Public Health Data Analyst

Public Health Data Analyst - Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management & Office of Healthcare Strategy and Planning

About the Offices

The Office of Healthcare Strategy and Planning (OHSP) improves the accessibility, quality, resilience, and equity of the Massachusetts Healthcare system through data-driven planning, policy development, and collaboration with healthcare providers, public health partners, and government agencies. Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management (OPEM) works with public health and healthcare data as part of planning for or responding to emergency situations.

Position Summary

The public health data analyst supports statewide health system planning, emergency preparedness, and public health surveillance by conducting epidemiologic analyses, integrating multiple healthcare datasets, developing data visualizations, and translating findings into actionable recommendations for health system leaders and policymakers. This role is a temporary position hired through the Commonwealth’s temporary staffing agency Kelly Services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiologic surveillance and analysis of healthcare utilization, capacity, workforce, and service delivery data.
• Monitor syndromic surveillance and other near real-time data sources to identify emerging health system trends.
• Link, clean, and analyze multiple state and federal datasets using SAS, SQL, Snowflake, or similar tools.
• Develop dashboards, maps, and visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, ArcGIS, and related software.
• Assist with onboarding healthcare facilities to the Automated Capacity Occupancy Reporting Network (ACORN), to facilitate real-time capacity data submission, with technical assistance and data quality review.
• Evaluate surveillance systems and recommend improvements to data quality, validity, and timeliness.
• Support emergency preparedness planning, situational awareness, and public health response activities.
• Develop reports, data briefs, presentations, and policy recommendations for agency leadership and partners.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to improve health system planning and resilience.
• Apply a health equity lens to analyses, recommendations, and program evaluation. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, Data Science, or related field.
• Experience with SAS and SQL.
• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, and/or ArcGIS.
• Knowledge of public health surveillance, healthcare data systems, and epidemiologic methods.
• Strong communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Core Competencies

Epidemiology • Statistical analysis • Data visualization • GIS • Health systems research • Surveillance evaluation • Scientific communication • Emergency preparedness • Health equity • Collaboration

How to apply

• First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply in the first 14 days.
• Submit your resume and a short cover letter.
• Apply via email Chiara.Moore@mass.gov with the subject line “Public Health Data Analyst”
• If you need an accommodation at any point in the application process, contact Chiara.Moore@mass.gov

Equal Opportunity

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, military spouse status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.