DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES

The Arizona Department of Health Services promotes and protects the health of Arizona’s children and adults. Our mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona. We strive to set the standard for personal and community health through direct care, science, public policy, and leadership. ADHS promotes alternative work schedules, flexible hours. We have positions that can fit any stage in your career, from entry to senior level. We offer a robust benefit package, including the ADHS Student Loan Assistance Program, where eligible employees can receive up to $437.50 per month for their outstanding student loans. Come check us out and see how you can make a difference in the lives of all Arizonans.

Address: 150 N. 18th Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Salary: $93,500 

Grade: 26

The position is part of the Arizona Cancer Registry Program in the Office of Health Registries and is part of the Public Health Reporting and Registries who is a subject matter expert, programmatic administrator, and data analyst with extensive knowledge of the section's business and its information technology systems.
As a programmatic subject matter expert, this position functions as a liaison between the Division of Information Technology Services and the Business Intelligence Office which includes developing and maintaining a good working relationship. This includes working with stakeholders to define requirements and to enable users of any technical level to get the most out of the program systems while ensuring ease of use.
This position functions as a program administrator, providing support and guidance at the section and division level. Responsibilities include:
--user maintenance which includes adding new users, amending existing accounts, user profiles, permission sets
--minor declarative changes for picklist values, list views, and page layouts
--data maintenance related to data fixes, cleanup, and new data
--data mining (identifies, extracts data from designated sources) and reorganizes it in a format that can be easily analyzed
--building and maintaining reports and dashboards.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Maintains and optimizes system components, including validations, page layouts, user accounts, permission sets, profiles, roles, queues, cases, workflows, and other routine tasks.
Performs advanced analysis using various techniques, e.g. statistical analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, and data mining. Documents data requirements in a logical Entity Relationship Diagram. Creates standardized and ad-hoc reports and dashboards, and provides proactive and reactive data management support to users.
Establishes and monitors data quality efforts and provides program, section, and division leadership a path to resolution of data issues and develops methods to monitor program or area progress, and takes corrective action when needed. Works with management to determine metrics and reports that need to be tracked.
Defines and applies suitable processes to support administrative, development, and change management standards. Determines best practices and develops actionable insights and recommendations for the current business operations or issues. Resolves issues elevated from lower-level data analysts.
Works with internal and external stakeholders and teams to identify, translate, document, implement, and support analytical requirements and handles special analytical projects as needed.
Trains and supports end users on the proper uses of the program and section information system solutions and other duties as assigned as related to the position.

Knowledge of:
- Data gathering
- Data cleaning and transforming techniques
- Data warehousing
- ETL techniques
- Statistical software (e.g., SAS)
- Physical data models, technical architecture, system interfaces, etc.
- HL7 standards and data structures
- Issues specific to disease surveillance and reporting in Arizona
Skill in:
- Strong customer service skills
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Excellent project management skills and a positive attitude
- Strong data management abilities
- Reporting and data visualization using software like Tableau
- Technical writing
- Testing skills
Ability to:
- Gather, document, and execute high-level business requirements
- Work with and understand large data sets
- Document system configuration changes and administrative changes
- Work with internal customers to gather requirements and implement changes
- Maintain, enhance, and create workflows, functions, and configurations
- Create new reports and respond to ad hoc reporting requests as needed
- Handle on-going customizations
- Assist with data cleansing and data loading
- Apply creative solutions to business problems to ensure business needs are most effectively met
- Develop various statistical, analytical reports, and dashboard reports for various users
- Understand and articulate complex requirements
- Support a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment, and creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination

Bachelor’s degree and 5 plus years of experience in computer science/data analysis. Master's Degree in Computer Science may substitute for 2 years of the experience. SAS experience is a plus.

Driver's License.
NOTE: If position is required to drive on state business, the position will require the possession of and ability to retain a current, valid
state-issued driver's license appropriate to the assignment. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license
record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records and must complete any driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code
R2-10-207.11).

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including:
− Affordable medical and dental insurance plans
− Paid vacation and sick time
− Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
− 10 paid holidays per year
− Wellness program and plans
− Life insurance
− Short/long-term disability insurance
− Defined retirement plan
− Award-winning Infant at Work program
− Credit union membership
− Transit subsidy
− ADHS Student Assistance Pilot Program

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

To help you build a financially secure future, the State makes monthly contributions to finance your retirement benefit. The State will contribute to the ASRS in an amount equal to your contribution. In other words, you and the State will each pay 50% of the total cost of the benefit. New State employees have a 27-week wait period for contributions to begin.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 542-1085. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. DHS is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All newly hired employees will be subject to E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.