Research Scientist 3 (Health Informatics)

Full Time
Schenectady, NY 12304
Posted
Job description

Non-Competitive: bachelor’s degree and four years of professional research experience in an appropriate field.

Substitutions: master’s degree in an appropriate field may substitute for one year of experience, and Ph.D. in an appropriate field may substitute for an additional year of experience.

Duties Description
The Research Scientist 3 will be responsible for preparing data analysis consistent with the Bureau data management practices and procedures, data governance, data security, master data management, business intelligence, and data quality.

Duties include but are not limited to:
  • Review, understand and incorporate the Bureau data management practice and strategy and the Data Management Body of Knowledge.
  • Participate in discussions with cross bureau discussions related to data and reporting needs.
  • Devise methods to identify data trends and patterns.
  • Assess data structures to determine how to best provide data aligned with performance indicators for the Division beginning to end operations.
  • Research data sources and data tools and make recommendations for new sources and tools.
  • Use a variety of approaches (tabulations, visualizations, supervised and unsupervised learning, predictive and retrospective analysis, statistics, machine learning, etc.) to perform data analysis.
  • Ensure data compilation and analysis are clearly documented and adhere to standards and best practices.
  • Perform peer reviews to ensure data analysis is conducted in accordance with the Bureau practices and standards.
Additional Comments
The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of Administration is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
  • Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
  • In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
  • OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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