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Description:

Public Health Seattle & King County is seeking a Epidemiologist II - Substance Use Health Services Analyst (Data Analyst) with advanced data science experience to build and maintain a system to monitor indicators of linkage and retention in care for substance use treatment programs.  With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) cooperative agreement, this position will support two divisions: the Assessment, Policy Development, and EvaluationUnit and the Prevention Division.  We seek to operationalize and embed equity in all our work. This position reports to Senior Epidemiologists in the APDE Unit and Prevention Division. Applicants from this job posting may be used to recruit for additional positions in this job classification for a period of up to a year.  

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

• Master’s degree in public health, informatics, 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 (listed below).

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of substance use-related topics gained through lived, professional, academic, or volunteer experience.

• Deep knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices; lived experience with and/or understanding of the effect of place-, race- and policy & systems inequities on communities and populations.
• Knowledge of statistical methods to evaluate quantitative data.
• Knowledge of the various approaches to record linkage, including their strengths and limitations.
• Knowledge of applied health services research methods and principles.

 
Skills

• Strong ability to use sophisticated statistical software (such as SAS, Stata, R, SQL, Python) to perform a myriad of data functions, such as: creating data sets, conducting quality assurance, analyzing text narratives, creating coding efficiencies, recoding data values, creating date/time calculations, applying formats to variables, merging data sets, and transposing data.
• Demonstrated ability to develop interactive data visualizations that meet the needs of audiences. This includes development of templates and novel visualizations, as well as maintenance of existing dashboards.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication ability to write and present information in multiple formats, including presenting data, findings and conclusions in clear and concise reports, presentations, infographics, etc. for general and technical audiences. 
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple projects requiring attention to detail and coordination of effort, working independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to work with, successfully collaborate, and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of individuals from diverse backgrounds, including community members, agency representatives and partners. 
• Skill and demonstrated proficiency in: Microsoft Office products (such as Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams); database creation and maintenance, project management, and software for quantitative analysis (such as Stata, R, SQL, Python, Tableau, GitHub). 

Experience

• Demonstrated experience in cleaning, re-formatting, merging, and linking across of large administrative data systems using SAS, Stata, R, SQL, or Python.
• Demonstrated experience conducting quality assurance activities, developing health services program metrics, and conducting both descriptive and multivariable analyses.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting numeric results and communicating findings to diverse audiences.

OR: 

• Any equivalent combination of experience and education that provides the applicant with the desired skills, knowledge, and ability required to perform the work.

• 3+ years of experience manipulating, visualizing, and analyzing complex, large, line-level administrative data systems (e.g. health care claims, electronic health records, vital statistics, hospitalization, public health program data) using one or more sophisticated statistical softwareHow to Apply:

  This posting will remain open until filled with the first review of applications to take place on December 06, 2023, and every Friday thereafter.