Analyst, Health System Performance, Special Projects
Job number: J1224-0461
Job title: Analyst, Health System Performance, Special Projects
Job Type: Contract
Location: Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Number of positions: 1
Contract Duration: November 15, 2025
Date posted: December 11, 2024
Closing date: December 24, 2024
Range minimum: $63,730.00/year
Who we are
We are an organization comprised of industry thought leaders who are passionate about health data and want to make a difference in the health care field. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization and together with our partners we provide essential information on Canada’s health systems, enabling decisions that lead to healthier Canadians. As a valued member of the CIHI team, you and your work will have a pivotal role in the evolution of Canada’s health care systems.
CIHI is recognized as an exceptional place to work that embraces diversity, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Learn about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and the work being done to create a more inclusive and welcoming organization by focusing on how we learn, govern and practise.
At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees. Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include
- HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
- Retirement Planning Program
- Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
- Work-life balance
- Career Planning Program
- Learning and Professional Development Program
- Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts
Why is this role important?
The Analyst plays a key role in organizing and leveraging the pan-Canadian data CIHI holds. This role will support a collaborative indicator selection process to identify a set of indicators to report on the readiness of Canada’s public health system. The project involves engagement with stakeholders at the provincial and territorial governments across the country. The analyst will participate in department/branch projects and initiatives, as well as other meetings and special projects as required.
This is an opportunity to join a motivated, collaborative and high performing matrix-style team that fosters and prioritizes mentorship, growth and development of its members.
What you’ll do
- Conducts environmental scans and literature reviews to support the development of reports, statistics, and indicators.
- Supports the production of key deliverables for internal and external dissemination. Key deliverables include relevant documentation, data tables, custom data requests, and topical analytical reports.
- Conducts data management activities including writing and updating statistical code required for the development, computation, analysis, and/or verification of key deliverables. This may include support for the release of data and information through private and public reporting tools, including leading the execution of test strategies / test cases to ensure accuracy of the reported results in adherence with CIHI’s corporate information quality framework.
- Maintains detailed knowledge of data, tools, and analytical techniques used to produce standard and ad-hoc outputs.
- Supports the development of materials (e.g., analytical reports, methodology or technical notes, presentations, educational, media, etc.) for dissemination of findings and knowledge translation, and reviews written products for analytic accuracy and quality.
- Provides professional and timely client support to respond to internal and external client queries as required.
- Ensures adherence to, and ability to demonstrate compliance with, CIHI’s privacy and security policies and procedures when using CIHI data and information.
- Maintains current knowledge of CIHI’s data holdings, trends in health services research and health policy, and stakeholder information needs to support current work and contribute to the development of new analytic proposals.
- Participates in other corporate project teams as required.
What you’ll bring to the table
- Undergraduate degree in health information, health science, statistics, or similar field.
- 1 to 3 years related experience working with relational databases / large datasets, including manipulating, maintaining and preparing data and presenting analyses and reports for different audiences.
- Experience with data manipulation and statistical software, such as R, Python or other statistical software is essential.
- Experience in use of Microsoft Office applications.
- Knowledge of the Canadian health care system and/or public health.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility and initiative in adapting quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with minimal supervision.
- Proven organizational and time management skills, with an ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively to meet deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Fluency in English is required, bilingualism in both official languages is an asset.
To find out more about this role and other exciting opportunities visit our website at www.cihi.ca and check out our ‘Careers’ section. We thank all those who apply, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
At CIHI we are committed to fostering an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible environment. Part of this commitment includes arranging accommodations to ensure an equitable opportunity to participate in the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
Please note the CIHI Recruiting Team uses email to communicate with applicants. Please make sure your profile has an updated email address that is checked regularly, including the junk/spam mail folder, as we send time sensitive emails (i.e. testing and interview bookings).