SIHB Core Competencies

Core Competencies are foundational commitments and skills that all SIHB staff are expected to develop. These competencies define common measures for performance that are applied to every role in the organization.

• Commitment to Indigenous and Organizational Values: Everything we do at SIHB is centered on Traditional Indian Medicine. It is our responsibility to maintain cultural integrity in all that we do.
• Accountability: All employees of SIHB effectively manage their own work and the work of their teams. We take ownership of our actions and decisions. We all strive to deliver the highest quality work and care, while respecting our teammates and Patients.
• Collaboration: SIHB is a team-oriented organization. As team members, we share the responsibility of working toward a common purpose. We collaborate with our colleagues across the organization to deliver the highest quality of care and results in alignment with our mission, vision, values and Theory of Change.
• Communication: We practice effective and clear communication with staff, Patients, teams and community. We demonstrate empathy among each other and with those we serve, and transparency in our decision making.
• Customer Service Orientation: All employees of SIHB recognize the needs of the diverse community we serve. We put the needs of our Patients first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care. Our Patients come first and deserve the best.

Position Summary:

SIHB has an outstanding opportunity for an Epidemiologist I. This position is responsible for providing a wide range of epidemiologic assistance to projects of the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a division of the Seattle Indian Health Board. This work includes core epidemiologic functions such as conducting disease surveillance, primary data collection, secondary data analysis of a wide variety of national, state, and local date sets, linking datasets, and interpretation and presentation of data for a wide variety of technical and non-technical audiences. This position will work to gather information, assess data, and present findings on the national and local health status and well-being of the urban American Indian/Alaska Native population.

Interested candidates must submit a current writing sample, as primary author, of 5-10 pages along with a resume, application and cover letter.

Organizational Structure/Reporting Relationships:

This position reports directly to the Epidemiologist II and is a member of the UIHI team. This position has no direct reports.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Hold Indigenous values and practices with respect and integrity
• Hold yourself accountable to the highest standard by being resourceful, innovative, creative and solutions-oriented
• Actively participate in organizational activities with the understanding that success is achieved through teamwork.
• Recognize that communication is central to the organization’s success and actively champion your words and actions to maintain respect for others, encourage constructive feedback, be open to share laughter and acknowledge differences in skills and opinions, all while keeping others’ best intentions in mind.
• At SIHB, we refer to our customers as Patients. Our Patients come first and deserve the best. Serve the needs of our Patients first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive and innovative care.

Job Responsibilities, Qualifications and Education

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, interpret, and present health data, including data from national and local surveillance systems, surveys, and clinical data from the network of Urban Indian Health Programs (UIHPs).
• Identify, obtain, and evaluate new data sources for use to assess the health status of urban American Indian and Alaska Native.
• Support the Executive Leadership Team and Lead Epidemiologist in obtaining and maintaining surveillance datasets used to monitor the health of urban American Indians and Alaska Native.
• Independently design and conduct descriptive and advanced statistical analyses.
• Provide epidemiological consultation and technical assistance to various public, private, nonprofit, national, state, and local health agencies and organizations, with a focus on UIHPs and other American Indian and Alaska Native serving organizations.
• Prepare responses to requests for data and information.
• Effectively translate and disseminate findings to diverse audiences, including developing reports, manuscripts, and data briefs and making oral presentations.
• Participate in writing grants and other funding proposals.
• Engage in quality control/quality improvement processes to improve the quality of data findings and its dissemination.
• Develop project plans, timelines, and progress reports, and manage project deliverables.
• Coordinate work done by project team, provide leadership and technical guidance to project staff and interns; and
• Disseminate and report progress to the funder and other stakeholders in local, state and national settings.
• Actively participate in internal quality improvement teams and work with members proactively to drive quality improvement initiatives in accordance with the mission and strategic goals of the organization, federal and state laws and regulations, and accreditation standards, when assigned.
• Other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Applicants must demonstrate experience performing both analytical and project management work.

• Training in epidemiological and biostatistical principles and methods.
• Experience using standard statistical computer software, preferably Stata, SAS, R.
• Experience preparing data for analysis and conduction data analyses; and
• Experience managing complex projects.
• Have knowledge of epidemiology, research and evaluation theory and practice.
• Have knowledge and understanding of health and social issues facing the American Indian and Alaska Native population and a desire to promote the delivery of appropriate health services and public health interventions to this population.
• Knowledge of processes needed in planning, implementing and evaluating projects.
• Coordinating the work of multi-disciplinary staff including.
• Applied research methods and techniques, and national, state, and local surveillance data and/or surveys.
• Proficiently use software programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, and statistical analysis software (Stata, SAS, R).
• Demonstrate cultural competency in working collaboratively with American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
• Communicate medical, statistical, and public health concepts to technical and community audiences.
• Write and speak with clarity and precision about epidemiologic methods and research and assessment findings to both technical and lay audiences
• Demonstrate program management, organizational and coordination skills.
• Show initiative and work with minimal supervision.
• Assess situations and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.
• Set priorities and monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and activities for reporting.
• Work independently or in a team environment-whichever is considered appropriate for the situation.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, colleagues, public officials, representatives of other agencies and organizations, community members and clients.
• Work well under pressure and stress, meet multiple and often competing deadlines.
• Operate effectively in a team-based environment.

Education:

• Master’s in Public Health with experience in epidemiology, statistics, data analysis

Work Environment:

• Work varied hours, including evenings and weekends as required.
• Some travel may be required

Other:

• While moving through the interview process, candidates will be asked to complete an exam assessing critical thinking skills, epidemiological principals, epidemiological methods, statistical analysis skills, data interpretation and presentation

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