Senior Research & Data Analyst

Job Information
Job Title: Senior Research & Data Analyst 
Job Requisition ID: 62893
Ministry: Mental Health and Addiction
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary – 2 years  
Scope: Open Competition 
Closing Date: November 14, 2024
Classification: Subsidiary 02B 3625 Program Services 4 Market Adjustment (024PSAMA) 
Salary:  $2,757.39 to $3,604.17 bi-weekly ($71,967- $94,068/year)  

The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx

The Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction, including the development, implementation, monitoring, and compliance to policy, legislation, and standards, for addiction and mental health services, as well as proactive monitoring of substance use and mental health data to support system planning. 
 
The Ministry works with service providers and community partners to design and enhance a coordinated community-based addiction and mental health care system, leveraging policy and practice innovations and research and evaluation to enable the best possible outcomes for Albertans. 
 
The Ministry works closely with other cross-ministry partners, external organizations, other Canadian provinces, and the Government of Canada to plan addiction and mental health service delivery. 

The Ministry also liaises with the Office of the Alberta Health Advocates and Alberta Health Services. To learn more about Alberta Mental Health and Addiction and what we have to offer, follow this link: https://www.alberta.ca/mental-health-and-addiction

Role Responsibilities

Want to join the new and growing Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction?  We have an exciting Senior Research & Data Analyst position.

This role will report to the Manager, Business Intelligence, and is accountable for several functions that inform system monitoring and surveillance, continuous improvement and ultimately guide future direction and decision making in the provincial addiction and mental health (AMH) system. This position is required to inform current response and support continuous improvement of the provincial AMH system. In addition, this position will provide leadership on systems planning and support corporate reporting on behalf of the branch.

The Senior Research & Data Analyst will provide expertise in data visualization, preparing analytic reports, specific to addiction and mental health. Key responsibilities of this position include gathering (through work with data analysts or through literature searches), interpreting, and summarizing complex health data, providing context and meaning to data, developing valuable indicators and tools, and transforming data into high quality information enabling health system evidence-based decision making. This position supports the Ministry in systems planning work and contributes to and leads work that ultimately guides future direction, decision making and innovation in the provincial addiction and mental health system.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors 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.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

This work reflects all APS Competencies with a focus on the following:
 

Develop Networks: Proactively builds internal and external networks with peers and executives in the Health System. Will build effective networks by building trusting relationships with various stakeholders

Build Collaborative Environments: Brings people together: Engages others to think broadly about impacts of projects, brings differing perspectives together and encourages debate. Works with others to identify and remove barriers

Develop Self and Others:  Will lead a high-performance team by developing their capabilities for leadership and the resiliency to the everyday stressors that occur in a demanding environment. This will include coaching, mentoring, creating the conditions for autonomy and ownership, as well as fostering a positive and cohesive team environment

Systems Thinking:  Anticipates outcomes and potential impacts across inter-related areas and factors this into planning. Seeks to understand a range of stakeholder perspectives and how they interrelate

Agility:  Takes a proactive leadership role to anticipate, assesses and readily adapts to changing priorities and effectively respond to and resolve program issues and concerns

Qualifications

University degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Health Administration, or Business Administration, and a minimum of four years of progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below. 

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards

Required experience:

• Leading projects
• Stakeholder engagement
• Conducting data analysis and interpretation
• Developing knowledge translation tools
• Developing and implementing key performance indicators

Assets:

• Master’s degree in a related field such as Social Sciences, Public Policy, Health Administration, or Business Administration
• Experience in health care or social services, and/or addiction and mental health
• Experience using data analytics and visualization tools such as SAS, SAS Viya, R Programming, Python, and Power BI

Equivalencies maybe considered – directly related education or experience on the basis of:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education

Notes

Hours of Work

• 7.25 daily hours
• 36.25 weekly hours
• 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (Monday to Friday)

Location

• Edmonton 

 
Please provide a cover letter that outlines how your experience and education relates to the role.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) – https://www.pspp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information – https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development – https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs

How To Apply
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.
 

Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.
 

It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).

It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.

Closing Statement
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 require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Krista Lammie at [email protected]