Data Analyst

CDC Foundation

6d • $65,000 - $85,000 • Remote

About The Position

In the United States, more than 4,300 people on average die from unintentional drowning each year. Drowning prevention strategies can prevent these tragedies from occurring, but knowledge gaps exist in fatal and nonfatal drowning data and understanding how to effectively implement interventions. The CDC Foundation is working in partnership with the Alaska Department of Health to provide a term-limited position within the Alaska Department of Health to identify opportunities to strengthen drowning data collection and surveillance and describe burden and circumstances of drowning in Alaska.

The Data Analyst will support the independent design, development, and implementation of epidemiological surveillance, research, evaluation, and dissemination to support drowning prevention activities. Under this project, the Data Analyst will serve as a focal point to identify additional sources of drowning data, collect detailed information on the circumstances of drowning and exposure to water from these sources and collate this along with existing data to report on the burden and circumstances of fatal and nonfatal drowning.

The Data Analyst will work under the general direction of the Division of Public Health within the Alaska Department of Health.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or related field.
• At least three years of experience conducting analysis of both qualitative and quantitative public health data with a Bachelor’s degree, or one year of relevant experience with a Master’s degree.
• Knowledge of research methods, statistical theory, and techniques; current economic and social theory, principles and problems.
• Ability to plan, direct and carry out difficult research and statistics projects; analyze and interpret complex data.
• Intermediate skills in statistical analysis in R is required.
• Organizational skills demonstrating high attention to detail and the ability to organize multiple priorities.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and engaging in strategic partnerships and strong interpersonal skills required for teamwork and interaction with people across the CDC Foundation and with external partners.
• Strong understanding of drowning or other injury prevention epidemiology.
• Ability to work well both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Supports the planning, implementation, and completion of an original study or project or a phase of a program either with or without previously established procedures.
• Provides data, information and statistics which can be used for planning, descriptive analysis, interpretive analysis and for reporting on fatal and nonfatal drowning.
• Develops methods of measuring and evaluating characteristics, traits or programs for analysis to provide a better understanding of the burden of drowning in Alaska.
• Gathers, compiles, analyzes and interprets qualitative and quantitative data.
• Analyzes reporting procedures and methods of compiling data to recommend methods of improving efficiency of collection of data on fatal and nonfatal drowning.
• Collaborates and participates in meetings with internal and external subject matter experts across departments or agencies, and other project partners.
• Performs other related work as required. Including but not limited to data abstractions for the Alaska Violent Death Reporting System and collaborating with Tribal partners on drowning prevention projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level