The Office of Community Health & Safety (OCH&S) is tasked with redirecting city resources to better address community needs by housing social services, public health, and social work experts who can assist community members and first responders in situations that require longer-term support, harm reduction approaches, and other services.

OCH&S’s Data Analyst is a 3-year grant funded position under the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program. The Data Analyst will be responsible for collecting and analyzing data to inform policies, staffing models, operations, pilot program development, and program scaling related to public safety, anchored in a harm reduction-centered approach public health and social determinants of health. At the point of crisis intervention, significant health disparities and contact with first responders often preceded the crisis. To understand the underlying causes of mental and behavioral health crises, this position will work closely with the Pittsburgh Bureaus of Police, Fire, and EMS to identify antecedents of crisis points.

The successful candidate will be responsible for synthesizing and analyzing Police, Fire, and EMS calls for service to help determine how varying call types interact to affect outcomes and dispositions for the constituent and first responder. The ideal candidate will be a natural collaborator and work effectively with emergency responders from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PBP) in addition to personnel from the Bureaus of Fire and EMS when appropriate.

Department: Office of Community Health & Safety

Salary: $66,374.00 per year

Position Type: Announcement

Union: None. This is a Non-union position.

Civil Service Classification: Exempt

General Application Requirements:You must submit or show proof of all of the following at the time of filing your application (unless otherwise indicated below) or your application will be disqualified. Disqualifications based on any of these General Application Requirements are not subject to a Civil Service appeal.

• A completed online City of Pittsburgh Employment Application, including your online Employment Profile Data. (Education and Work Experience).
• Completed online City of Pittsburgh Supplemental Form questions for this position.
• A resume, to be submitted online.
• Applicants must comply with the City of Pittsburgh's COVID 19 vaccine mandate.
• Applicants must be or become residents of the City of Pittsburgh prior to employment and remain a resident throughout employment. Click here to view a map of City of Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

NOTE: The City of Pittsburgh, as a matter of policy, conducts pre-employment and promotional background investigations on all candidates being considered for positions. The background investigation includes but is not limited to criminal background, driver's license and City of Pittsburgh real estate tax payments. Candidates may be disqualified from consideration from employment based on the results of their background investigation (as it relates to the job for which the applicant is being considered).

NOTE: Candidates being considered for employment will be required to submit official transcripts to verify of their post-secondary education (college/university, trade school, etc.) prior to being hired by the City of Pittsburgh. Transcripts must be submitted at the time of any/each job interview you have with the City of Pittsburgh.

• WORK EXPERIENCE: The application must clearly show two (2) years of full-time experience in information science, economics, technology, engineering or a related field. (Full-time is defined as 32 hours or more per week. Less than full-time experience will be calculated on a pro-rated basis.)

• EDUCATION/TRAINING: The application must clearly show a Bachelor's Degree from a fully accredited institution in Computer Science, Information Science, Economics, Engineering or a related field. (See NOTE under the General Application Requirements Section above regarding the verification of education/training).
• EQUIVALENCY: Education/training and/or work experience may be substituted on a year for year basis if the application clearly shows the required number of years to meet the Total Qualifying Requirement for this position (based on the sum of work experience and education/training listed above). The Total Qualifying Requirement is six (6) years. (See NOTE under the General Application Requirements Section above regarding the verification of education/training).

If you meet the qualifying requirements listed above, you will be sent a letter of admission (when applicable) for the following examination(s). You must pass the written and/or performance examination(s) in order to have your name placed on the official Civil Service eligibility list for this position. Candidates who receive job offers must pass a medical examination (when applicable) prior to start date.

• Written: None required for this position.
• Performance: None required for this position.
• Medical: None required for this position

• Collects, pre-processes, cleans, and analyzes data gathered from OCH&S’s partnerships with the Pittsburgh Bureaus of Police, Fire, and EMS.
• Collaborates with the Continuum of Support, informs the construction of staffing and operating models during the process of scaling programs.
• Uses a variety of computer hardware and software to produce maps, texts, tables, graphs, charts and other aids to be used in reports and presentations.
• Pulls and cleans data from various databases using sequel queries and/or coding using the R environment.
• Researches and collects data needed to monitor trends, patterns and changes in population, technology, operating activities, and calls for service which impact quality and delivery of service to the community; uses parametric and non-parametric statistical methods to analyze such data and prepare in-depth and summary reports.
• Presents information using data visualization techniques.
• Performs geospatial analysis using geographic information systems.
• Audits and provides quality assurance for analysis of OCH&S programs.
• Works closely with the Crime Analysts in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police in order to support analytics projects at the City.
• Produces or coordinates production of mapping products, presentation graphics, and data extraction for use by OCH&S employees and other City Departments.
• Identifies and addresses new opportunities for process improvement.
• Maintains proficiency with GIS software and crime analysis, methods, tools and procedures to manipulate, analyze and present data. Adheres to style guidance for analytic project presentation and visualization.
• Supports evaluation efforts at the City.
• Implements procedures for data privacy and governance.
• Performs activities and functions of related lower-level personnel as assigned or required.