The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc (RFMH) is a private, not-for-profit membership corporation organized in 1952, for the purpose of assisting and enhancing the research and training objectives of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene and its component agencies; the Office of Mental Health (OMH), the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS).

Through an agreement with NYS, RFMH has been designated as the organization responsible for administering and directing the conduct of all sponsored research programs carried out by scientists at Department of Mental Hygiene institutes or facilities. Sponsored research activities are carried out at the central offices of the Department as well as at the Departments at the three research institutes.

RFMH provides an organizational bridge between the scientist and those wishing to support his or her work, be it the Federal Government, State Government, Individuals, Foundations or, as is frequently the case, a combination of multiple sponsors. RFMH provides the Department of Mental Hygiene and their scientists with the independence and administrative flexibility to respond quickly to the special demands of sponsored programs in a manner that facilitates their scientific or technical execution. These are needs that could not be as easily accommodated through state processes.

To Apply: Submit an application by September 13th, 2023

The candidate will join a team of NYS OMH staff and will have primary responsibilities for assisting data reporting & analyses, developing predictive models, and leveraging Medicaid claims as well as other administrative databases that will support office operational needs and research analytics. A successful candidate should have strong written and verbal communication skills; they should feel comfortable representing OMH in a professional capacity. Applicant must exhibit strong self-direction, excellent time management and organizational skills, and have an ability to work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Identify valuable data sources and automate collection processes
• Develop processes to assure data quality and integrity, and analyze model
  performance for reporting and analytics
• Design and implement data flows and visualizations, generally working with a small team of developers
• Develop custom data models and machine learning algorithms
• Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
• Assist writing research papers, reports, reviews, and summaries

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree and two years of professional research or data science experience in the appropriate field; or a master's degree and one year in the appropriate field. (Appropriate fields include Math, Computer Science, Data Science, Biostatistics, or a closely related field.)
• 2 years of professional experience in data visualization and analytics
• 1 Year demonstrated ability to us SQL for data analysis and to generate stored procedures
• 2 years of experience running statistical and machine learning procedures, using SAS, Python, R.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with the application of ML to NLP tasks