Description:
Collaborate with other WSIB areas and external stakeholders to promote, develop, and enhance the utilization and integration of health and safety information across Ontario’s prevention system partners.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
1. Coordinate and conduct complex statistical analysis, modeling, and reports supporting decision-making, business planning, and program evaluation:
- Build queries and/or write programs to extract and compile data using Cognos and other tools, such as PowerBI, Access, Excel, SAS, R, VBA and/or Python to merge and analyze data from various sources;
- Updating and maintaining a complete schedule of data extracts, import/export jobs, testing, and production of consumable data products/reports e.g. scorecard refresh, information for planned meetings/committees, etc.
- Use data mining techniques to discover relationships and patterns that reveal new program opportunities and uncover non-traditional insights to further advance health and safety initiatives e.g. safety culture
- Create comprehensive information products and professional reports for use by WHSS management, staff, and other WSIB areas that influences workplace parties e.g. Case management, RTW, OD, SIP, etc.
- Assess impacts of business and system changes on data, information, and reporting tools and initiating the appropriate actions in response to impacts;
- Ensure data and analysis are valid, methodologically sound, and meet commonly accepted standards in the statistics gathering/analysis field;
- Manage WHSS information sources while acting as the administrator on maintaining data quality, accuracy, integrity while adhering to WSIB privacy/security requirements;
- Create and maintain comprehensive client and technical documentation for all reports, tools, and data models
2. Research, design, implementation, and adaptation of economic models/studies to assist in determining the public value and return on investment of health and safety services and programs:
- Collect, interpret, synthesize, and perform data analysis involving research that effect workplace health and safety such as economic trends, labour market, industry developments, workplace technologies, etc.; and provide recommendations/solutions;
- Provide intelligence and recommendations, supported by relevant metrics, that informs program improvement opportunities for the WSIB’s Health and Safety Excellence program;
- Systematic review of literature including comparative analysis of other jurisdictions or organizations
- Development and/or participation in independent or collaborative initiatives related to study design and sampling/control group strategies;
- Stay current on emerging technologies and new information management practices/techniques to identify opportunities and adoption plans in the health and safety space e.g. AI, machine learning, etc.
3. Build relationships by acting as the health and safety information expert providing insights and advice to internal and external stakeholders across WSIB, MOLTSD, program providers, academic institutions, and other system partners:
- Work collaboratively with management, staff, program providers, and other subject matter experts to properly interpret and present relevant business insights resulting from the analysis;
- Engage with stakeholders and partners to promote the understanding and proper interpretation of key information and metrics of WSIB health and safety programs;
- Facilitate knowledge uptake through the presentation of findings, formal/informal education sessions, demos, and one-on-one interactions;
- Act as technical lead and initiate and/or participate in the integration or enhancement of data exchange opportunities with third parties and system partners e.g. inter-governmental, associations, private sector, etc.
- Liaise with internal information partners ensuring alignment of WHSS data sources/products with enterprise information developments e.g. CBIA, ITC, Finance, Actuarial Services
4. Coordinate and provide assistance in maintaining the currency of the HSEp digital platform by:
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) of the digital platform’s functionality and information attributes;
- Capture and consolidate end user feedback and drafting change requests leveraging UX/service design principles;
- Conduct user/business acceptance testing on changes, and provide assistance with implementation, and production support activities;
5. Perform other related duties as assigned or required.