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Student Conservation Association · 1 month ago

Individual Placement - Public Health Data Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

New Grad

$700/wk - $700/wk

The Student Conservation Association is seeking a Data Analyst Intern to support the National Park Service's Office of Health and Safety. The role involves analyzing data sets to identify trends in diseases and injuries in national parks, developing reports and presentations, and collaborating with public health professionals to enhance safety and health efforts.

AssociationEnvironmental ConsultingNatural ResourcesNon ProfitWildlife Conservation

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Apply project management principles in defining and scoping work tasks, developing schedules, conducting stakeholder analysis to provide targeted project deliverables

Gather data from internal systems, surveys, APIs, or other available data sources

Identify and correct errors, remove duplicates, and format data for analysis

Use statistical methods and tools (e.g., Excel, PowerBI, Power Query, or R) to uncover trends, patterns, and correlations

Create charts, dashboards, and reports using tools like Power BI, Excel, or Word to present findings clearly

Use effective oral and written methods to convey information in a professional setting to successfully collaborate with co-workers and colleagues to understand their data needs and provide insights

Record methodologies, data sources, and findings for transparency and reproducibility

Maintain and update data files to ensure data integrity and accessibility

Conduct regular audits to ensure data accuracy and consistency

Recommend ways to improve data collection, storage, and analysis workflows

Prepares meeting invitations, agendas, lead coordination meetings for assignments/projects, and prepare summary meeting minutes

Conduct literature reviews on infectious diseases and public health prevention and control measures

Contribute to the development of case reports, surveillance summaries, situation reports, briefing documents, fact sheets, and scientific articles

Working alongside subject matter experts to conduct research on marketing, communications, design, and behavioral change concepts, develop summary reports and PowerPoint presentations, and prepare a wide variety of content Develop communication plans to identify audiences, information needs, and key messages

Apply research finding to various public health or employee safety work products identified by program managers

Develop tailored communication products for a range of audiences such as fact sheets, guidance documents, online content, social media posts, etc. for targeted audiences

Performance accessibility compliance on prepared documents to be published online to meet Section 508 of the rehabilitation Act of 1973

Qualification

Data analysisPublic health researchMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordPower BIR Statistical SoftwareScientific writingProject managementCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

A 1-2 page resume

Recent graduate with a minimum of a master's degree in public health or data science specializing in data analytics or epidemiology

Expert in using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

Experience in conducting public health research, developing methodologies for collecting and analyzing quantitative or qualitative data

Experience in conducting comprehensive literature reviews, preparing citations and translating findings into informational documents, technical papers

Experience in managing and analyzing data sets for technical reports or research

Ability to work independently with some oversights to effectively plan and manage tasks as assigned, and to complete tasks as expected by the deadline

Ability to work in a team environment, collaborating on common tasks and resolving conflicts

Ability to effectively work in a virtual remote environment, completing assignments on time

Skill in written and verbal presentations of technical material to make complex studies understandable to persons not trained in epidemiology or statistics

Ability to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with individuals and groups from different backgrounds, technical expertise, and interests

Ability to anticipate, recognize, and analyze problems and to make effective decisions, develop alternatives and communicate to supervisor when needed