Data Scientist

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Lead or provide guidance on the scoping, planning, design, development, execution, and management of research and evaluation projects supported by the CHCR
- Provide advice and guidance to knowledge users, faculty members, and students who want to use SIDR data and/or services to answer research questions
- Take on the role of scientific lead for projects requiring SIDR’s leadership
- Develop data assembly plans for SIDR projects and oversee/assist with the execution of data assembly plans as needed
- Oversee and/or perform data linkages to create study cohorts and derived variables for analysis
- Conduct and/or mentor data analysts in statistical analyses, ensuring high-quality execution and interpretation of results
- Prepare and review analytic outputs, providing feedback and guidance to team members where appropriate
- Assist the CHCR/SIDR Director and Senior Research Scientist/SIDR Manager with reporting requirements for funders and stakeholders
- Participate in relevant working groups, committees, and initiatives within the Maritime SPOR Support Unit, the SPOR Canadian Data Platform, and Health Data Research Network Canada, contributing expertise and assistance as required
- Collaborate on interprovincial priority projects of the Maritime SPOR Support Unit
- Help to create and/or curate training materials for SIDR data analysts and users
- Assist the SIDR Director and Manager with awareness raising and capacity building activities for researchers and knowledge users to promote the use of SIDR for research and multi-regional research via Health Data Research Network Canada’s Data Access Support Hub (DASH)
- Perform other related duties as required

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- A doctoral degree, or a graduate degree with extensive related work experience in a relevant field. Strong preference for epidemiology or any applied human health research field with a data component. Demonstrated equivalencies will be considered. All applicants are encouraged to apply
- Experience executing administrative data research projects involving equity-deserving groups would be considered a strong asset
- Significant experience (minimum 7 years) in collaborating and engaging with a variety of stakeholders for research and evaluation projects (e.g., academic researchers, federal and provincial governments, community-based organizations, health authorities and providers, national organizations)
- Research project management experience is required
- Experience using GIS software and conducting spatial analyses in a research environment would be a strong asset
- Demonstration of an understanding of and adherence to equitable data governance frameworks (e.g., Indigenous data sovereignty, OCAP®, Five Safes, EGAP) and an appreciation of their importance in reconciliation and decolonization
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and an ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholder groups
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail