Requisition number
199765E
Date posted
06/05/2026
Data Analyst Health Surveillance BC Centre for Disease Control
Vancouver, BC
This is a Temporary, Full-Time Position until August 3, 2027 or until return of incumbent.
The successful applicant will be required to work onsite during the probationary period, following which flexible work options may be discussed.
The Data Analyst, working within a designated service line, provides data management and maintenance services, ensures quality and integrity of data for the various information systems, performs regular analysis of data, and supports information system use by departmental staff. The Data Analyst reports to the Public Health Manager, and has a functional relationship to the service line the Analyst is assigned to.
What you'll do - Perform data management and preparation activities, including data extraction, transformation, and documentation. Develops and maintains data collection and recording systems such as databases, spreadsheets, and web-sites, including designing ad hoc reports. Write computer code and data queries to capture and edit data, and/or liaises with information systems department for same. Create analytic reporting tools to allow internal and external users to analyze data. Receive and respond to ongoing requests to evaluate data, systems, processes and procedures. Automate routine data management tasks using standard programming tools.
- Perform descriptive analyses and produces summaries and analytical reports using statistical software and coding, identifying all data limitations that apply. Identify issues, trends, and developments. Communicate findings to Centre staff and external stakeholders at the local, provincial and federal level. Automate routine analyses using standard programming tools.
- Monitor data quality in the information systems like the Public Health Information System and disease databases, proactively identifies and communicates anomalies that indicate data quality issues, and ensure that data used for analysis purposes or distributed to stakeholders is of the highest quality possible. Follow up with regional health authorities on missing, erroneous, and duplicate data to achieve high quality data. Correct data errors in a timely manner. Document processes for these procedures.
- Prepare and maintains documentation and reports such as user guides, procedure manuals, metadata, code documentation, data security policies and data dictionaries.
- Support data security by assigning and deleting access for various applications and network file systems. Ensure the secure transfer of patient data to stakeholders when authorized to.
What you bring Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Science or Computer Science or equivalent and three (3) years' experience as a data analyst/scientist, preferably in community health and/or the health information field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within BCCDC contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, BC Human Rights Code, Anti-racism Data Act and how they intersect across the health care system.
Core Competencies
- Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated leadership in breaking down barriers and ensuring an environment of belonging. Embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility into all aspects of work. This means creating an environment where Indigenous patients feel respected, valued, and understood. Foster trust through respectful communication, active listening, and honoring equity-deserving people's perspectives on health and wellness. Commit to ongoing education and training on Indigenous health issues, cultural safety, and DEI principles. Participate in workshops, cultural immersion experiences, and continuous professional development to stay informed and responsive to equity-deserving groups. Provide patient-centred care that respects Indigenous ways of knowing and healing, respects BIPOC experiences and world views ensuring that care plans are culturally relevant and holistic.
- Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).
Skills & Knowledge
- Ability to write data management and analysis programs using data programming tools such as SAS or R.
- Experience managing and querying data in large relational or multidimensional databases and data warehouses an asset.
- Ability to create data visualizations.
- Knowledge of standard software packages, spreadsheet, statistical, graphical, database, communication and web software.
- Knowledge of descriptive statistics.
- Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
- Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.
Job Type: Temporary, Full-Time (Until August 3, 2027 or until return of incumbent)
Wage: $44.35 - $45.97 per hour
Location: 655 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V5Z 4R4
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday; 0800-1600/0830-2630
Requisition # 199765E
