Program Research Specialist 2 - Albany, United States - Health, Department of

Health, Department of

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Albany, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Minimum Qualifications
HELPS- A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by nine semester credit hours in statistics, biostatistics, economics, econometrics, *mathematics, research methods, data analysis, data science, or data modeling;

Promotion:
one year of permanent service as a Program Research Specialist 1.

""Current NYS Department of Health employee with permanent or contingent-permanent status as a Program Research Specialist 2 (Health Systems Analyst), G-23 OR current NYS employee with one year or more of permanent or contingent-permanent service as a Program Research Specialist 2 (HSA) G-23 or in a position allocated to a G-21 or higher and eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law.

Preferred Qualifications: 1 year of Medicaid experience. 2 years of tableau, SQL or R experience. At least 1 year of supervising of mentoring a team

Duties Description

Performing business and data analytics related to public health insurance programs, such as Medicaid, Essential Plan, Child Health Plus, behavioral/substance abuse services, Health Home, Children's Waiver, Value Based Payment, and 1115 Waiver support, including regular and adhoc reporting, under the direction of the Medicaid Operations Unit lead.
Coordinating with the Bureau Director and Engagement Leads to collect program requirements, translate requirements to technical documentation, and compile methodology/code for reporting requirements.
Responding to emerging priorities and follow up requests to major policy and program questions.
Managing delivery methods for standardized reports, including determining access, scheduling updates; recommending delivery methods updates; and troubleshooting problems.
Developing expertise in program areas and notifying Medicaid Operations Unit lead of policy/program changes that could impact analytics.
Supervising and developing Business and Data Analyst staff and contract resources to ensure ongoing highquality performance.
Performs other duties and tasks as assigned.

Additional Comments
We offer a work-life balance and a generous benefits package, worth 65% of salary, including:

Holiday & Paid Time Off
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Pension from New York State Employees' Retirement System
Shift & Geographic pay differentials
Affordable Health Care options
Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost
NYS Deferred Compensation plan
Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, and U.S. Savings Bonds
And many more...

For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position.

Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations and negotiated union contracts.

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