Geographic Information System Informatician II-Public Health

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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$33.181

Job Posting:

JR2025-00015883 Geographic Information System Informatician II-Public Health (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

05-09-2025

Job Description:

Join our dynamic team in a role that blends creativity with technical expertise, where you'll play a vital part in shaping the future of public health systems! In this position, you'll take on exciting mid-level responsibilities, diving into the planning, system analysis, development, implementation, and evaluation of crucial public health datasets.

You'll not only conduct essential informatician duties but also provide valuable training and support to empower our project management team. With a greater degree of autonomy, you'll be able to make impactful decisions that drive progress, while collaborating with our Informatician III supervisor and Unit Leadership for higher-level strategies. Embrace the opportunity to make a difference in public health!

 

• The assignee will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing systems and databases to access and store geospatial data.
• Perform data analysis utilizing mapping software conforming to standardized best practices.
• Design digital maps using geospatial data and analyze spatial and non-spatial information.
• Administer and troubleshoot applications and GIS solutions.
• Analyze spatial data to discover patterns and trends through mapping software and design digital maps with geographic data and various other data sets.
• Manage a digital library of geographic maps and metadata in various file types.
• Create “shapefiles” to design maps with custom groupings that meet the needs of the business.
• Coordinate the development of web-based GIS applications, datasets, maps, and perform tasks such as geocoding addresses within various databases.

 

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 6 years of experience working in data analysis, statistics, & interpretation of data in a health subject area OR Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 4 years of experience. Experience may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Working knowledge in SAS, R, or similar statistical analysis software; proficient to expert skills in SQL, Python, Tableau, ArcGIS or similar data management and data visualization tools; intermediate understanding and practical use of HL7, ASAP, USCDI, FHIR, or other health data and messaging standards. Geography Degree.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of: Statistical principles and practices related to health data and may include other governmental data such as U.S. Census; knowledge (academic and practical) of data needed for analysis, data management tools, statistical tools; Nebraska regulations, policies, and statutes mandating data collection or system requirements; federal health data and system regulations; and intermediate understanding of surveillance system structures and operations.

Skill in: Communicating with IT professionals and healthcare professionals; identifying appropriate data collection, data elements, and outcomes to be measured; providing system training to a wide variety of people (both technical and non-technical); identifying and troubleshooting basic system issues through errors in data, user experience, or other system specific items; using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches; reading comprehension; active listening.

Ability to: Independently identify issues in data, user experience, or other system specific items; effectively troubleshoot issues with systems or user centric issues; conduct analytical review of data or system issues including collection methods; use common identifiers and probabilistic join methods to join or link independent data sets or systems into new richer data set; facilitate discussions with health care professionals and a variety of other partners; analyze complex health data; prepare studies and reports including responding to data requests; explain and defend complex studies and recommendations; effectively communicate increasingly complex technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

 

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

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