Public Health Informatics Specialist (Grant Funded)
About The Position
Under general supervision, provides professional informatics, data support and analysis for assessment and research to promote improved public health outcomes; develops informatics systems and platforms; and performs related work as required. This is an Open Competitive/Countywide Promotional recruitment being conducted to fill a current full-time vacancy in the Northern Nevada Public Health department. This position is a full- time, grant funded, benefited position funded until November 2027, with no guarantee of ongoing or continued funding. The list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.
Requirements
- Two years of full-time experience in health informatics and analysis in a public health, human services, or closely related agency
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, data sciences, informatics, or a closely related field
- An equivalent combination of training and experience
- A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and must be maintained for continued employment
- Advanced expertise in data science and GIS frameworks
- Utilize a robust technical stack that includes Python libraries, ArcGIS Pro/Enterprise, SQL, and R
- Detail-oriented, solutions-driven
- Proven experience in translating complex data science outputs into actionable public health insights
- Meet the Health District (NNPH) immunization requirements
- Complete 2 TB Skin Tests at time of appointment, or provide documentation of a prior QuantiFERON test done within the last 12 months
- Submit to a fingerprint based background investigation
- Reside in the state of Nevada or neighboring California communities such as Truckee, South Lake Tahoe or Susanville as of their first day of work
Nice To Haves
- Expertise in data science and GIS frameworks
- Experience with Python libraries, ArcGIS Pro/Enterprise, SQL, and R
- Experience building automated data pipelines
- Experience engineering predictive models
- Experience designing advanced spatial visualizations
- Experience translating complex data science outputs into actionable public health insights
- Experience mapping intricate data flows
- Experience supporting automated disease surveillance systems
- Experience deploying interactive dashboards like Power BI
Responsibilities
- Provides professional informatics, data support and analysis for assessment and research to promote improved public health outcomes
- Develops informatics systems and platforms
- Performs related work as required
- Lead the ingestion, analysis, and spatial modeling of large health datasets
- Build automated data pipelines
- Engineer predictive models
- Design advanced spatial visualizations
- Translate complex data science outputs into actionable public health insights
- Map intricate data flows
- Support automated disease surveillance systems
- Deploy interactive dashboards like Power BI to optimize data governance and public health decision-making
Benefits
- County paid employee health benefits after 30 days of employment
- County paid retirement benefits
- Vacation accruals
- Annual merit increase of 5% until they reach the maximum salary for the classification
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
