The incumbent serves as a healthcare workforce researcher for Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) executive leadership and decision making bodies. Under general direction, has responsibility for planning, organizing, and conducting major healthcare research projects related to healthcare workforce and education. Develops reports summarizing outcomes and, when required, presents the information to executive leadership or decision making bodies. Provides consultative services regarding healthcare workforce programs and their impacts, as well as the healthcare workforce industry. Works with the Healthcare Workforce Development Division (HWDD) management, departmental staff, legislative bodies, governmental entities, commissions, stakeholders, and other customers and serves on healthcare workforce planning advisory bodies, ad hoc groups, and other work teams to ensure research is relevant and accurate.

Do you have the following education or experience?

Education

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.

AND

Either I

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

II

Four years of progressively responsible technical research experience engaged in the collection, compilation, analysis, and interpretation of data. (Experience applied toward this requirement must include one year of experience performing duties with a level of responsibility equivalent to a Research Analyst II.)

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