Health Economist

**Position**: Health Economist
**Status**: Full time, indefinite
**Location**: Ottawa, Ontario (hybrid)
**Closing date**: June 20, 2024
**Salary range**: $86,000 to $107,000 per year

CADTH is now Canada’s Drug Agency — a pan-Canadian health organization. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Ottawa, with a satellite office in Toronto. Created and funded by Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments, we drive better coordination, alignment, and public value within Canada’s drug and health technology landscape. We provide Canada’s health system leaders with independent evidence and advice so they can make informed drug, health technology, and health system decisions, and we collaborate with national and international partners to enhance our collective impact.

We are proud to be a 2024 National Capital Region Top Employer. This recognition celebrates our dedication to fostering a work environment that nurtures growth; innovation; and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA). It reaffirms our ongoing efforts to create an outstanding workplace where our employees thrive and feel valued.

Primary Focus
**Canada’s Drug Agency’s Health Economist is responsible for**: assessing methods, data, results and assumptions of economic evaluations; designing and conducting economic evaluations and budget impact analyses; and, producing reports. This position will participate in multidisciplinary research teams and lead the economic component of projects (e.g., development of an economic evaluation, or review of an existing economic analysis of a health technology such as a drug, health device, or health system).

What do the daily responsibilities look like?

**On any given day, the Health Economist will**:

- Critically appraising economic evaluations (model structure, model inputs, assumptions) submitted by manufacturers or in the public domain.
- Designing and undertaking economic evaluations, budget impact analyses and reviews of economic evidence of drugs and health technologies.
- Developing computer-based economic models for performing economic evaluations and budget impact analysis, as required.
- Leading and coordinating efforts of internal and external research team members to ensure project objectives are met.
- Preparing reports for stakeholders.
- Participating in expert committee or advisory committee meetings to present and/or provide clarification of economic findings.
- Working with the guidance of the Manager, to pull together economic information for Reconsiderations and Requests for Advice for Drug Reviews.
- Providing input to and reviewing reports of other researchers, including project team members.
- Contributing to process documentation and the continuous improvement of research processes.
- Representing Canada’s Drug Agency at conferences and other external meetings.

Is this the right role for you?

**The Health Economist will likely have**:
The minimum requirement is a graduate degree in Economics, Mathematics, Epidemiology or Public Health, plus at least 2-4 years of relevant experience, specifically related to the development and/or critical assessment of economic evaluations and models.

**Other requirements include**:

- A thorough understanding of health economic methods, with skill in computer-based decision-analytic, simulation and statistical modelling. Strong analytical abilities is critical.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and expert committees
- Ability to work independently and to prioritize multiple projects to meet competing deadlines
- Willingness to undertake training in systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or other training as required
- Commitment to high quality work and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills (written, oral and presentation) to be able to convey technical information succinctly to varied audiences
- Proficiency with Word, Excel, and Outlook.

What will set you apart?

**The following are considered asset qualifications**:

- Training in epidemiology/biostatistics
- Ability to critically appraise clinical trials, observational studies, and network meta-analyses
- Fluency in French.

What’s in it for you?

**At Canada’s Drug Agency, you will find**:

- a team-focused, supportive, and inclusive work environment
- a competitive compensation package, including participation in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) — 1 of Canada’s largest and most successful defined benefit pension plans
- a comprehensive benefits package for employees and dependents, including health, dental, life, and travel insurance; a health spending account; and an employee assistance program
- paid time off (including a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation leave as well as sick leave and life leave, a December holiday closure, and other leave options)
- opportunities to work with and learn from highly specialized professionals
- personal growth