Epidemiologist

**Epidemiologist**:
At Halton Region, we treat everyone with respect, honesty, fairness and trust. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to establishing a qualified workforce that is reflective of the diverse population we serve. Halton Region is committed to providing accommodation to individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

**As an employer of choice, Halton Region recognizes the many benefits of hybrid work arrangements including flexibility and better work-life balance for our employees. Where the work permits, employees will have the choice to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals. Please note, this position is eligible for our Hybrid Work Program/Work from Home Arrangement.**

**Posting ID**: 1845
**Department**: Health
**Division**: Public Health Resources
**Pay Range**: $93,916 - $125,245

**Job Type**: Contract > 1 Year
**Contract Duration**: 24 months
**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week
**Work Location**: Halton Regional Centre - 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville (Office of the Chair)
**Employee Group**: MMSG
**Posting Date**:March 30, 2023
**Application Deadline**: April 16, 2023

**Job Summary**:
This position provides epidemiologic expertise related to infectious disease, through the identification of significant health issues and patterns in the community involving the collection of data, development and maintenance of surveillance systems and analysis of health databases.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Investigate and provide surveillance on infectious diseases, including outbreak detection, investigation and analysis
- Carry out research, analysis and reporting on the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in the community and make recommendations to the Health Department and Region, including consideration of broad contributing factors to infectious disease such as climate change
- Report on health issues and patterns with community health status reports, surveillance reports, interactive dashboards, and GIS maps
- Develop work plans, track projects/consults, provide on-going updates to the Manager & Senior Epidemiologist, mitigate risks, manage expectations, and ensure client satisfaction
- Lead program reviews, evaluations, surveys, and the development of performance indicators
- Collaborate with community partners, researchers, and provincial committees on relevant public health issues
- Supervise and mentor analysts and/or students, on a project by project basis
- Provide expert epidemiological advice and on-going program planning support, primarily to Directors and Managers, and assist in identifying priorities in their program areas
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**Skills & Qualifications**:
**Essential**
- Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics or Public Health (with a focus on epidemiology) combined with at least three (3) years’ experience working in a community-based epidemiology role, preferably within a Health Department.
- Meaningful experience with infectious disease work is required.
- Expert knowledge or advanced training in statistical software packages (e.g. Stata, SPSS, R, SAS) and experience with geographical information systems (GIS), advanced knowledge of the principles and practices of communicable and non-communicable disease epidemiology, program planning & evaluation, biostatistics and research methodology is required.
- Knowledge and experience in using Public Health reporting systems and databases such as iPHIS and Cognos is important.
- Strong skills in political acuity, diplomacy and tact and well-developed interpersonal and facilitation skills are required to interact and consult with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills are also needed to prepare and present reports.
- Requires an ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously and meet multiple deadlines.

**Preferred**
- Experience using PowerBI is an asset.

An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

**Working/ Employment Conditions**:
**Working Conditions**:

- Flexibility to work outside of core business hours including evenings, weekends and holidays is required to assist with surveillance, outbreaks, and/or manage emergency situations in our community when they occur is also required.
- Travel will be required; incumbent must provide their own transportation.
- In accordance with requirements in Ontario Regulation 191/11 - Integrated Accessibility Standards and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Halton Region will accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please inform the Talent Acquisition representative of the nature of the accommodation(s) you require.
- Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on the deadline date specified on the posting.

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