Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Research & Data Analyst (Research Analyst 3)

Initial Posting Date:

09/30/2024

Application Deadline:

10/20/2024

Agency:

Oregon Health Authority

Salary Range:

$4,755 - $7,296

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Research & Data Analyst (Research Analyst 3)

Job Description:

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The Oregon Health Authority has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Research Analyst to join an excellent team. This is a full-time, permanent, represented position with Health Policy and Analytics.

What you will do!

The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Research & Data Analyst 3 position involves establishing data infrastructure for various care initiatives at different levels, collaborating with committees and partners, conducting research studies, developing evaluation frameworks, creating data collection tools, and analyzing data. The individual will assist in promoting data-driven decision making within the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics program.

The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) Research and Data Analyst position will play a vital role in supporting CCBHC program decision-making and strategic planning efforts, particularly as they pertain to persons seeking services from the CCBHC network. Will collaborate with the Behavioral Health Analytics Manager and staff from other OHA Divisions such as Behavioral Health and Medicaid to offer data support and project coordination for CCBHC programs and services. The position will help execute intricate research projects and extensive analyses. This involves conducting research on CCBHC program outcomes, calculating and reporting monitoring measures, evaluating related programs, organizing complex claims data into comprehensible components (including costs of behavioral health programs), and creating and implementing data collection tools such as complex surveys.  Help create, execute, and provide research and complex data solutions to a diverse range of prominent data clients and collaborators.

Work Location: Optional 100% remote, 100% in-person or hybrid options are available, with office space in Salem or Portland. 

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What's in it for you?

We offer a workplace that balances productivity with enjoyment; promote an atmosphere of mutual respect, dedication, and enthusiasm. You will collaborate in an open office and/or work remotely with a team a team of bright individuals who work in remote locations. We offer full medical, vision and dental with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and eleven paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans. If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, the Oregon Health Authority is the place for you.

This position falls under the Research Analyst 3 classification. The AA Rate Pay Range for this position is $4,755.00 -$7,296.00. USD Monthly

The Oregon Health Authority is committed to developing and promoting culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and a diverse and inclusive workforce representing the diversity, culture, strengths, and values of the people of Oregon. Click here, to learn more about OHA’s mission, vision, and core values. OHA is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information, or any other protected class under state or federal law.

What we are looking for:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
A Bachelor's Degree in any discipline that included six-quarter units in statistics or quantitative analysis methods and procedures, and one year experience using computerized applications to independently gather, compile, and analyze data and prepare narrative or statistical reports;

OR

Four years of research experience using computerized applications to independently gather, compile, and analyze data and prepare narrative or statistical reports.

In addition to the above requirements, some positions require one or more of the following:

Experience in using trends such as social, economic, or industrial to do analytical research

Experience using advanced statistical or quantitative analysis computer applications

College-level course work in advanced statistics or quantitative analysis such as multiple regression, factor analysis, analyses of variance and discriminate analysis

Desired Attributes:

• Two (2) years of experience with statistical software and programming languages, such as SAS and SQL. Experience with data management and statistical analyses.
• Experience with health outcomes research, healthcare delivery systems research, and/or health survey research. Experience with research in the following other related fields may also be substituted: social work, public health, sociology, nursing, psychology, or economics.  
• Knowledge of and experience with data visualizations tools, such as Power BI, SharePoint BI and/or Tableau. Preference given for Power BI experience. 
• Experience producing written reports, executive summaries, and fact sheets. 
• Experience in visualizing data, including implementing self-service analytic dashboards.
• Preference given for experience working with healthcare administrative claims, especially Medicaid data.
• Experience with Medicaid programs, behavioral health treatment services, and/or other social services.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and disseminating granular data on race, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
• Experience in advancing health equity, addressing systemic health disparities, and collaborating with diverse, vulnerable and underrepresented populations.
• Strong communications skills and the ability to translate complicated data topics into understandable plain language to ensure program staff and CCBHC partners can easily make data-driven decisions.

How to apply:

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This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.

Please ensure you’ve provided a thorough and updated application as it pertains to the position for which you are applying. Your application materials will be used to determine salary based on a pay equity assessment.  For further information, please visit the Pay Equity Project homepage.

Need Help?

If you need assistance to participate in the application process, including an accommodation request under the American with Disabilities Act contact: Trach Blach at 503-509-5513 or Tracy.Blach@oha.oregon.gov

Additional Information

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The Oregon Health Authority is committed to fair employment practices and non-discrimination, including pay equity for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected class (race, sex, veteran status, disability, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation) in the payment of wages or screen applicants on the basis of their current or past compensation. We determine salary by completing a review of your application materials to evaluate your related education, experience, and training for this position. OHA is an E-Verify employer and will use E-Verify to confirm that hires are authorized to work in the United States.

The Oregon Health Authority is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to work force diversity.