Research Data Supervisor I/Staff Services Manager I

The Research Data Supervisor (RD Sup) I is the Manager of the Research and Evaluation Unit within the Healthcare Workforce Development Division (HWDD). The RD Sup I ensures effective data collection and program evaluation design for the health workforce programs within HWDD and oversees the work products of the unit, including reports, dashboards, and data products. The RD Sup I will lead data analysis and reporting efforts, including program data collection, analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, and reporting of data internally and externally. The RD Sup I is responsible for a broad range of supervisory duties associated with research activities and special projects for the unit. The RD Sup I is also responsible for developing strategies for process improvement, quality assurance, and program evaluation. In partnership with HWDD programs, the RD Sup I will lead efforts to communicate the impacts of HCAI’s health workforce grant programs, including performance metrics and outcomes.

Incumbents must possess 12 semester or 18 quarter units course work in any combination of a data driven research-related field, such as economics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, demography, geography, anthropology, statistics, data science or a research-related field. This must include at least one course in statistical methods; and

 

Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college with a bachelor's degree. Work experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis by applicants who have the required units mentioned above.

 

A Master's Degree in economics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, demography, geography, anthropology, statistics, data science or a related research-oriented field may be substituted for two years of the required experience. A doctoral degree in the same areas may be substituted for three years of the required experience.

 

Experience applicable to one of the following patterns may be combined on a proportional basis with experience applicable to the other pattern to meet the total experience requirements.

One year in the California state civil service performing pertinent data research-oriented duties in a class with a level of responsibility equivalent to that of Research Data Analyst II; or

 

Four years of professional data research-oriented experience must have included responsibility for the determination of research data gathering and reporting design and methodology for a complete research project. (Research experience applied toward this pattern must include at least one year performing duties with a level of responsibility equivalent to Research Data Analyst II.)

 

One year of experience in the California state service performing analytical staff duties of a class with a level of responsibility not less than that of Associate Governmental Program Analyst.

 

(Applicants who have completed six months of service performing the duties as specified above will be admitted to the examination, but they must satisfactorily complete one year of this experience before they can be eligible for appointment.)

 

Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible management, personnel, fiscal, planning, program evaluation, or related analytical experience beyond the trainee level which shall have included the preparation of reports and the presentation of recommendations to management, at least one year of which must have been in a full journeyperson technical capacity. (Experience in the California state service applied toward this requirement must include one year performing the duties of a class with a level of responsibility not less than that of Associate Governmental Program Analyst.) (In appraising experience more weight will be given to the breadth of pertinent experience and the evidence of the candidate's ability to accept and fulfill increasing responsibilities than to the length of the experience.) and

 

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)