RQ00746-Data Analytical Specialist/Scientist

RQ00746-Data Analytical Specialist/Scientist

Location: 661 University Ave, Suite 1701, Toronto, ON M5G 1M1

Hybrid - 2 days in office

Contract - 6+ months (131 days) - Possible extension

Position Summary

HealthMap is the flagship initiative delivered through Public Health Ontario's (PHO) Analytics Engine. It brings the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH, University of Toronto) chronic-disease-burden model (ODBM) into PHO, building and ensuring it runs within PHO systems.

The Senior Data Analytical Specialist/Scientist is fully allocated to HealthMap. Working with minimal direction and leading others, the role analyzes the ODBM and methodology and builds and validates it within PHO. The role aligns with and advances the Public Health Data Utility (PHDU) as the platform foundation and operates within the Analytics Engine operating model.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze the DLSPH chronic-disease-burden model and methodology to support a build within PHO systems.
• Build, validate, and run the model within PHO's environment, aligned to and advancing the PHDU (with an R/Azure bridge until PHDU is available).
• Support data acquisition through data-sharing agreements and governance processes where required for the ODBM to run within PHO systems.
• Document methods and transfer knowledge to PHO staff so the ODBM can be sustained beyond the engagement.
• Participate in related HealthMap documentation, development, testing, end-user training, and knowledge transfer; work with functional experts, data architects, ETL developers, and PHDU technical teams to deliver sustainable solutions.

Key Deliverables

• Documented methodology, code, data-acquisition and, as available, analytical and reporting requirements.
• DLSPH model built, validated, and running within PHO systems (PHDU-aligned).
• Knowledge transfer to PHO staff to sustain the capability.

General Skills (Required)

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong consulting and relationship-management skills to work with client groups, technical teams, data stewards, data engineers and stakeholders to confirm requirements, options, constraints, and delivery decisions.
• Ability to communicate complex quantitative methods, assumptions, outputs, and limitations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Senior-level experience with statistical methods and models, including their underlying data requirements, model validation, and reproducible analytical workflows.
• Ability to manipulate and analyze complex data from structured and unstructured sources to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Experience designing data-ingestion, transformation, quality-checking, and reproducible data-processing workflows.
• Broad understanding of data management, business analysis, database architecture, governance, and information visualization.
• Proficiency in R and/or Python, query languages, and version-controlled analytical code to ensure that any ODBM analytical workflows can be implemented, run, troubleshooted, and documented.
• Strong investigative, mathematical, and statistical skills to assess model logic, test assumptions, resolve data or code issues, and support sustainable knowledge transfer.

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $73.38/hr - $88.06/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $58.70/hr - $70.45/hr T4