Your Opportunity:
Are you seeking a meaningful opportunity to apply analytics in practical and innovative ways to improve Cancer Care? The Cancer Surveillance & Reporting team is currently looking for a Senior Analyst to join our dedicated Cancer Care team. As a Senior Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in supporting data-informed decision-making across program areas, public health initiatives, and clinical research. Your work will directly contribute to advancing cancer detection, diagnosis pathways, treatment, survivorship, and palliative care—all grounded in world-class research and comprehensive evaluation. You will collaborate with leadership, health professionals, and clinician scientists on high-impact projects, including the evaluation of cancer diagnosis pathways and care programs. A key part of this role is engaging with interdisciplinary teams that include non-technical staff—so the ability to communicate technical concepts in clear, accessible language is critical.
Description:
As a Senior Analyst, you will work closely with senior consultants, health professionals, and other stakeholders to provide analytic support, design and evaluate cancer diagnosis pathways, and assess care programs. You will not only analyze data but also design valid studies and evaluations, carefully considering implementation realities and minimizing bias or uncontrolled confounding. This requires a high degree of creativity and strategic thinking, particularly in identifying appropriate data sources and crafting feasible, evidence-based approaches to complex health system challenges. In addition to statistical analysis, you will lead the design and planning of evaluation studies, collaborating with clinical teams and subject matter experts to ensure that analyses are both meaningful and actionable. You will regularly communicate insights through presentations, dashboards, and written reports, making strong communication skills and the ability to tailor messaging to non-technical audiences essential.
- Classification: Lead
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Surveillance & Reporting, Cancer Advanced Analytics, Cancer Research & Analytics, Cancer Care Alberta, AHS
- Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 13-AUG-2025
- Date Available: 25-AUG-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $37.82
- Maximum Salary: $64.86
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Master’s or PhD in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or a related field. A minimum of 3–5 years of hands-on experience working with health administrative databases. Proven experience working in interdisciplinary teams, including nurses and clinical/non-technical stakeholders, with the ability to clearly explain data, methodology, and findings. Strong study design and evaluation planning skills, including experience identifying relevant data sources and addressing bias/confounding. Proficiency in SQL (MS, Oracle), Python, R, SAS, or similar data management and statistical tools. Demonstrated ability to manage and analyze complex and large datasets.Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience delivering presentations and formal reports to varied audiences. Experience supporting change management and health system improvement initiatives.
Additional Required Qualifications:
At least three years of experience managing multiple concurrent projects and meeting deadlines. Strong organizational and time-management skills. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Access), and the ability to learn new software tools quickly. Creative and resourceful approach to solving data and evaluation challenges. Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
2–3 years of experience presenting findings and data through Tableau dashboards or similar visualization tools.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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