Senior Analyst, Health Workforce Information, Data Methods and Tools

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI includeHOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)Retirement Planning ProgramGenerous vacation days for permanent and long-term contractsWork-life balanceCareer Planning ProgramLearning and Professional Development ProgramFlexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts Why is this role important? The Senior Analyst plays a key role in organizing and leveraging the pan-Canadian data CIHI holds. This may involve data management, developing and maintaining data and information standards (e.g., methodologies, indicators, and statistics), preparing relevant documentation, providing client support, assessing data quality, producing statistics, fulfilling custom data requests, conducting analysis and contributing to analytical reports. Senior analysts will participate in department/branch projects and initiatives, as well as other meetings and special projects as required.The Shared Health Priorities project involves a multi-disciplinary team across CIHI to respond to the emerging needs of Canada’s health system. A collaborative indicator selection process will involve engagement with stakeholders at the provincial and territorial governments across the country and will result in new priority indicators for development. Indicators included in the selection process will focus on mental health and substance use, health system resilience, primary health care and modernized health systems. Analysis will leverage data across CIHI and work will vary based on assignment, with analysts working on high-priority work as it evolves. This is an opportunity to join a motivated, collaborative and high performing matrix-style team that fosters and prioritizes mentorship, growth and development of its members. What you'll do 1. Conducts environmental scans and literature reviews to support the development of reports, statistics, and indicators.2. Works with the Lead to manage CIHI data, ensuring it is fit for purpose, and to support the production of key deliverables for internal and external dissemination. Key deliverables include relevant documentation, data tables, custom data requests, and topical analytical reports.3. Conducts data management activities including writing and updating statistical code required for the development, computation, analysis, and/or verification of key deliverables. This may include support for the release of data and information through private and public reporting tools, including leading the execution of test strategies / test cases to ensure accuracy of the reported results in adherence with CIHI’s corporate information quality framework.4. Maintains detailed knowledge of data, tools, and analytical techniques used to produce standard and ad-hoc outputs.5. Leads and/or contributes to the development of materials (e.g., analytical reports, methodology or technical notes, presentations, educational, media, etc.) for dissemination of findings and knowledge translation, and reviews written products for analytic accuracy and quality.6. Provides professional and timely client support to respond to internal and external client queries as required.7. Ensures adherence to, and ability to demonstrate compliance with, CIHI’s privacy and security policies and procedures when using CIHI data and information.8. Maintains current knowledge of CIHI’s data holdings, trends in health services research and health policy, and stakeholder information needs to support current work and contribute to the development of new analytic proposals.9. Participates in other meetings and corporate project teams as required. What you'll bring to the table • Undergraduate degree in a related field, or equivalent education/experience. A graduate degree in is an asset.• Three to five years related experience working with relational databases / large datasets, including manipulating, maintaining, and preparing data and presenting analyses and reports for different audiences.• Proficiency with data manipulation and statistical software, such as SAS, R, Python or other statistical software is essential.• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications.• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with minimal supervision.• Proven organizational and time management skills, with an ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively to meet deadlines.• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.• Knowledge of healthcare is an asset.• Fluency in English is required, bilingualism is an asset.