Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleResearch Scientist 4 (Biostatistics/Health Services Research)
Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $106898 to $131665 Annually
Duties Description The Research Scientist 4 will serve as the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Medicaid Data Reporting and Analysis. Under guidance from the Director, they will supervise and conduct a broad range of research, analysis, reporting, and evaluation activities within the Division of Data Strategy and Management (DSM) as well as managing the day-to-day activities of the Bureau.
Specific duties may include:
• Actively supporting the Director and assisting in leadership of a bureau devoted to the reporting and analysis of complex Medicaid and OPWDD internal data, including providing technical expertise to, and daily management of, the Bureau.
• Working under broad supervision of the Bureau Director, functions as a full member of a research team, including assisting in formulating and conducting research plans and project proposals that utilize sophisticated research and analytic techniques. Assumes major responsibility for, and oversight of, projects with only occasional supervision.
• Assist in identifying areas for research that will impact agency operations and conducts research independently.
• Monitoring project status and completion and preparing reports, ad hoc data requests, studies, dashboards, and other data products.
• Identifying and mitigating risks associated with all workplans, projects and activities, including ensuring proper allocation of resources.
• Day to day supervision, training, and management of supporting staff engaged in the execution of complex data extracts, routine data management and cleaning, and production of reports and provision of information to divisions across OPWDD and outside the agency.· Assisting in automating workflows, data cleaning, data extraction, and reporting to maximize efficiencies while maintaining quality.
• Assuming responsibility for management and supervision of junior Research Scientists, including supervising, allocating workload, ensuring training completion and certification, and verifying that time and attendance records are properly and timely maintained.
• Maintaining clear lines of communication with the Bureau Director and supporting Bureau Director activities as needed.
• Using a wide range of research methods and data sources to conduct descriptive and inferential analyses to support agency wide-initiatives related to Medicaid utilization, public health, service quality and outcomes. Data sources may include, but are not limited to: Medicaid data, enrollment data, fiscal data, case management records, survey data and data from other agencies and organizations.
• Collaborating with other research scientist and analytical staff across the Division and Agency on all phases of research to contribute to policy recommendations.
• Developing and executing new and/or highly complex algorithms and statistical predictive models and determining analytical approaches and modeling techniques to evaluate potential future outcomes.
• Establishing and modeling analytical rigor and effective use of statistical methods to analyze large amount of data, including using advanced statistical techniques and mathematical analyses.
• Managing analytical projects from data exploration, model building, performance evaluation, through implementation. Developing work plans and monitoring progress and project timelines for self and subordinates.
• Interacting with a multidisciplinary team of internal and external peers to communicate progress and outcomes of planned work regularly, effectively, and openly.
Telecommuting will be discussed at interview.
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Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree and five years of professional research experience in public health, epidemiology, statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, social science, economics, data science, or a related area.
Substitutions: Master's degree in an appropriate field may substitute for one year of experience. Ph.D. in an appropriate field may substitute for an additional year of experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong statistical and data management skills. Experience with analyzing, extracting, merging, and linking large relational health care datasets, including Medicaid data. Proficient in the use of SAS or SQL, Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point. Proficient in the use of data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI, with Tableau experience strongly preferred. Knowledge of statistical methods and their application for predictive analytics. Excellent communication and organizational skills. The ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
Additional Comments • If you are currently a New York State employee serving in a permanent competitive qualifying title and eligible for a transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law, you may be appointed to this title as a permanent competitive employee.
• The assignment of PS&T employees will be made in accordance with any agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding between PEF and the local DDSO regarding the posting of job vacancies.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume.
• All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility.
• If you are employed by state government you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. For more information on PSLF, please visit www.studentAid.gov/publicservice.
• Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA). If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.
• Savings programs such as the U.S. Savings Bond and the College Savings Plan.
• Voluntary pre-tax savings programs such as Health Care Spending Account and the Dependent Care Advantage Account offer employees options to pay for uncovered health care expenses or dependent care expenses.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) an assessment and referral service that connects employees with local service providers and support services to address their personal needs.
• Life insurance and Disability insurance.
• The New York State Deferred Compensation Plan is a voluntary retirement plan that offers employees the option to invest a part of their salaries for retirement on a tax-deferred basis.
• Paid Holidays and Leave:
° Thirteen (13) paid holidays each year.
° Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave initially.
° Five (5) days paid personal leave each year.
° Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave each year (PEF/CSEA), which may carry over from year to year.
° Up to three (3) days professional leave each year to participate in professional development events.
• Health Care Coverage:
Employees and their eligible dependents can choose from a variety of affordable health insurance programs. Employees are provided family dental and vision plans at no extra cost.
• Paid Parental Leave:
Paid Parental Leave allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave at full pay for each qualifying event. A qualifying event is defined as the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care.
• Retirement Program:
Participate in The NYS Employees’ Retirement System (ERS), which is recognized as one of the best-managed and best-funded public retirement systems in the nation.
• Professional Development and Education and Training:?
NYS offers training programs and tuition assistance to eligible employees to maintain and increase their professional skills and prepare them for promotional opportunities. For more information, please visit https://oer.ny.gov/training-and-professional-development.
• Additionally, the Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) offers certain professional training opportunities for PEF represented and M/C designated employees that may grant continuing education credits towards maintaining professional licensure. For more information, please visit https://oer.ny.gov/public-service-workshops-program-pswp.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated 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.
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