Stock Worker, Bureau of Vital Statistics

Stock Worker, Bureau of Vital Statistics

The Bureau of Vital Statistics is responsible for registering and certifying all 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. Division / Program Summary Description : This position will be within the Health Department's innovative Center for Population Health Data Science (CPHDS). The CPHDS is working to strengthen citywide population health surveillance by better linking public health, healthcare, and social service data to fully characterize and improve the health of New Yorkers. Our vision is for these data to be accessible, timely, equitable, meaningfully usable, and protected and being actively to protect and promote health and wellbeing of New Yorkers. Housed in the Center for Population Health Data Science, the Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS) at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene registers, amends, processes, and analyzes all vital events (births, deaths, and spontaneous and induced terminations of pregnancy) in New York City while also issuing certified copies of certificates to the public. There are approximately 120,000 births and 52,000 deaths and about 1 million certified copies of birth and death certificates issued each year. Vital event data are used by most health department programs (including infectious and chronic diseases, community health, environmental / occupational health, and health care access) and reported to national agencies.

Duties will include but not be limited to :

• Receive and store supplies and forms for the Office of Vital Records.
• Maintain inventory of all supplies, equipment, forms, and security paper.
• Distribute records, forms, supplies, and equipment to other Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS) units.
• Maintain and secure off-site storage facilities and equipment, with travel required across NYC boroughs.
• Deliver certified paper to various business units following a predetermined schedule.
• Secure and lock the certified paper area when unoccupied, ensuring proper distribution and security.
• Pick up, store, and maintain records as per the retention schedule, assisting in the witnessed disposal of records.
• Print archival labels, affix labels to boxes, and accurately place birth and death records in archival storage.
• Update the Vital Records electronic database to ensure accurate inventory counts.
• Assist with Records Management and other BVS-related special projects as needed.

Preferred skills :

Why you should work for us :

The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Sye-Eun Ahn, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, at sahn1@health.nyc.gov or 347-396-6549.