites using nurse
practitioners; enhancing services in existing CATCH sites; providing technical assistance and
training to over 60 high school SBHCs to improve services as well as revenue/reimbursement
streams; and improving services in low performing SBHC sites.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Connecting Adolescents to Comprehensive Healthcare (CATCH) Program is a grant-funded
project to increase adolescents’ access to high quality sexual and reproductive health care in
NYC high schools. The CATCH Data Manager will be report directly to the Director of
Evaluation for the Office of School Health Adolescent Health Unit. The CATCH Data Manager
will be responsible for data collection, database management, data cleaning, ensuring overall
data quality, and data reporting. The position is grant funded through December 31, 2016.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Working closely with other team members, the Data Manager will oversee all aspects of data
collection and data management for the project, including but not limited to the following:
 Coordinate and manage all data collection and data entry for CATCH program
 Work with the Adolescent Health Unit Data Manager to master the current web-based data
collection system, the Online School Clinic Data Repository (OSCR) and collaborate with
OSH IT on the development of a new data management system(s) for the CATCH program
 Manage and coordinate ongoing development and improvement of all project databases using Access
and SAS
 Develop and implement systematic data quality reviews
 Data cleaning and merging to prepare analytic datasets for analyses and reporting
 Perform basic to advanced descriptive and inferential statistical procedures, depending on analytic and
reporting needs
 Respond to requests for data from the Adolescent Health Unit, Bureau, Division and Agency
leadership
 Produce a variety of data reports on the CATCH program
QUALIFICATIONS
 Graduate degree in public health or related field
 Minimum of 2-3 years of responsible related full time experience
 Experience managing large complex and/or longitudinal data sets
 Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
 Experience developing web-based data collection and management systems
 Experience coordinating data collection and data entry
 Experience merging, cleaning and managing large databases
 Advanced knowledge of and proficiency in SAS, Excel and Access
 Experience analyzing data using descriptive and inferential statistics
 Excellent analytical, writing and oral communication skills with strong presentation skills
 Knowledge of family planning and reproductive health desired
 Ability to work cooperatively with program staff and IT
 Creative and well organized, with good follow through to complete assignments
SALARY
Salary range is $60,000 - $65,000 and is commensurate with experience. In addition, FPHNY
offers a comprehensive benefit package.
TO APPLY
Please send an e-mail with resume and cover letter, indicating salary requirements, to
publichealthjobs@fphny.org and include “CATCH Data Manager” and your name in the
subject line. The Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity
Employer and encourages a diverse pool of candidates to apply.