Research and Analytics Officer

Date Posted: 01/29/2024
Req ID: 35812
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Postgraduate Medical Education
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: #
Description:
About us:
Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking Research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.
Your opportunity:
Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) offers a collaborative professional learning environment dedicated to supporting learners, faculty and staff. We offer a respectful team-oriented culture and value the dedication and innovation of all staff who contribute to our mission. We believe in ongoing improvement and innovation and promote a strong commitment to work-life balance among our employees.
As Research and Analytics Officer, you will provide strategic support to a wide range of projects and activities in the Postgraduate Medical Education Office. Your well-developed data extraction, manipulation and analytical skills will support the creation of analytics and data visualizations to support departments, residency and fellowship programs and ongoing program evaluation within PGME. As part of our core mandate for continuous quality improvement, you play a key role in the ongoing collection, production and analysis of medical education learning experience/environment data to inform ongoing improvements to the learner environment. You will also play an important role in our liaison with partner teaching sites in the collection and reporting on medical trainee days in Ontario. In addition, you will be responsible for producing and analyzing complex statistical reports, including assisting with analysis of survey results, analysis and reporting on key performance measures and assisting with other projects and analysis as required.
Your responsibilities will include:
-Extracting data and producing reports and data visualizations to support decision making of competency committees is it relates to learner progress in a CBME curriculum
-Producing tables, data visualizations and other analyses of resident and fellow registration data to inform PGME activities, including Research and program evaluation
-Interpreting evaluation and enrolment data and preparing charts and analytical reports for presentations to stakeholders
-Undertaking extractions and analysis from registration and evaluation systems for use instrategic analysis and for the creation and validation of Medical Trainee Day (MTD) reports for partner hospitals and Ministry of Health and Long term care
-Assisting with analysis of survey results, analysis and reporting on key performance measures
-Identifying system deficiencies and recommend areas of enhancements
 
Essential Qualifications:
 
-Bachelors degree in Health Information Management, Analytics, Economics or social science or related discipline, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience
-Minimum three years of related experience in an applied quantitative research role in higher education, teaching hospital, or comparable environment
-Demonstrated knowledge and application of data analysis methodology, including demonstrated ability query techniques and clean/code data
-Experience preparing and interpreting statistical and descriptive reports
-Experience producing, analyzingand interpreting performance indicators
-Experience supporting the development and analysis of surveys
-Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite and data visualization software (POWER BI and Tableau)
-Excellent knowledge of statistical analysis and query techniques
-Strong database management, spreadsheet and presentation design skills
-Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
-Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
-Ability to work in a team environment and exercise tact, discretion, flexibility and sound judgment
Assets (Nonessential):
 
-Knowledge of postgraduate medical education and/or health education databases and statistical packages (POWER, MEDSIS, SPSS)
To be successful in this role you will be:
 
-Communicator
-Insightful
-Meticulous
-Organized
-Problem solver
 
This is a term position of 18 months. 
Closing Date: 02/16/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 10 -- $69,455 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $88,819. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Recruiter: Amanda Di Fonzo
Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged , and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.