City Of New York

Director, Records Management, Bureau of Vital Statistics

City Of New York$100K — $120K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Baccalaureate degree with four years of progressive clerical/administrative experience, including 18 months in a managerial or supervisory role.
  • Associate degree or 60 credits plus five years of appropriate experience, including 18 months in a managerial or supervisory role.
  • High school diploma or equivalent with six years of relevant experience, including 18 months in a managerial or supervisory role.
  • Experience in vital records operations or related government records management.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on confidentiality and accuracy.

Responsibilities

  • Direct and manage the daily operations of the Records Management Unit for vital records.
  • Lead digitization and modernization initiatives for vital records.
  • Support archival preservation, records disposition, and disaster preparedness efforts.
  • Manage workflows, projects, vendor coordination, and process improvements in records management.
  • Develop and implement records management policies, procedures, and operational documentation.
  • Supervise staff, coordinating training and technical guidance related to records management.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and external partners to enhance records management operations.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a vital role within public health administration.
  • Access to continuous training and development in records management.
  • Engagement with large-scale digitization and modernization projects.
  • Collaborative work environment with public health and records management professionals.
  • Strategic role in improving public access to vital records services.
Full Job Description
Open to permanent DOHMH employees only due to active promotional list

The Bureau of Vital Statistics is responsible for registering and certifying al birth, deaths, spontaneous and induced terminations of pregnancy in NYC. The bureau issues, analyzes and reports on 285,000 vital events each year. The bureau is a very large customer service operation, providing death certification services on a 24/7 basis, issuing more than 900,000 certified copies of birth and death records, and fulfilling hundreds of data requests annually.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
- Direct and Manage daily Records Management Unit operations involving the storage, retrieval, tracking, preservation, inventory management, and long-term stewardship of vital records maintained across paper, microfilm, microfiche, and electronic systems, including eVital.
- Lead and support digitization, electronic records management, and modernization initiatives involving legacy, sealed, archival, and active vital records.
- Support archival preservation activities, records disposition coordination, disaster preparedness e forts, and continuity of operations planning related to records management operations.
- Manage operational workflows, records-related projects, vendor coordination, inventory initiatives, and process improvement efforts while monitoring operational needs, timelines, and project deliverables.
- Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of records management policies, procedures, standards, and operational documentation.
- Supervise staff and provide technical guidance, workflow coordination, training support, and operational assistance related to records management activities and modernization initiatives.
- Coordinate with Bureau units, agency stakeholders, vendors, and external partners to support records management operations and special projects.

PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Demonstrated leadership and managerial experience in health services or public health administration.
- Strong knowledge of records management, archival preservation, document control, and records lifecycle management principles and practices.
- Experience managing digitization, modernization, electronic records management, or large-scale records preservation initiatives.
- Experience supervising staff, managing operational workflows, coordinating projects, and supporting cross-functional operational initiatives.
- Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with electronic records systems, databases, inventory tracking systems, or document management platforms, including eVital or similar systems.
- Ability to manage multiple operational priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
- Familiarity with vital records operations, public health records, or related government records management environments

ADM MANAGER-NON-MGRL FRM M1/M2 - 1002C

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1" above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of
satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1"
above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial,
executive or supervisory capacity. The supervisory work must have been in the
supervision of staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than
moderate difficulty; or
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. However, all
candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1", "2" or "3" above. Education above
the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative
experience (but not for the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory
experience described in "1", "2" or "3" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits
from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½
years.

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