Data Analyst

Location

St John's, NL | Canada

Job description

Data Analyst, GIS
(Temporary; Full Time)

Competition Number: 2024 DA GIS 013 (please quote in application)
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador
Salary Scale: CG-36 ($61,042.80 - $68,122.60)
Closing Date: March 6, 2024

About Us

As part of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, the Digital Health division provides quality information to health professionals, the public, researchers, and health system decision makers. Through collaboration with the health system, we support the development of data and technical standards, maintain key health databases, carry out analytics and evaluation, and support health research. We support healthcare within Newfoundland and Labrador, including patients and communities through the delivery of information technology (IT) and digital health services applied in the healthcare system to provide quality care. Our mandate includes the development and implementation of a confidential and secure provincial electronic health record as well as other provincial clinical information programs, including the change management required to support adoption by end user clinicians.

About the Role

We are currently looking for a temporary, full time Data Analyst, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to join our team. Reporting to the Manager, Analytics you will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Supporting analytical and evaluation initiatives.
• Geoprocessing and preparing data to be mapped.
• Creating, editing, and maintaining geospatial databases.
• Creating mapping products and performing a wide range of geospatial analysis.
• Performing descriptive and inferential data analysis.
• Creating datasets through data linkage.

About You

Your education and experience include:

• Undergraduate degree in Geography or related field or degree/diploma in social sciences or epidemiology.
• 1-year post-secondary diploma in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• 3-5 years' experience in a health analytics environment is preferred.

It would be considered an asset if you have the following:

• Experience with ESRI ArcGIS software.
• Knowledge of epidemiology and understanding of health analytics as it relates to supporting decision making.
• Knowledge of data management, privacy, and security.
• Experience using business intelligence tools.

You have the following skills and abilities:

• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and possess excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to function in a high pressure, diverse, and changing environment.
• Demonstrate good judgment and an ability to build consensus among groups with differing priorities.

Demonstrated equivalencies may be considered.

Other Information

We can offer you a respectful and engaging workplace that provides:

• Meaningful work
• Medical and dental benefits
• A defined benefit pension plan
• Flexible work arrangements (flex time; compressed; remote (within NL))
• Work-life balance
• A generous paid leave program (six weeks)
• An active social club
• An employee and family assistance program
• An innovative, energetic, and forward-thinking workplace culture

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