Health Data Scientist - Edmonton, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Edmonton, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Information
Job Requisition ID: 53505

Ministry:
Health

Location:
Edmonton

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary:
Permanent

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
February 19, 2024

Classification:
Program Services 5

Salary:
$3,076.28 to $4,053.05 bi-weekly ($80,290 - $105,784/year)

The Epidemiology team is part of the Strategic Planning and Performance division and works to understand the distribution as well as determinants of the occurrence of disease in Alberta.

The Epidemiology team also works to understand how the occurrence of disease affects health care service utilization in Alberta.

This work directly supports Government of Alberta leadership to develop policies that guide the health care system in Alberta and policies that improve the health of Albertans.

Role Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director, Epidemiology and Surveillance, the Health Data Scientist position has two core functions:
Health Analytics Application

This function requires advanced health analytic expertise and experience with administrative health care system data to create descriptive, prescriptive and predictive analyses that support Government of Alberta priorities.

This function requires excellent written and verbal communication. The ability to conduct, synthesize and communicate complex analyses for stakeholders with different levels of analytic experience is critical.

Health Analytics Leadership

This function requires leadership experience to advance the analytic priorities of the Government of Alberta.

Examples include supporting the implementation of a provincial health analytic strategy, the development of a secure analytic environment for external stakeholders and the development of short term as well as long terms plan to acquire data.

This function requires the ability to collect, synthesize and advocate for Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch priorities with internal as well as external stakeholders who may have different priorities than the Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch.

APS Competencies:

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans.

We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

Systems Thinking:
Integrates broader context into planning. Plans for how current situation is affected by broader trends.

Drive for Results:
Works to remove barriers to outcomes, sticking to principles. Forecasts and proactively addresses project challenges.

Agility:
Creates an adaptable environment. Quickly understands as well as reacts to environment while establishing flexible culture.

Develop Networks:
Makes working with a wide range of parties an imperative. Creates impactful relationships with the right people.

Creative Problem Solving:
Creates the environment for innovative problem solving. Generates new ways of thinking while ensuring that right questions are being asked about problems.

Qualifications:

A University Degree in a related field (epidemiology, health sciences, data science, statistics, mathematics), and a minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible experience.

Equivalencies may be considered directly related education or experience on the basis of 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
1 year of experience for 1 year of education

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to

Required experience includes:
Programming in SAS, R, and/or Python
Working with large health system administrative datasets and data linking
Epidemiologic analytic experience
Health care system analytic experience
Developing and evaluating analytic models
Stakeholder engagement and leadership
Formal training in data science
Strong Geographic Information Systems (GIS) experience
Strong programming experience in SAS
Strong data acquisition experience

A cover letter outlining how your experiences relate to the qualifications of this role is required. Cover letter and resume will be evaluated for screening purposes.

Notes:

This competition will be used to fill one(1) full-time permanent position.

Hours of Work
7.25 hours daily/ 36.25 hours weekly, Monday to Friday

Location
ATB Place North, 10025 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton Alberta, T5J 1S6.

This position requires working from the office with an option to qualify for a hybrid work arrangement (in accordance with GOA policy).

Other information:

This position maybe used to fill future vacancies across the Government of Alberta at equal or lower classification and salary.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicate whether y