What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Specialist position at Homeless Health Care Los Angeles?
Job Description
Job Description
POSITION OVERVIEW :
HHCLA is seeking a Data Specialist. The Data Specialist is an organized, detail-oriented individual who understands the importance of data collection and entry to the functioning and improvement of programs. The person in this position can identify trends and manipulate data to demonstrate program outcomes. This position is critical in supporting staff providing services to make evaluation and quality assurance part of daily activity at the agency. The Data Specialist understands the demands of delivering services in fast-paced, high-volume program spaces and is conscientious in building data systems that support ease of data collection within programs. The Data Specialist will be required to process, enter and manage large amounts of data across a variety of software systems, produce reports, and support all quality assurance / quality improvement efforts.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :
Data Management
- Support the implementation of electronic data capture and reporting at current and future harm reduction program sites operated by HHCLA.
- Lead the design, build, and management of projects in REDCap.
- Design and maintain REDCap reports for staff use and / or for internal and external communication.
- Perform appropriate quality checks on datasets, assessing them for completeness and preparing them for statistical analysis.
- Manage and manipulate complex data sets and combine data sets from multiple sources through reshaping, stacking, merging, joining, and other data management tasks.
- Identify and navigate organizational constraints, working towards innovative data collection and analytic systems that maximize achievement of programmatic benchmarks and efficiencies.
- Provide REDCap system training and technical assistance for other staff members and external collaborators using REDCap.
REDCap Administration
Reporting, Proposal Development and Evaluation Activities
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS :
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS :
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Company Description
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles (HHCLA) is a nonprofit, community-based organization that provides comprehensive behavioral health and holistic health care to address the unique challenges of people who are experiencing homelessness. Driven by socially conscious Angelenos for fellow Angelenos, HHCLA has been providing a pathway to health, recovery and emotional well-being without bias or judgement for more than 30 years. With a continuum of services that includes counseling, substance use treatment, syringe exchange, overdose prevention, and housing with supportive services, HHCLA seeks to improve the quality of life and capacity for stability of the people they serve, and help them secure and stay in permanent housing.
Company Description
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles (HHCLA) is a nonprofit, community-based organization that provides comprehensive behavioral health and holistic health care to address the unique challenges of people who are experiencing homelessness. Driven by socially conscious Angelenos for fellow Angelenos, HHCLA has been providing a pathway to health, recovery and emotional well-being without bias or judgement for more than 30 years. With a continuum of services that includes counseling, substance use treatment, syringe exchange, overdose prevention, and housing with supportive services, HHCLA seeks to improve the quality of life and capacity for stability of the people they serve, and help them secure and stay in permanent housing.
