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Location : Seattle, WA
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Job Number: 2023SC20421
Department: DCHS - Community & Human Srvcs
Division: Comm & Human Svcs Admin
Opening Date: 11/17/2023
Closing Date: 12/2/2023 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: C23 : PROTEC17-Non-Sups Staff (DCHS)
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Summary
The Department of Community and Human Services values diverse perspectives and life experiences. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with lived experiences.
King County's provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, and connected to community.
Are you a skilled Data Scientist with a commitment to social justice and utilization-focused performance measurement? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with partners to facilitate data-informed decision making? Are you interested in putting your skills to work to make a difference in your community? If so, King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is looking for you!
DCHS has a tremendous opportunity for a Behavioral Health Data Scientist to partner with one of the Country's largest Human Services departments in advancing a cutting-edge collaborative model supporting Behavioral Health and recovery or pro-equity, community-driven programming to support people in King County! This position is centrally located within the Performance Measurement and Evaluation (PME) unit of the DCHS Director's Office but will help support the Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD). PME is composed of a team of dedicated Data Scientists and program evaluators who work with partners within and outside of DCHS to provide insights for data-informed program and policy decisions and test innovative approaches to tackle a variety of system, policy, and service delivery challenges.
This position will support BHRD's crisis and commitment services, including programs or services designed to provide intervention, outreach, or prevention all along the crisis continuum. You will be working with a team of extremely talented Data Scientists and evaluators to develop performance measures and dashboards, to conduct advanced quantitative analyses and to prepare reports that can inform business operations and improve King County's Behavioral Health delivery system for the benefit of its clients.
This Term-Limited Temporary position is anticipated to end 18 months after the start date. If filled by a King County employee who has passed their initial probation, the TLT will be as a Special Duty Assignment (SDA).
WHO MAY APPLY: This position is open to all qualified candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. Interviews for this selection process will take place on or around December 18, 2023, with the possibility of second round technical interviews happening on or around January 2, 2024.
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Candidates who wish to be considered for this position must submit an online King County application and respond to the supplemental questions. Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the requested and relevant information in the online application and supplemental questionnaire. Applications and/or supplemental questionnaires that state, "see my resume" are considered incomplete and will not be considered to be competitive.
Additional Job Information:
WORK SCHEDULE/CONDITIONS: This is a Special Duty Assignment (SDA), or Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) position anticipated to end 18 months after the start date but subject to change dependent on operational need. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime. Typical hours are Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm. This position is represented by PROTEC17.
MISSION CRITICAL POSITION STATUS: This position has been designated non-mission critical. Unless otherwise directed by the County Executive, department director or agency head, all employees, regardless of designation, are expected to report to work or request leave during an emergency or inclement weather. For more detailed information, please visit and the
TELEWORKING REQUIREMENT: The work associated with this position will be performed through a combination of teleworking complemented with onsite work and meetings as needed. Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.
Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection (access may be supplemented in some situations) where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours. Please note that when an employee conducts work that is likely to bring them in contact with another individual, safety precautions are required, including the . King County is doing its part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and remains committed to reducing our carbon footprint.
King County has a robust collection of to support working remotely. The individual selected for this opportunity will be joining an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment.
RECRUITER: Susan Churchill,
Job Duties
Develop Performance Measures and Dashboards
Supplemental Information
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department ...
Location : Seattle, WA
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Job Number: 2023SC20421
Department: DCHS - Community & Human Srvcs
Division: Comm & Human Svcs Admin
Opening Date: 11/17/2023
Closing Date: 12/2/2023 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: C23 : PROTEC17-Non-Sups Staff (DCHS)
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Summary
The Department of Community and Human Services values diverse perspectives and life experiences. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with lived experiences.
King County's provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, and connected to community.
Are you a skilled Data Scientist with a commitment to social justice and utilization-focused performance measurement? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with partners to facilitate data-informed decision making? Are you interested in putting your skills to work to make a difference in your community? If so, King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is looking for you!
DCHS has a tremendous opportunity for a Behavioral Health Data Scientist to partner with one of the Country's largest Human Services departments in advancing a cutting-edge collaborative model supporting Behavioral Health and recovery or pro-equity, community-driven programming to support people in King County! This position is centrally located within the Performance Measurement and Evaluation (PME) unit of the DCHS Director's Office but will help support the Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD). PME is composed of a team of dedicated Data Scientists and program evaluators who work with partners within and outside of DCHS to provide insights for data-informed program and policy decisions and test innovative approaches to tackle a variety of system, policy, and service delivery challenges.
This position will support BHRD's crisis and commitment services, including programs or services designed to provide intervention, outreach, or prevention all along the crisis continuum. You will be working with a team of extremely talented Data Scientists and evaluators to develop performance measures and dashboards, to conduct advanced quantitative analyses and to prepare reports that can inform business operations and improve King County's Behavioral Health delivery system for the benefit of its clients.
This Term-Limited Temporary position is anticipated to end 18 months after the start date. If filled by a King County employee who has passed their initial probation, the TLT will be as a Special Duty Assignment (SDA).
WHO MAY APPLY: This position is open to all qualified candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. Interviews for this selection process will take place on or around December 18, 2023, with the possibility of second round technical interviews happening on or around January 2, 2024.
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Candidates who wish to be considered for this position must submit an online King County application and respond to the supplemental questions. Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the requested and relevant information in the online application and supplemental questionnaire. Applications and/or supplemental questionnaires that state, "see my resume" are considered incomplete and will not be considered to be competitive.
Additional Job Information:
WORK SCHEDULE/CONDITIONS: This is a Special Duty Assignment (SDA), or Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) position anticipated to end 18 months after the start date but subject to change dependent on operational need. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime. Typical hours are Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm. This position is represented by PROTEC17.
MISSION CRITICAL POSITION STATUS: This position has been designated non-mission critical. Unless otherwise directed by the County Executive, department director or agency head, all employees, regardless of designation, are expected to report to work or request leave during an emergency or inclement weather. For more detailed information, please visit and the
TELEWORKING REQUIREMENT: The work associated with this position will be performed through a combination of teleworking complemented with onsite work and meetings as needed. Employees will have access to shared workspaces at various King County facilities. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.
Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop and must maintain a workspace with an internet connection (access may be supplemented in some situations) where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours. Please note that when an employee conducts work that is likely to bring them in contact with another individual, safety precautions are required, including the . King County is doing its part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and remains committed to reducing our carbon footprint.
King County has a robust collection of to support working remotely. The individual selected for this opportunity will be joining an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment.
RECRUITER: Susan Churchill,
Job Duties
Develop Performance Measures and Dashboards
- Lead work with internal and external partners to design, create, and maintain production of key performance indicators, reports, dashboards, and trend analyses to improve performance of King County's Behavioral Health crisis systems.
- Work with stakeholders to identify data needs to support initiatives, improve quality, monitor performance, and assess impacts.
- Extract, clean and transform data from large administrative datasets to make usable in production of performance measures, dashboards, and reports.
- Perform queries in structured query language (SQL) to extract data from large, complex administrative databases, especially within SQL Server.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in the technical specifications for key performance metrics, as well as understanding the complexities of various crisis programs and how they are reflected in administrative data.
- Develop standardized and streamlined processes using R and Git for producing several performance metrics on Tableau dashboards that can be used across BHRD bodies of work.
- Perform complex data analyses, analyze trends, and construct key performance measures to improve King County's Behavioral Health system for the benefit of its clients.
- Drive towards the application of a racial equity and social justice lens across a wide variety of projects and work products.
- Work independently to manipulate, analyze, and interpret data using appropriate statistical methods and data manipulation tools.
- Develop interactive dashboards, charts, reports, and presentations that visually represent key findings for non-technical audiences and communicate results in a way that is actionable.
- Conduct written and verbal presentations that share insights and recommendations with audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication.
- Develop tools to streamline key performance indicators and automation techniques to highlight actual performance change and identify any data system changes or data quality issues.
- As needed, participate in team, work group, division, and department meetings.
- Respond to other data requests and perform other related duties as assigned.
- Demonstrated relevant work experience (typically 5 years), or an equivalent combination of education and work experience in finance, social sciences, statistics, public health, Behavioral Health, or a related field with course work in research methods and statistics and/or equivalent education and experience.
- Knowledge of equity and social justice principles and practices; lived experience with and/or understanding of the effect of place-, race- and policy & systems inequities on communities and populations.
- Extensive expertise working with large SQL databases and writing queries using structured query language (SQL).
- Skills with data management, analysis, and visualization tools, such as SQL, R, Excel, SAS, Python, and Tableau.
- Demonstrated experience conducting statistical analyses and preparing dashboards, reports, and presentations for non-technical audiences.
- Ability to develop a strong understanding of the key business processes, financial drivers and programmatic features reflected in the administrative data.
- Experience working with medical or Behavioral Health claims or encounter data.
- Experience extracting, matching, cleaning, managing, and validating data.
- Superb attention to detail.
- Strong analytical thinking skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate well with diverse groups including division leaders and executive leadership internally and externally.
- Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work independently and maintain collaborative relationships as part of a team.
- Experience successfully managing complex projects, in detail, and meeting deadlines.
- Expert skills in SQL and R, including developing tools and packages.
- Experience working with version control systems, preferably Git/GitHub.
- Knowledge of advanced analytics and sophisticated statistical modelling techniques to identify trends, patterns, and relationships in healthcare data.
- Understanding of health and Behavioral Health measurement and management processes, indicators, and tools.
Supplemental Information
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage: King County pays 100% of the premiums for eligible employees and family members
- Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
- Retirement: King County employees are eligible to participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
- Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
- 12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays
- Generous vacation and paid sick leave
- Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves
- Flexible Spending Account
- Wellness programs
- Onsite activity centers
- Employee Giving Program
- Employee assistance programs
- Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
- Training and career development programs
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department ...
