Data Analyst - Toronto, Canada - SickKids

SickKids

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

About SickKids:

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.

As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education.

Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.

SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description:

Duties and responsibilities:

Actively ensure data integrity and quality
Determine and execute data analysis and interpretation
Clean and prepare study data for statistical analysis and reporting purposes
Perform highquality statistical analysis
Generate and maintain standard operating procedures for statistical analysis and data cleaning and maintenance
Contribute to grant and manuscript preparation
Support student and trainee projects through supervision of statistical analyses and interpretation of statistical tests

Here's what you will need:

Graduate degree in Biostatistics or Statistics or recognized equivalent
Experience conducting longitudinal data analyses using binary/ordinal and continuous data in clinical/health services research.
Understanding of missing data mechanisms and methods to address missing data problems in longitudinal studies
Expertise performing data management and conducting statistical analyses using SAS (Base/Macros/SQL) and R. Knowledge of Mplus, SPSS, MATLAB or STATA and REDCap are considered assets
Experience in dimensionality reduction techniques and modern applied statistical methods (machine learning) + knowledge of EFA, CFA, SEM
3 to 5 years of experience conducting analyses in mental health research.
Experience in the design, analysis and reporting of research across a wide range of disciplines.
Experience in cleaning, manipulating and analyzing small and large datasets
Ability to work independently and possess the capacity for selfdirected work and supervision and mentoring of students
Strong interpersonal, communication, data presentation and writing skills.

Employment Type:

Part time 0.4 FTE, 1 year contract

Our Commitment to Diversity:

The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital's receipt of all necessary documentation.

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