Statistical Analyst II

Hiring Agency: Health & Human Services - Agency 25
Location: Lincoln, NE

About the role

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a dynamic individual with keen attention to detail to join their Medicaid and Long-Term Care Team as a Statistical Analyst II. Under general supervision, the Statistical Analyst II plans, analyzes, interprets, and prepares reports of statistical data; develops and applies standard automated or ad hoc database queries; and performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Participate on a team in a service-driven culture to provide accurate, timely, actionable data.
• Conduct statistical analysis on Medicaid claims and eligibility data, assimilate multiple data sources into usable analyses for DHHS leadership and stakeholders.
• Contribute to presentations in a multitude of formats for audiences including agency staff, health industry executives, and public consumers using established mathematical methods and innovative mediums.
• Collaborate on joint projects with other divisions’ analytics teams to serve the State’s most vulnerable populations through informed decision making and service provider accountability.
• Contribute to Division, State, and Federal reports according to specifications to appropriate reporting authorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, economic/social science research methods, inferential/inductive statistical analysis, or other related field of quantitative analysis.
• Experience applying statistical methods and techniques to program, project, administrative, or demographic data can be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with analytic tools or languages (Cognos, R, etc.), health insurance or health-related programs, Nebraska Medicaid programs, and/or stakeholder reports.

Skills

Knowledge of:

• The methods and techniques of statistical analysis.
• Resource material concerning statistical data collection methods.
• The kinds and sources of statistical data pertinent to the employing agency’s programs/projects and activities.
• The demographic characteristics, such as economic, social, industrial, or occupational, of those affected or served by the employing agency.
• Manual and automated methods and protocols for data collection, processing, and analysis including personal computers, mainframe terminals, and packaged applications software.

Ability to:

• Communicate in person, by telephone, email, and correspondence, with others to exchange factual information and research analyses, findings, and conclusions.
• Construct tabular and illustrative material such as tables and charts.
• Use the capabilities and features of computers and associated applications software such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Interpret and apply State and federal laws and standards, and employing agency rules, policies, and procedures.
• Understand and apply technical narrative material including manuals, handbooks, instructional memoranda, and computer printouts.
• Summarize program/project and administrative data into technical reports.
• Apply statistical methods and techniques to the analysis and interpretation of data.
• Implement statistical studies or evaluation surveys within organizational constraints and available resources.

Pay

$22.6191 per hour – Non-Exempt

Schedule

Monday – Friday; 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement, and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life.