Data Scientist, Division Management & Systems Coordination

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Job Description The Division of Disease Control's mission is to safeguard the health of New Yorkers through identification, surveillance, treatment, control, and prevention of infectious diseases, which is achieved through varied and interrelated endeavors of its seven Bureaus. The Bureau of Division Management & Systems Coordination (DMSC) leads administrative, surveillance, informatics, preparedness, policy, communications, community engagement, and racial equity and social justice activities for the Division and guides the strategic use of Division resources to advance innovative and effective policies and programs. Reporting to the Data Unit Director and working with a team of data scientists and business analysts in DMSC, you will be developing analytic processes and reporting tools to improve the data quality of Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) and Electronic Case Reporting (ECR) data streams. These data form an integral part of the disease surveillance systems that is the basis of New York City's infectious disease control and prevention efforts. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: - Develop and maintain Data Quality Assessment tools for electronic lab and case r...