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Description of Job

The Work Unit:
Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response (DCPHR)
"The Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response exists to ensure that the Department has the ability to effectively monitor, detect, diagnose, prepare for, and nimbly respond to, all types of conditions and events that impact the public’s health."

State Public Health Laboratory (Lab) Newborn Screening Program (NBS) exists to comply with state law that all newborns in Colorado will be screened for the following conditions: Phenylketonuria, Congenital Hypothyroidism, Hemoglobinopathies, Galactosemia, Cystic Fibrosis, Biotinidase Deficiency, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Amino Acidemias, Organic Acidemias, Fatty Acid Oxidation disorders, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Pompe, MPSI, X-ALD and other conditions determined by the Colorado Board of Health; to thus prevent or reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with these diseases. Also, to ensure that families of affected newborns receive proper follow-up and education for these disorders.

What You Will Be Doing:
The Statistical Analyst provides data analytics and management for the Colorado Newborn Screening Program. This position comprehends programmatic goals, data collection/system requirements, and how the goals are integrated within the daily workflow. This analyst have a strong understanding of the laboratory information management system (LIMS) and comprehend how the data is extracted from the LIMS and can be translated to data visualizations that can provide invaluable quality indicator metrics. This position compiles data to aid scientists with the evaluation for analytical review of cut offs values related to new disorder testing. Will also compile data to generate graphical representations or visualizations for stakeholders to track overall trends. This position gathers, maintains, and disseminates data as required for grant(s) and other required data reporting for both internal and external stakeholders. Collaborate with the Association Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and have a strong understanding about the newborn screening data repository. Overall, the position should be a subject matter expert who understands the context, background, and case definitions for all newborn screening related data.

Responsibilities of the position include but not limited to:

• Ability to combine and manage various datasets from different sources and integrate the findings.
  Responsible for collecting, managing, cleaning, and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Provides recommendations based upon conclusions and key findings from the data analysis.
• Compiles newborn screening data for review and analysis.
• Uses statistical analysis to aid NBS staff in determining cut off values for disorders.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between CONBSP and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to troubleshoot any issues and work with the product manager to find a sustainable resolution.
• Work with internal stakeholders such as the Vital Statistics department for birth and hearing data integration with the LIMS.
• Utilize an interactive data visualization software platform to display newborn screening data for both internal and external stakeholders in a visual manner. The visualizations can display data for specific disorders or aggregate data of various quality indicator metrics.
• Aid in the answering of phones, emails, faxes, and providing information to external stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
NOTE: To be considered for this position, your application must clearly demonstrate that you meet one of the following options needed for consideration:

Experience Only:
OR

Education and Experience:

Supplemental Information

A complete application packet must include:

• A completed State of Colorado application.
• If using education to qualify, a copy of your college/university transcripts. Transcripts must be attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.
• If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.

The Selection Process:

• All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.
• Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process.

• Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.

• A top group, up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.

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You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.

ADAAA Accommodations:
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Daniel Mckenna at daniel.mckenna@state.co.us or call 303-692-6319.

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