"Informatics Specialist"

The Reporting and Analytics Unit within the California Department of Public Health Center for Infectious Diseases Informatics Branch (IB) is recruiting for an Informatics Specialist II to join an exciting team developing innovative solutions to strengthen CDPH's public health data ecosystem. The incumbent will join the team leading the design and implementation of reportable communicable disease prevention and control reporting and analytics activities. Responsibilities will include the following:

• Learning and applying professional public health informatics concepts to projects of intermediate scope and complexity
• Contributing to the development and maintenance of innovative informatics and public health data systems, processes, and solutions such as: data pipelines and datasets, reports, and dashboards using programming languages and tools like SQL, R, Python, Shiny, and/or Power BI
• Conducting data analysis, data quality assurance, and quality improvement projects
• Developing protocols and guidelines and providing information and technical assistance to support local health jurisdiction, community-based organization, clinical, and other program partners in their application
• Collaborate with epidemiologists, informaticists, and data analysts

This position requires programming (SQL, R, and/or Python) and informatics knowledge to support data engineering, analysis, and quality assurance projects. The position will interact and collaborate with several multidisciplinary CDPH teams as well as other internal and external partners as they contribute to communicable disease projects.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. The salary range for this position is $69,700 - $149,900 (Annual Rate). To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html