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  Req#: 5143177
  Salary : $114,316.80 - $138,174.40 Annually
  Location : San Rafael, CA
  Job Type: Full Time, Regular
  Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
  Job Number: 0391-25-11
  Department: Health & Human Services
  Division: Public Health
  Opening Date: 11/19/2025
  Closing Date: 12/3/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
  Vacancies: 1
  Weekly Schedule: 40 hrs.
  Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO): The County of Marin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Persons of color, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and adults of all ages are strongly encouraged to apply.
  Individuals with Disabilities: If you are a person with a disability and are unable to complete an online application or require an accommodation to participate in a recruitment, you must contact Human Resources at least five work days in advance of the testing step or interview. Please contact the Human Resources Staffing Division at (415) 473-2126 (CRS DIAL 711) .
  
  ABOUT US
  
  At the County of Marin, our employees overwhelmingly report feeling their work is meaningful, they like the work they do, and they are proud to tell people "I work for the County of Marin." Discover more about us, our values and our organizational culture on the . Read on to find out more about this opportunity.
  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
  At Health & Human Services, we serve our community through the values of support, unity, trust and excellence with one common goal: to promote and protect the health, well-being, safety and self-sufficiency of all in Marin. Join our team of bright, committed, and energetic people who also want to make an impact through public service.
  ABOUT THE POSITION
  
  Working under the direction of the Epidemiology Program Manager, the Senior Department Analyst serves as a key contributor to the Health and Human Services Department's (HHS) data-driven efforts to improve population health and advance health equity. This position is designed for a seasoned analyst who is equally comfortable writing complex code and developing analytic frameworks as they are coordinating multi-agency data sharing processes and contributing to data strategy. The role combines hands-on analytics, population-health data strategy development, and the coordination and governance of data resources and infrastructure across the Epidemiology Program and the broader HHS Public Health Division.
  
  The analyst will help the program expand access to data assets, including the Health Information Exchange (HIE), the statewide syndromic surveillance platform, and an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. They will develop and lead a population-health analytics program that complements and enhances the existing public-health surveillance program, using healthcare encounter data as well as existing local and state data resources to generate actionable insights that inform public-health policy and program decisions. The position also plays a central role in formalizing data governance and partnering to advance data sharing and the use of modern data tools to support the consistent and efficient use of data resources.
  
  The Senior Department Analyst collaborates closely with epidemiologists, IT staff, Public Health leadership, the HHS Compliance unit, and state, federal, and community partners to support data access, quality, and use. The position identifies and addresses strategic data opportunities; supervises junior staff; oversees data workflows in collaboration with technical teams; manages grants, contracts, and agreements; and ensures that data processes align with governance, compliance, and privacy standards.
  
  This is a unique opportunity for an experienced analyst who wants to use their technical analytic depth and experience managing systems or data programs to strengthen data-driven public-health practice in Marin County.
  HYBRID SCHEDULE
  The Department of Health & Human Services has embraced a hybrid work schedule that considers that some duties of this position may be performed remotely. However, the successful candidate must be able to report to County facilities for meetings, work assignments, and/or disaster service work upon short notice, as needed and deemed appropriate. During the initial probationary period, the successful candidate may be required to work primarily onsite before establishing a hybrid work schedule.
  ABOUT YOU
  
  OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATE
  The highly qualified candidate brings broad experience in public health data analysis, data governance, and developing and managing data resources, with a focus on enhancing the data landscape to ensure the availability and use of high-quality evidence to support effective public health programs and policies, and advance health equity.
  
  The successful candidate has led complex analytics efforts, contributed to data modernization and integration initiatives, managed multiple datasets and associated documentation, and collaborated across teams and agencies to improve data access, quality, and usability. They have experience working with healthcare encounter-based data systems such as syndromic surveillance platforms, Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), and electronic health records (EHRs) and are excited to help shape our adoption and use of these systems for population-level insight generation.
  
  In this highly collaborative technical role, the ideal candidate is a strong communicator who can translate technical information for non-technical audiences and build successful partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate is mission-driven, equity-minded, detail-oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Experience with population-level analytics of healthcare encounter data (e.g., payer claims, hospital or emergency department encounters, EHR) is required.
  QUALIFICATIONS
  Knowledge of:
  • Principles and practices of business and public administration.
  • Principles and practices of work planning, data collection and analysis, project management and research methodology.
  • Basic supervisory principles and practices depending upon assignment.
  • Applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
  Ability to:
  • Plan, organize, and conduct research and analytical studies.
  • Plan and direct the work of others on a project or day-to-day basis.
  • Interpret, apply and explain laws, regulations and policies governing program operations.
  • Recognize and resolve problems of a sensitive and/or political nature; negotiate mutually satisfactory solutions and implement recommendations.
  • Prepare clear, concise and accurate reports, correspondence, policies, procedures and other written materials.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, including other departments, community members and organizations, public and private agencies, and local, state and federal agencies.
  • Effectively represent assigned programs, the department and County in meetings and presentations.
  
  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
  Equivalent to graduation from a four year college or university with a major in business or public administration, public policy, political science, social services, health care administration or a field related to the work, and three years of professional level experience performing administrative, legislative, operational and/or policy analysis; program or project design, planning and implementation; research; strategic planning; or closely related work.
  
  Additional professional level experience performing administrative, analytical, fiscal, legislative, operational, policy, program administration or research work may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
  IMPORTANT INFORMATION
  
  For any questions concerning this position announcement, please contact Sarah Githens at .
  
  All applicants will receive email notifications regarding their status in the recruitment process. Please be sure to check your spam settings to allow our emails to reach you. You may also log into your account to view these emails.
  
  Testing and Eligible List: Depending on the number of qualified applications received, the examination may consist of a highly qualified review, application screening, online assessment, written examination, oral examination, performance examination, or any combination to determine which candidates' names will be placed on the eligible list. The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill the current vacancy, and any future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.
  
  Live Scan ( Special Requirements ): Candidates selected are subject to fingerprinting by the Sheriff's Department and must pass a Department of Justice Live Scan check prior to appointment.
  
  Disaster Service Workers: All County of Marin employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: If you have questions regarding equal employment opportunities, please contact Roger Crawford, Equal Employment Opportunity Director, at 415-473-2095.
  PLEASE NOTE: The benefits described herein do not apply to temporary (contingent) or to part-time employees that work less than 50%.
  
  COUNTY OF MARIN BENEFITS: GENERAL
  Below are some of the excellent benefits the County offers. More information about our benefits can be found on the
  
  Paid Time Off: Competitive vacation accrual; 12 holidays per year; and generous sick leave accruals. Additional types of paid leaves are available for some bargaining units.
  
  Health Plan: Choice of four health plans (two Kaiser HMOs, Western Health Advantage HMO, and an Anthem Blue Cross PPO) along with dental through Delta Dental PPO, and vision through Vision Service Plan (VSP). There is a County contribution toward the premiums (the contribution amount varies depending on coverage tier elected such as employee only, employee + 1, employee + family). Plus, the County offers excellent Life Insurance, Disability, Flexible Spending Plans, a Dependent Care Assistance Program, professional development and more.
  
  Retirement: Defined benefit plan under the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937. More information can be found online at www.mcera.org.
  
  IRS 457 Plan: Choice of pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) employee contribution up to the IRS annual maximum.
  
  Retiree Medical: The County provides access to group health plan coverage to eligible retirees.
  
  For specific questions regarding the employment process, please contact Human Resources at (415) 473-6104. For additional details about the benefits or retirement, please contact the Benefits Division at (415) 473-2197.
  
  *IMPORTANT NOTE: Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice.
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  QUALIFYING EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
  
  The minimum qualifications for the position are as follows:
  
  Equivalent to graduation from a four year college or university with a major in business or public administration, public policy, political science, social services, health care administration or a field related to the work, and three years of professional level experience performing administrative, legislative, operational and/or policy analysis; program or project design, planning and implementation; research; strategic planning; or closely related work.
  
  Additional professional level experience performing administrative, analytical, fiscal, legislative, operational, policy, program administration or research work may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
  Please tell us how you meet the minimum requirements listed above. For education, please list your relevant college level coursework, dates courses taken, and school attended. For experience, please include the name of employer(s), dates worked, your exact duties, and number of hours worked per week.
  02
  
  Please tell us all degrees you have earned and what your major or area of focus was for each degree.
  03
  
  NARRATIVE QUESTIONS
  
  With which of the following data types do you have at least six (6) months of paid, full time (24+ hours per week) experience in both data analysis and data management (e.g., cleaning, structuring, maintaining datasets, conducting statistical analysis, creating reports or dashboards)?
  
  Select all that apply:
  • Healthcare payer claims data (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid)
  • Health Information Exchange (HIE) data
  • Electronic Health Record (EHR) data
  • Public health surveillance data (e.g., laboratory results, case reports, vital records)
  • Clinical registry data (e.g., cancer registry, immunization registry)
  • Hospital discharge or encounter data (e.g., admissions, discharges)
  • Emergency department (ED) discharge or encounter data (e.g., visits, discharges)
  • Behavioral Health services data
  • Substance use treatment data
  • Community health or social determinants of health (SDOH) data (e.g., income, housing, food security, transportation)
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS) encounter data
  • Patient survey data
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
  
  04
  
  This position will require the ability to independently use a statistical programming language (e.g., R, Stata) to manage and analyze data with minimal oversight. For which of the following tasks have you written reproducible code in a paid, full-time (24+ hours/week) position lasting six (6) months or longer?
  
  Select all that apply:
  • Cleaning raw data
  • Merging datasets
  • Conducting descriptive analyses
  • Performing disease modeling, trend analysis, forecasting, or other advanced analytics
  • De-duplicating records or creating a person-level unique identifier within a dataset
  • Pulling or importing data from APIs or web-based data sources
  • Creating variables or extracting information from text fields (e.g., using regular expressions, keyword searches, or string matching)
  • Creating aggregate-level datasets or summary tables (e.g., for visualization, public dashboards, or recurring reports)
  • Reshaping data between long and wide formats (e.g., converting encounter-level data to person-level summaries or vice versa)
  • All of the above
  • None of the above / No paid coding experience
  
  05
  
  What best describes your paid, full-time (24+ hours per week) experience for at least six (6) months with population health analytics using healthcare encounter and/or claims data? Note: For this question, "population health analytics" refers to using healthcare data to assess outcomes, healthcare utilization, and/or care quality at a population level (e.g., calculating disease incidence, prevalence, or trends; identifying disparities; and/or measuring the impact of programs or interventions).
  
  Please select one:
  • I have led the development and implementation of a population health analytics program
  • I have contributed significantly to the development or implementation of a population health analytics program, but have not led one
  • I have supported population health analytics programs (e.g., by cleaning, analyzing, or reporting data for those efforts)
  • I have no experience with population health analytics programs that use healthcare encounter and/or claims data
  
  06
  
  With which of the following activities have you had at least six (6) months paid, full time (24+ hours per week) experience?
  
  Select all that apply:
  • Grant applications and reporting
  • Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) or Data Use Agreements (DUAs)
  • Contracts or procurement processes
  • Grant or program budgets
  • Staff onboarding or evaluation
  • Facilitating data exchange with external agencies or organizations
  • Facilitating data exchange with internal divisions or units
  • Compliance processes or human subject reviews
  • Mapping or documenting connections between data systems
  • Managing governance documentation for multiple data systems (e.g., data dictionaries, metadata, DUAs/MOUs, or access policies)
  • Assessing the completeness, representativeness, or timeliness of a data system or data source (e.g., identifying missing populations, facilities, or reporting periods)
  • Supervision of junior staff
  • Strategic planning for a data or analytics initiative
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
  
  07
  
  This position will require the candidate to create data visualizations, including geospatial displays of data. Which of the following software packages have you used in your paid, full-time (24+ hours per week) positions, and are able to use for data visualization with minimal supervision?
  
  Select all that apply:
  • ArcGIS
  • PowerBI
  • Tableau
  • R
  • Excel
  • Other
  
  08
  
  If you selected the "Other" option in Question 7, please specify the software.
  09
  
  With which of the following do you have experience in paid full-time (24+ hours/week) positions lasting six (6) months or longer:
  • Epidemiologic or population-health study design
  • Quantitative data collection
  • Qualitative data collection
  • Quantitative data analysis
  • Qualitative data analysis
  • Developing analysis plans for public health surveillance or population-level epidemiologic questions
  • Developing program evaluation plans
  • Performance management and/or quality improvement initiatives
  • Coordinating projects with external partners or cross-functional teams
  • Presenting data to non-technical audiences (e.g., leadership, program staff, community members)
  • Conducting or supporting syndromic surveillance (e.g., ESSENCE, BioSense, CalSYS, or similar systems)
  • Defining or analyzing treatment panels or analytic cohorts (e.g., patient or client populations for longitudinal tracking)
  • Managing or contributing to the management of data governance processes for data systems
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
  
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