Job description
Job Information
Job Requisition ID: 14505
Ministry: Health
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Regular/Temporary: There is one (1) Regular/Permanent position and one (1) Temporary position available.
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: November 18, 2021
Classification: Subsidiary 02B 3625 Program Services 3
About Us
The Ministry of Health leads work in the areas of Alberta health insurance and benefits, doctors, hospitals and facilities, and other healthcare supports and information. For more information on the work Alberta Health does, visit this link:
The Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch responds to internal and external requests for reporting and analysis to support informed decision making, policy development, business planning, health system monitoring, and performance management.
Role
Do you enjoy working with data? If so, this may be an exciting work opportunity for you! The Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch in the Health System Quality and Performance Division focuses on analyzing a wide variety of data from administrative, EMR, surveys, and national sources to better understand the Alberta health system.
Reporting to the Manager of Methods and Modeling, this position will support many department priorities, including the COVID-19 response, enhancing public reporting of health system metrics (i.e. Continuing Care) and supporting pharmacy negotiations.
As a Health Data Analyst, you will help develop analytic infrastructure (such as the development of registries, data cleaning, linking, etc.), which is the critical and foundational basis for effective analytics, and deliver high-quality information products in a professional manner to customers and clients.
In addition to performing some of the roles above, the Health System Analyst will also help provide support services in data analysis, and analytic reporting.
You will be working in a team environment, often independently, preparing analytic information and reports, creating data cubes, data marts and data visualizations, and providing analytical support to the Ministry and other health system stakeholders.
You will employ your research and analytical skills to define the research problem, select the most appropriate data and methodology, transform and analyze data, write computer programs in SAS, and use econometric/statistical software packages as deemed necessary. You will be expected to apply your technical knowledge of managing large databases for complex analytics initiatives utilizing large datasets.
Utilizing your excellent written communication skills, you will produce explanations of analytical results in communications, presentations and other documents.
Qualifications
A University degree in biostatistics, mathematics, statistics, economics, public health, finance, or related discipline, and a minimum of two (2) years directly related experience is required.
- Experience with SAS programming skills (Classic or Enterprise Guide) and/or SQL (Structured Query Language) or python or R or STATA
- Experience linking, summarizing data and analyzing data
A cover letter outlining how your experience relates to the qualifications of this role is required.
- Experience working with large data sets
- Experience working with health or financial, administrative data sets
- Working in the public service and/or health experience
- Experience working with GIS or QGIS
- Experience building dashboards
- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.
A written assessment may be used as part of the screening/selection process.
APS Competencies
Competencies are behaviours 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. The link below will assist you with understanding competencies:
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following APS Competencies:
- Build Collaborative Environments: ability to engage in building collaborative relationships with teammates and clients requesting analytic information and seeking analytics support.
- Creative Problem Solving: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions. Solutions should be grounded in a sound understanding of the complexity of the issue and a view to take risks to continuously evolve and achieve our goals.
- Agility: ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
- Drive for Results: learn from past experience, hold self and others responsible for achieving results, identify ways to exceed expectations.
Salary
$2,613.91 to $3,428.61 bi-weekly ($68,223 to $89,486 /year)
Notes
- Health Data Analyst (Temporary)
- Health System Analyst (Permanent)
Hours of Work
- 36.25 hours per week (full time)
- Top candidates will be required to undergo security screening.
- As per the pandemic restrictions and government recommendations, the department is currently supporting working from home. Reporting to the office for onboarding purposes may be required on a short-term basis. Outside the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, this role is expected to work onsite from the downtown office location in Edmonton.
Working for the Alberta Public Service –
- Pension Plan: Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) –
- Leadership and mentorship programs
- Professional learning and development
- Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
How To Apply
If you are not currently an employee with the Government of Alberta, the first step in applying for a job is creating your candidate profile within our online application system,
Existing employees should access the Career tile in 1GX to submit their application in order to be recognized as an internal applicant.
Once you have created your candidate profile, visit the Alberta Public Service job site to apply for jobs at
Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies.
It is recommended that applicants who have obtained educational credentials from outside of Canada and have not had them previously assessed, obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)
Closing Statement
The Government of Alberta is implementing a proof of COVID-19 vaccination policy for all Alberta Public Service employees, to improve the health and safety of Alberta Public Service employees and Albertans we serve.
- Proof of COVID 19 vaccination;
- If you are a successful candidate and have not provided proof of COVID 19 vaccination, you may select to produce a negative PCR (molecular polymerase chain reaction) or rapid test result, date-stamped within 72 hours of every scheduled work day/shift, on an ongoing basis starting on December 14, 2021. These tests will be paid for by the employee;
- Candidates and employees who are unable to get vaccinated based on a protected ground under the Alberta Human Rights Act may request approval for an exemption and accommodation.
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.
We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
If you require any further information on this job posting or a copy of the role profile, and/or require a disability related accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Jagreet Uppal, Talent Acquisition Services Administrator at [email protected]
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