Senior Analyst, Indigenous Health

We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada's health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada's health care systems.

CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Learn about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the work being done to create a more inclusive and welcoming organization by focusing on how we learn, govern and practise.

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include

• Retirement Planning Program
• Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
• Work-life balance
• Learning and Professional Development Program
• Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts

CIHI is on a continuous learning journey, guided by the knowledge and perspectives of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, communities, governments and organizations. We are committed to respecting Indigenous data sovereignty, advancing cultural safety and humility, and supporting the health and data priorities of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples.
The Senior Analyst plays a key role in advancing CIHI's Indigenous Health priorities. This work may include managing data; developing and maintaining data and information standards (such as methodologies, indicators and statistics); preparing documentation; providing client support; assessing data quality; producing statistics; fulfilling custom data requests; and conducting analysis to inform reports. The Senior Analyst also contributes to departmental and branch initiatives, as well as special projects as needed.

• 1. Work with the Lead to manage CIHI data, ensuring it is fit for purpose, and to support the production of key deliverables for internal and external dissemination. Key deliverables include relevant documentation, data tables, custom data requests, and topical analytical reports.
• 2. Conduct data management and analytical activities including writing and updating statistical code required for the development, computation, analysis, and/or verification of key deliverables. This may include support for the release of data and information through private and public reporting tools, including leading the execution of test strategies / test cases to ensure accuracy of the reported results in adherence with CIHI's corporate information quality framework.
• 3. Maintain detailed knowledge of data, tools, and analytical techniques used to produce standard and ad-hoc outputs.
• 4. Conduct environmental scans and literature reviews to support the development of reports, statistics, and indicators.
• 5. Contribute to the development of materials (e.g., analytical reports, methodology or technical notes, presentations, educational, media, etc.) for dissemination of findings and knowledge translation, and reviews written products for analytic accuracy and quality.
• 6. Provide professional and timely client support to respond to internal and external client queries.
• 7. Maintain current knowledge of CIHI's data holdings, trends in health services research and health policy, and stakeholder information needs to support current work and contribute to the development of new analytic proposals.

• Undergraduate degree in Health Information, Statistics, Data Science,…