Data Analyst

Hours per Week: 35

Salary Grade 13: $61,250 - $72,020; commensurate with experience

Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

The Department of Medicine’s mission is as follows: To our patients, we use our expertise to provide the best possible care. To our community, we are responsive to their needs including safe and timely treatment and prevention, and facilitating the development of a health community. To ourselves, we are a faculty that is never satisfied with the status quo; dedicated to continually improving patient care, creating innovative learning opportunities for all learners, and advancing knowledge through research excellence.

The Program of Experimental Medicine (POEM) mandate is to pull together, strategically and operationally, the research activity of the Department into a single structure. The POEM aims to support the research environment and leadership to enable unbridled research excellence and success for the DOM faculty.

The Data Analyst will be responsible for supporting the research mission within the Department of Medicine (DOM) in alignment with the DOM’s strategic plan. The role will support and collaborate with researchers to understand their data requirements, and provide information, analyses and ad hoc reports for a variety of internal and external stakeholders to support research activities within the Department. The Data Analyst will also gather, analyze, evaluate and report on various metrics from a range of sources to understand the research, academic and clinical performance within the Department.

Education:

• Undergraduate Degree in Statistics or another related field

Experience:

• 2 years experience in data analysis and reporting in a research environment
• Experience working with large data sets and using report generation software

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of best practices for quantifying research productivity metrics
• Attention to detail with an ability to retrieve, analyze and synthesize sizable amounts of data, while ensuring that information is accurate and comprehensive
• Ability to collaborate across internal and external boundaries to meet common objectives, improve outcomes and support work beyond one's own unit
• Communication skills with an ability to complete detailed analytics and reports
• Ability to work in a manner that models best practices in confidentiality standards
• Ability to understand customer needs and expectations and provide excellent customer service to directly and indirectly satisfy expectations
• A desire to grow and advance skills, which is demonstrated by attending conferences, workshops and other professional developmental opportunities to enhance performance
• Intermediate computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to understand, interpret, and effectively communicate University guidelines, policies and practices to key stakeholders
• Proven ability and natural inclination to develop relationships by interacting with people in a professional, respectful and diplomatic manner
• Ability to work independently and effectively as a member of the team to achieve department goals
• Available to work outside standard business hours on occasion
  

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone 519-661-2194.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.