Epidemiologist Lead

**JR100743**

Reporting to the Manager, Analytic Services, you will provide guidance, mentorship and coaching to epidemiologists and other staff, and provide professional epidemiologic services to the Informatics department, particularly in development of interactive reporting products and advanced analyses.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Plans, coordinates, completes and oversees project-specific teams and responsibilities within PHO.
- Coordinates population health assessment and surveillance analytic processes to provide timely information to PHO and its key stakeholders, either as part of regular reporting activities, on an as-needed basis for special purposes, or for contributions to applied public health research.
- Reviews current data to enable and support decision-making processes for PHO and its stakeholders; responds to requests from stakeholders.
- Provides expertise to support the programs and services, epidemiologic research, population health assessment and surveillance activities of PHO geared at generating scientific and technical knowledge for evidence based communication, decision making, planning and implementation of public health policies and programs.
- Monitors current local, provincial, national and international trends in epidemiologic activity and reports in a timely manner.
- Oversees complex data retrievals to meet health information requirements from key stakeholders, reporting obligations (e.g. to PHAC, MOHLTC) and to support the conduct of epidemiologic research and routine operations.
- Coordinates development of internal PHO policies and procedures surrounding the work of epidemiologists and other professional and support staff.
- Liaises as necessary with stakeholders and resources in various health sector, research and regulatory institutions, and builds strong working relationships between these and PHO.
- Presents findings, initiatives and relevant PHO activities at local, regional, national and international forums as appropriate.
- Liaises with government, public health, research and academic institutions to contribute to, and keep appraised of best practices in surveillance methodology, information and reporting tools.
- To provide guidance, mentorship and coaching to epidemiologists and other staff.
- Prepares and/or reviews scientific and technical publications of trends, investigative findings and research initiatives to internal audiences and the broader public health community as appropriate.

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Knowledge of, and skills in disease surveillance, designing and managing surveillance systems, preparing and editing reports with scientific rigour.
- Organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize effectively and meet competing deadlines.
- Leadership skills to coach and mentor staff.
- Expertise in influencing public health policy and practice at local, provincial and/or national level.
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant regulations and regulatory trends in epidemiology, public health, population health assessment and surveillance.
- Knowledge and understanding of PHO's mandate, relevant legislation such as the HPPA and PHIPPA and the Ontario Public Health Standards.
- Skills in managing large databases and personal health information and analyzing these data using statistical software packages.
- Skills in organizing a research study from design to reporting, including initiative conceptualizing novel approaches to new and existing issues.
- Skills in data visualization, interactive reporting products and business intelligence solutions.
- Ability to critically evaluate and synthesize relevant sources of information.

**Education and Experience**:

- Masters degree in epidemiology, community health or related field.
- Minimum 5 years' experience as an epidemiologist in a public health or related setting.
- Experience using diseases of public health significance data (i.e., iPHIS, CCM), administrative data (i.e., IntelliHealth) and survey data (e.g., CCHS) for surveillance.

**Attributes and Competencies**:

- Communications and interpersonal skills to work with a diverse stakeholder group, building public health, research, academic, institutional and professional networks.
- Provides coaching, teaching and learning opportunities to epidemiologists, and other staff in terms of skill building and mentorship.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 11 months

Work Location: In person