Director of Health Justice Network (HJN), Bureau of Health Promotion for Justice- Impacted Populations

The Bureau of Health Promotion for Justice-Impacted Populations (HPJIP) in the Division of Mental Hygiene aims to reduce the negative social and health consequences of criminal legal system involvement through innovative policy and practice change. By centering community, addressing inequities, lived experience, and elevating trauma-and-resilience-informed-approaches, we promote evidence-based best practices to address the needs of those disproportionately impacted by the criminal legal system.

The Health Justice Network (HJN) is an equity-centered peer-led public health program that aims to support connections to healthcare for court involved individuals and individuals navigating community reintegration. The program operates two tracks: Re-Entry and Court-Based through its community-based Reentry Track, HJN pairs individuals returning home from jail or prison with trained Community Health Workers (CHWs) who share personal lived experience. Its court-linked Court-Based Mental Health Navigators Track delivers person-centered care by helping individuals with current court cases navigate essential healthcare and social support services.

HJN is operational 5 days a week, Monday – Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm. The Director of HJN’s schedule would be Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm. Please note there must be flexibility with schedule to meet program needs.

Position Summary: Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Programs in the Bureau of Health Promotion for Justice-Impacted Populations (HPJIP) the Director of Health Justice Network will:

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide operational, administrative, and clinical oversight of HJN, developing and advancing strategic goals and implementation plans according to Bureau objectives.
• Manage staff coverage, productivity, service skills, and workload expectations for all embedded CHWs and program staff to enforce high performance and team accountability.
• Develop, implement, and audit evidence-based clinical policies, procedures, clinical trainings, and protocols to optimize program operations within the context of forensic mental health and public health networks.
• Develop and manage rigorous program evaluation and
• Implement quality-driven initiatives to enhance quantitative outcomes, clinical service delivery, and comprehensive case management.
• Work closely with the Senior Director of Programs to ensure all developed program strategies are well-documented and executed effectively.
• Manage and ensure timely, high-priority responses for program and data requests from senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Establish standardized definitions, key metrics, and rigorous data analysis plans to anchor the program’s evaluation baseline.
• Develop program performance evaluations and programmatic improvement strategies rooted in objective, data-informed findings.
• Deliver comprehensive presentations and data-driven progress reports directly to senior leadership on program milestones.
• Conduct regular field work to meet with existing partners, inspect operations, and optimize program partnerships.
• Execute additional programmatic, administrative, or operational tasks as assigned to meet the evolving needs of the program

Preferred Skills

• A Master’s level degree in strongly preferred, in a related social service field.
• Bring 5+ years of experience in a senior leadership role specializing in evaluating, managing, developing, and implementing programs, specifically peer-led programs.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of serving justice impacted individuals, peer and public health frameworks, healthcare delivery, the criminal justice system, and NYC social services.
• Possess extensive management experience with programs and populations that engage with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), substance use, or justice-impacted backgrounds.
• Possess proven experience leading or supervising hybrid teams, including peer specialists, community health workers, or professionals with lived experience.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, program management, and multi-agency coalition-building capabilities.
• Experience in trauma-and-resilience-informed care models and macro clinical practice.
• Proven track record of developing, implementing, and monitoring programs, organizing team activities through structured goal setting.
• Utilize strong knowledge of data collection systems, clinical documentation, case management platforms, and data-shar…