Research Scientist II

Job Title: Research Scientist II

Grade: 22

Salary: $75,999 - $86,588

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time Research Scientist II, Grade 22, for NYS Office of Mental Health initiatives focused on the mental health crisis system and improving provider communications​. The goals of these initiatives include improving the coordination of emergency and crisis response systems​, supporting referrals​, facilitating communication and interoperability between outpatient providers and crisis providers​, and enhancing the oversight of crisis systems. This position will be responsible for crisis data analysis and reporting. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and results-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This position will report to the Director of the Data Science Bureau within the Office of Population Health and Evaluation.

Note: this position does not provide relocation assistance. A cover letter and resume are required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist robust data infrastructure development for report development and analytics.
• Conduct and document data cleansing, matching, validation, and analysis to support analytics using multiple data sources.
• Design/produce data visualizations and reports using Tableau and other reporting tools.
• Develop processes to ensure data quality and integrity and analyze model performance for reporting and analytics.
• Analyze data using statistical models and/or data mining tools.
• Collaborate with other researchers on research design, methods, analysis, and reports.
• Review and improve existing systems, collaborate with teams to integrate new systems, and automate processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and three years of professional research experience in an appropriate field or master's degree in an appropriate field may substitute for one year of experience, and Ph.D. in an appropriate field may substitute for an additional year of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years or more of professional or academic experience with:
• Analysis of large health data sets such as Medicaid or other large administrative health data systems and relational databases, preferably in a data warehouse environment such as Oracle.
• Development of reports using Tableau/SAS or other software,
• Quantitative research design, data dictionary and code documentation

Work Location: 150 Broadway Menands, NY 12204

To Apply: Submit an application through our website at https://rfmh.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Please note only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.

Salary : $75,999 - $86,588