Data Analytic Specialist

2 weeks ago


Metro Vancouver Regional District, Canada First Nations Health Authority Full time

**FNHA Overview**:
The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative and dedicated team members and leaders.

The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.

**JOIN OUR HISTORIC JOURNEY**
At FNHA, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to BC’s history. With a unique governing structure and mandate, our fluid work environment means you can play an active role in real change.
Our talented teams value respect and foster lateral kindness in their working relationships. Our holistic approach to wellness, based on First Nations teachings, is incorporated into all aspects of work culture. Where else will you get to create a personal wellness plan as part of your performance goals?

**Position Summary**:
The **Specialist, Data Analytics - PDS** (Prescription Drug Safety) leads, plans and implements analytical projects; performs
leading-edge data analytics that support efficient and effective service delivery, cost management, and health data
reporting to inform decision making on PDS related issues. The position interfaces with management, health professionals
and FNHA program resources to develop models, reports and decision support tools; develops and implements
procedures and guidelines on data management practices; contributes technical expertise to the Analytics and Financial
Management team; and provides mentorship to the data analyst team members in developing, testing and implementing
data models and analytical workflows.

**As a health and wellness organization, the First Nations Health Authority has aligned with the Provincial Public Health Order released on October 14, 2021. We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees at First Nations Health Authority. This policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If selected for employment, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination by providing a copy of your BC Vaccination Card Passport with the QR code.**

**Responsibilities**:
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leads data analytics projects in designing and performing experiments / hypothesis testing to predictive future results and outcomes relating to prediction of complex issues such as future service demand, budget forecasting, identification of potential fraud, and/or health risks among benefit claimants
- Collaborates with health professionals, program leaders and management to analyze large, complex health and wellness datasets and makes recommendations using data analytics model to inform FNHA strategic papers, proposals and briefing notes
- Collaborates with stakeholders to design and implement departmental performance measures supporting Health Benefits’ strategic priorities
- Prepares and presents complex datasets, analytical reports and cost analyses (both descriptive and predictive) to management, program experts and health and wellness system partners
- Works with internal and external partners for data identification, data analysis, data reporting and to develop workflow and process maps
- Develops, plans, monitors, and leads the designs and implementation of analytical models using regression, classification and other algorithms to support quantitative program analysis, health measurement and service delivery
- Develops advanced/interactive data visualizations using Tableau and R in order to communicate complex concepts visually
- A full job description is available upon request._

**Qualifications**:
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Health Informatics, Operations Research or a relevant field of study, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Recognized data science certification or equivalent

Experience
- 5-7 years of significant, recent and relevant experience leading complex analytical work, preferable in healthcare, using scripting languages and query languages.
- Experience with predictive modelling (usually acquired over a period of 3+ years’ - experience gained in professional, academic and data science competitions will be considered).
- Hands-on experience with analytical models, methods and techniques, such as linear regression, logistic regression, association rules data mining, ARIMA time series analysis, decision trees, random forests and support vector machine.
- Experience with data visualization and dashboard design software such as Tableau, Power BI.
- Experience with business intelligence, data warehouse technologies, with strong SQL skills.
- Demonstrated experience in the use of analytical / statistical software such as SQL, Datawatch, R and Python. Advanced R scripting skills are a requirement.
- Experience analysing pharmacy and health data.
- Experience analyzing financial data.
- Mastery in MS Excel; able to perform pivot tables, pivot



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