- Master’s degree in epidemiology, informatics, biostatistics, or related field OR any equivalent combination of experience and education which provides the applicant with the skills, knowledge and abilities required to perform the work
- Expertise in analytical programming, including knowledge of SQL (for extracting or creating data sets), text string searches, coding efficiencies, arrays, recoding data values, macros, date/time calculations, applying formats to variables, merging data sets, and transposing data
- Supervisory experience
- Proficient written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work well on a team
- Demonstrated ability to conduct projects within timelines
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work well under pressure with multiple competing priorities and deadlines
In addition to the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills listed above, the following skills are also required for the informatics position:
- Leading or coordinating data collection strategies
- Monitoring data quality
- Developing data collection tools or surveys
- Designing databases
- Facilitating data exchange with partners
- Conducting record linkage and data integration across databases
In addition to the experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skills listed above, the following skills are also required for the analytics position:
- Analyzing complex databases, including longitudinal data and relational datasets
- Creating surveillance summaries, outbreak summaries, or annual reports for internal and external audiences
- Creating visualizations of surveillance data (using Excel, ArcGIS, R, SAS, or Tableau)
- Knowledge of statistical theory, including hypothesis testing, multivariate analysis, trend analysis, regression analysis, sampling techniques, and confidence-interval estimation
- Interpreting data by summarizing assumptions, conclusions, strengths and weaknesses of the data
Desired Qualifications
- Expertise in SAS coding skills is desired; expertise in R skills will be considered as a substitute for SAS
- Experience analyzing data from electronic health records (EHR) or electronic laboratory reports (ELR)
- Experience conducting time series analysis, geospatial modeling, and analyses involving syndromic surveillance data
- Experience conducting communicable disease surveillance
- Experience working in a local or state public health practice setting
- Experience analyzing data for health disparities
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