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Your Role as a  Data Scientist

This position will primarily support the DSS Policy Division in the Commissioner’s Office, which develops, implements, and continually updates a coordinated agency-wide policy plan, leads key priority policy initiatives, and supports important projects.  This Data Scientist will work closely with DSS policy advisors and other staff to embed data analytics within broad strategic policy work and development, including priority agency projects and long-term policy goals and planning. In addition, this Data Scientist position will support BIA with other projects and activities that benefit Divisions and clients across the DSS enterprise. The Data Scientist is accountable for directing and conducting the most complex and specialized research investigations/evaluations, statistical analysis, and/or data-driven studies/projects.In this role, in close collaboration with agency staff and partner organizations, you will be responsible for:

• Analytic Strategy and Support to better enable DSS to design, implement, and continually improve its programs.  These programs collectively serve over 1 million Connecticut residents, including health programs (especially HUSKY Health, which includes Connecticut’s Medicaid program), nutrition assistance, cash assistance, energy assistance, child support services, and other health and social service programs.
• Forecasting and Evaluation for fiscal, health, well-being, and economic outcomes, quantitative evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, data visualizations, geographic mapping, and other statistical and data analysis to support continuous improvement for DSS programs.
• Analytic Oversight to promote improved outcomes, value, and cost-effectiveness for the agency’s programs, including improving the agency’s ability to make data-informed policy decisions and to measure and promote improved health and wellbeing for the people we serve, transparency, and program integrity.

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Policy Analysts conduct and lead MACPAC’s analytic work on key policy issues affecting Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Analysts focus on one or more aspects of the Medicaid and CHIP program while working collaboratively with other members of the policy team. They work under the direction of the executive director and policy directors. At the senior analyst and principal analyst levels, analysts are expected to conduct increasingly independent analytic work; principal analysts are expected to conceptualize and manage significant bodies of work, often involving other team members.

Qualified candidates have knowledge and expertise in Medicaid and CHIP policy. MACPAC hires applicants into analyst positions in each of three teams: Medicaid payment and finance; access to care; and long-term services and supports.

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