The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is seeking an Assistant Data Analyst to support the Early Intervention Program, which provides therapeutic services to infants and children with developmental delays, by developing and running routine and ad hoc data reports.
Requirements
- Proficiency in the use of SAS for data management and statistical analysis
- Experience In The Use Of R Preferred
- Excellent oral, written, and visual communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to quickly learn a complex new content area
- Organizational and time-management skills and ability to work independently
- Proven ability to work collaboratively
Responsibilities
- Learn EI program operations as they pertain to this role.
- Learn both the front and back ends of the EI-Hub data management system including the relational table structure, commonly used tables and fields, and approaches for investigating new inquiries.
- With increasing independence, write, execute, and troubleshoot analyses in both SAS and R and call and write macros, match and merge data, and clean and prepare tables for analysis in both SAS and R.
- Output accurate, well-formatted and completely documented reports.
- Accurately and comprehensively carry out quality assurance and data management activities including copying and pasting data between two data systems, compiling data from multiple sources into clean and actionable spreadsheets, manual cleaning of free text data fields, manual review of matches, address verification, repetitive production of standardized reports, etc.
- Produce data visualization products including slides, dashboards and maps.
- Provide administrative and research support to the Director of Research and Analysis, including completing administrative paperwork, taking and distributing meeting minutes, orienting new staff to Data Unit roles and functions, searching the internet, carrying out ad hoc investigations, preparing IRB materials, conducting literature reviews, and drafting, reviewing and editing written materials.
Other
- A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
- New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment.
- Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
- City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as a premium-free health insurance plan, additional health, fitness, and financial benefits, a public sector defined benefit pension plan, and a tax-deferred savings program.
- Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.
