Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

TitleResearch Scientist 4 (Health Informatics)

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary Grade27

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $106898 to $131665 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

Location

County Schenectady

Street Address 500 Balltown Road

City Schenectady

StateNY

Zip Code12304

Job Specifics

Duties Description OPWDD's Division of Data Strategy and Technology Management (DSTM) is seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to serve as Director of its newly established Performance Metrics Team within the Bureau of Population Health. This pivotal leadership role involves supervising two Research Scientists and is responsible for the development, testing, maintenance, and dissemination of a comprehensive set of performance metrics. A significant aspect of this role is to create new performance measures specifically focused on the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) population, addressing a critical gap in existing healthcare quality indicators. This position will also work collaboratively within the Bureau on other key missions.
Key Responsibilities:

· Team Leadership: Supervise and mentor two Research Scientists, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment focused on metric development and analysis.

· Performance Metric Development: Lead the creation, testing, and validation of a comprehensive suite of performance metrics, with a specific emphasis on developing novel measures for the IDD population.

· Research and Analysis: Conduct thorough research, literature reviews, and advanced data analysis to ensure all performance metrics are statistically valid, actionable, and trendable.

· Data Governance Integration: Collaborate with other teams within the Division to ensure performance metrics align with broader data governance principles and standards.

· Dissemination and Communication: Effectively communicate the development, results, and implications of performance metrics to various stakeholders across OPWDD through regular meetings, presentations, and other communication channels.

· Quality Improvement: Drive the use of performance metrics to inform data-driven decision-making, ultimately leading to improvements in the quality of care and services for individuals with IDD.

· Process Formalization and Documentation: Formalize data-related processes and workflows within the Performance Metrics Team, ensuring consistency and efficiency in metric development and maintenance. Create documentation of performance metrics including specifications and code libraries.

Telecommuting per policy will be discussed at interview.

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Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree and five years of professional research experience in an appropriate field (public health, epidemiology, medicine, program evaluation, statistics, biostatistics, psychology, sociology, social science, economics, information science, or a related area).

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Proven experience in leading and managing analytical or performance metrics or program evaluation teams.

· Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across different divisions.

· Strong understanding of data analysis and reporting principles.

· Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

· Experience with statistical software packages such as SAS, R, and/or SQL (SAS experience preferred).

· Experience analyzing, extracting, merging, and linking large health care datasets, with a preference for experience with Medicaid data.

· Knowledge of statistical methods and their application for predictive analytics.

· Strong project management skills.

· Familiarity with national healthcare quality indicators.

Additional Comments • 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 visithttps://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.

***All people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.***

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

How to Apply

Name Central Office Human Resources

Telephone (518) 473-4785

Fax (518) 474-9902

Email Address MainOffice.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street Central Office Human Resources

44 Holland Ave

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12229

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease email your cover letter and resume to MainOffice.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov and reference vacancy ID in your email.