Data Analyst/Scientist #957

The Data Analyst/Scientist position is responsible for all aspects of data analytics including mining, generation, and visualization. By transforming data into readable, actionable reports for continued improvement and growth, this role will contribute to strategic decision making, operational improvement activities and organizational alignment. 

Location: This position is based out of LifeWorks NW's Sylvan Site in Portland, OR.

Pay/Benefits: $71,897 starting annual salary, plus full comprehensive benefits.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Work closely with management and internal teams to understand and maintain focus on their analytical needs, including identifying critical metrics and KPIs, and deliver actionable insights to relevant decision-makers
• Define and implement data collection and transformation logic, selecting appropriate combination of methods and tools to ensure data integrity while optimizing scalability and performance of the solution 
• Develop and maintain databases by acquiring data from primary and secondary sources, and build scripts that will make our data evaluation process more flexible and scalable across data sets
• Present and explain information and data, communicating data interpretation and analysis, suggesting operational improvements.  Communicating information in digestible and accessible way both orally and written including creating and maintaining rich interactive visualizations which integrate various reporting components from multiple data sources
• Interpret and analyze data to discover discrepancies or to identify trends and patterns in complex data sets
• Build models and analyzing data to unearth trends and patterns to address business opportunities to drive business performance, investigating and communicating areas for improvement in efficiency and productivity
• Uses appropriate software programs and tools, including statistical packages and programming languages to query, process, analyze, and present data and findings including required documentation
• Understand health care operations and systems
• Ability to handle protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
• Exhibits an excellent attention to detail and multi-tasking ability with the capability of working independently
• Acts professionally with a passion for assisting others and problem-solving
• Meets performance standards set by assigned project work/objectives and organizational policies and norms.
• Continually increases level of cultural sensitivity, awareness and competency.
• Participates in regular individual and team meetings with manager; attends trainings, all staff, team, and other meetings as required. 

Qualifications:

• Proven working experience as a data analyst or similar
• Preferred experience in clinical/healthcare reporting and analysis 
• Strong SQL proficiency with the ability to learn other analytic tools
• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design, data mining and segmentation 
• Strong knowledge of and proficiency with reporting packages (Business Objects etc), programming (XML, Javascript, or ETL frameworks)
• Practical experience in statistical analysis through the use of statistical packages (Excel, SPSS, SAS)
• Strong analytical skills including collection, mining, evaluation, analysis, and visualization to disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
• Experience using business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau) and data frameworks (e.g. Hadoop)
• Ability to work effectively on a team, and to work independently with minimal supervision. Selfmotivated.  Proven success in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and analytical capability; Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Demonstrates punctuality, accountability, and patience
• Ability to perform under pressure, be flexible, and effectively manage workload.
• Strong business acumen
• Outstanding organizational and problem-solving aptitude
• Demonstrates effective communication and presentation skills (both written and oral) and maintains a cooperative working relationship with others in a culturally diverse environment
• Organizational agility with the ability to facilitating complex projects and project specific discussions with multiple stakeholders with diverse professional backgrounds
• Ability to perform essential functions of job without creating a direct threat to the safety of self or others
• BSc/BA in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics

LifeWorks NW is a private, non-profit organization providing prevention, mental health, substance use treatment, and related social services to youths, adults, and older adults in over fifteen locations throughout Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties. LifeWorks NW promotes a healthy community by providing quality and culturally responsive mental health and addiction services across the lifespan.

Our core values-Recovery and Relationships, Resilience, and Results-inform the work we do. The four pillars of the strategic vision include Compassionate, Impactful Care, Holistic Health, Passionate Team, and Thriving Organization. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are critical to successfully achieving the mission. We know that "life works" when people get the help they need and are dedicated to changing lives.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

www.lifeworksnw.org

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