Prams data analyst

Position Summary:

The contractor will update the Arizona Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data dashboard by incorporating the most recent available Phase 9 survey data. The existing dashboard contains Phase 8 data and is built in Microsoft Power BI using SQL Server. PRAMS is an ongoing, site-specific, population-based surveillance system that collects data from women who recently had a live birth on their experiences before, during, and after pregnancy. PRAMS aims to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems, monitor changes in health status, and measure progress toward goals to improve the health of mothers and infants.

The contractor will modify existing SAS programs to recalculate PRAMS weighted estimates, assess comparability between Phase 8 and Phase 9 variables, and update Power BI dashboard visualizations and supporting content. The contractor will ensure that estimates are statistically appropriate, validated, and clearly presented, with appropriate documentation of variables that are not comparable across survey phases. The contractor must complete a draft dashboard by the end of month five, with final revisions and dashboard launch by the end of the six-month contract period.

Job Responsibilities:

• Data analysis: Review and modify existing SAS programs to incorporate two to three years of Phase 9 data with over 2,400 observations and recalculate PRAMS estimates using appropriate complex survey methods, including survey weights and variance estimation.
• Phase comparability assessment: Review Phase 8 and Phase 9 survey instruments, codebooks, and variable definitions to identify comparable, conditionally comparable, and non-comparable variables. Document differences and recommend appropriate approaches for cross-phase comparisons.
• Dashboard updates: Integrate validated estimates into the existing SQL Server and Power BI workflow and update relevant tables, visualizations, indicators, filters, and explanatory text. Complete minor corrections to the existing dashboard.
• Quality assurance: Validate estimates and dashboard outputs, investigate discrepancies, and ensure that comparisons are methodologically appropriate and limitations are clearly communicated.
• Documentation: Provide modified SAS programs, a variable comparability matrix, analytical documentation, and instructions to support future dashboard maintenance.
• Collaboration: Communicate progress, consult with project staff on analytical decisions, incorporate feedback, and meet established project milestones.
• Confidentiality: Comply with all applicable confidentiality requirements, data-use agreements, privacy protections, data suppression standards, and information security policies.

Skills Required:

• Proficiency in SQL.
• Ability to validate analytical results, document methods, and meet project deadlines.
• Ability to comply with applicable confidentiality and information security requirements.
• Ability to provide and maintain the necessary analytical software, including a valid, authorized SAS environment, at the contractor's expense unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.
• Power BI.

Skills Preferred:

• Proficiency in SAS and Microsoft Power BI.
• Knowledge of survey methodology, data visualization, and public health reporting.
• Strong analytical, documentation, quality assurance, and project management skills.
• Familiarity with maternal and infant health data or public health surveillance systems.
• Familiarity with SQL Server Power BI workflows and survey estimation procedures in SAS.

Education Required:

Bachelor's degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, statistics, data science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Experience Required:

• Demonstrated experience using SAS to analyze data and modify existing analytical programs.
• Experience analyzing complex survey data using appropriate statistical methods.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Experience developing or maintaining Microsoft Power BI dashboards.

Experience Preferred:

• Experience calculating weighted estimates.
• Experience assessing variable comparability and harmonizing data across survey phases or reporting periods.
• Experience with PRAMS or similar public health survey data.
• Experience comparing survey variables across different phases or survey cycles.

Additional Information:

The contractor must provide their own licensed SAS statistical analysis software (SAS 9.4 or later, or SAS Viya). US Citizens and Green Card Holders can be submitted. Bureau of Assessment and Evaluation, Office of Population Surveys. The contractor will work independently in this part-time contract position and coordinate with project staff through virtual meetings, email, and other approved communication platforms. The contractor is responsible for providing their own reliable internet access and required analytical software unless otherwise agreed upon in writing. Our client will provide a laptop and access to project data and organizational systems. The contractor must use authorized systems and comply with all applicable confidentiality, data-use, and security requirements when accessing, processing, storing, or transferring PRAMS data. For candidate communication, describe the contract duration as around 5 to 6 months.

We provide health benefits and a 401K plan