Opportunities Research and Statistics Officer 4

About Us

The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre we are committed to continually improving our health care system. With a focus on collaborative primary health care continuing care improved supports for mental health and addictions digital health capital infrastructure and more the department is thinking differently about how to plan fund legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this we need leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.

About Our Opportunity

The role of the Research & Statistical Officer 4 is a senior analyst responsible for extracting knowledge from health systems and population health data assets to support data-driven decision making. You will lead health-related advanced analytical projects and models complex business problems discovering business insights and identifying opportunities using statistical algorithmic mining and visualization techniques. The RSO4 contributes to policy and decision making within the Department of Health and Wellness and the planning and management of Nova Scotias health system.

Primary Accountabilities

• Providing evidence-informed advice to senior management to support strategic decision making and to address health and wellness policy issues impacting Nova Scotians.
• Planning implementing managing and leading project teams to respond to critical issues facing the department.
• Initiating proactive analysis of data to uncover insights hidden in existing and new data sources.
• Contributing to a departmental culture of inquiry through the communication of results from complex analyses to a wide variety of internal and external audiences.
• Preparing reports for management and provide input into briefing notes and correspondence through research and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Developing and maintaining productive relationships across government the health system and various external partners such as academia.
• Developing data visualization solutions using tools such as Microsoft Power BI and applying techniques to present complex information clearly and effectively.
  
  

Qualifications and Experience

As the successful candidate you have a Bachelors degree 7 years related experience; or Masters degree 5 years related experience with a statistical quantitative emphasis. You also demonstrate the following abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience using data inference as well as predictive and prescriptive analytical approaches.
• Demonstrated extensive experience integrating and preparing large varied datasets architecting specialized databases and communicating results to a broad group of stakeholders.
• A proven ability to collect analyze and use a wide range of data sources identify innovative advanced analytical approaches to model complex business problems reflect critically on the evidence and communicate findings to non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of performance measurement accountability evaluation principles and techniques.
• Proven expertise in research information analysis synthesis interpretation and report writing skills.
• Given the high degree of involvement with interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral groups the incumbent requires demonstrated excellent interpersonal team building and communication skills.
• Established experience with using business knowledge combined with statistical algorithmic mining and visualization techniques.
• Experience developing data visualization solutions using tools such as Microsoft Power BI would be considered an asset.
  
  

Benefits

Based on the employment status and union agreement the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as aDefined Benefit Pension Plan Health Dental Life Insurance General illness Short and Long Term Disability Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings click here: Benefits for government employees.

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance tools resources and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued respected connected and tuned in we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths
• Department specific flexible working schedules