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Position Title: Data Analyst

Location: Remote

Position End Date: 6/30/2024

Salary: $70,000.00

 

 

The CDC Foundation is seeking a full-time, 40 hours per week Data Analyst to support the Arizona Department of Health Services. In this role, the Data Analyst will plan, develop, and conduct data analysis of various efforts including investigations, surveillance, and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implement methods of disease control. This role also collects, analyzes and interprets statistical data and prepares epidemiologic reports.

 

 

· Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics, Public Health, or related field

 

· Master’s degree preferred

 

· Minimum of one (1) year of full-time, professional work experience with data cleaning, data management and statistical analysis

 

· Proficiency in use of data analytics and visualization software (e.g., SAS, ArcGIS, SPSS, SQL, STATA, R, Tableau) as well as Microsoft Office, Excel pivot tables

 

· Ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy

 

· Proficiency in navigating computer systems; ability to learn new data systems quickly and to comply with data integrity and security to safeguard all personal identifiable information

 

· Highly motivated and organized with the ability to work well in teams and independently on multiple simultaneous projects

 

· Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to be efficient and consistently deliver high-quality work under time constraints

 

· Ability to demonstrate a professional, positive attitude and work ethic

 

· Appointee will be required to possess a driver’s license valid in Arizona only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

 

· Full life cycle activities of data analytics to include requirements and design, data cleaning, developing analysis and reporting capabilities, linking databases and data sets

 

· Continuously monitoring performance and quality control plans to identify improvements in models; and to do related work as required

 

· Perform basic data management, data cleaning and statistical analysis using SAS, R, or other statistical programming language on COVID-19 data or other infectious disease data as allowable through the funding source to complete data extracts

 

· Produce and analyze reports for the purpose of monitoring disease trends and providing timely data in support of COVID-19 or other infectious disease response as allowable through the funding source and to inform the public

 

· Collaborate with agency and external groups providing public health surveillance support and data and analytics support to the COVID-19 response or a response for other infectious diseases and conditions of public health significance

 

· Effectively communicate technical, and general information regarding COVID-19 or other emerging infectious disease data as allowable through the funding source to a variety of audiences including agency leadership, policy makers and public health professionals

 

· Develops other databases and trains frontline staff on as-needed basis

 

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and Arizona Department of Health Services, in order to best support the State of Arizona in their public health programming.

 

This position requires the regular operation of a motor vehicle during the course and scope of employment as an essential function of the job. As such, Employees in this position must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license in their state of residence, must self-report motor vehicle violations/convictions, and must provide proof of acceptable insurance coverage with mandatory minimum coverages as set forth within the Driver Safety Motor Vehicle Policy (“Policy”). All offers of employment and continued employment for this position are contingent upon meeting all minimum qualifications of this Policy.