Senior Analyst - Ontario Health, Toronto

Role overview

Join the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence to help build its inaugural analytics and reporting strategy. You will transform complex health-system data into practical planning tools, outcome indicators, and performance insights that support better decisions and improved care across Ontario.

Day-to-day

• Design and deliver analyses of care processes, patient outcomes, population health, system capacity, and value-based costs.
• Create innovative planning tools, indicators, dashboards, performance reports, advanced models, and other analytics products.
• Lead the analytical lifecycle—from planning and data preparation through complex statistical analysis, documentation, interpretation, and reporting.
• Align performance reporting, funding, planning, and policy with clinical best practices across the mental health care system.
• Translate complex findings into clear briefings and presentations for executives, boards, the Ministry, Ontario Health, and funded partners.
• Build trusted relationships and collaborate with stakeholders, staff, senior leaders, and multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

Candidates must meet the following education, experience, and skill requirements:

• A graduate degree in a health system related field (e.g. clinical epidemiology, health services research, data science) or similar level of education and experience with the key areas of accountability
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience, healthcare environment is an asset
• Experience analyzing large data sets using tools such as SAS, R, Python, and Excel
• Experience leading and facilitating stakeholder engagement sessions
• Experience supporting large, complex initiatives, ideally at the provincial level
• Experience linking and managing large datasets, conducting clinical, financial, and population-based analyses
• Experience with Ontario’s healthcare data sets, including but not limited to DAD, NACRS, NRS, CCRS, OHIP, clinical registries, RPDB
• Strong understanding of the healthcare sector and experience in a healthcare system environment
• Experience using Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power BI
• Excellent communication written and oral including preparing and presenting planning, reporting, and knowledge transfer products, tools, and materials

Perks and benefits

At Ontario Health, your growth and well-being are supported with competitive offerings based on your role:

• Comprehensive health coverage from day one, with fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible health care or wellness spending accounts, plus an inclusive program to support overall well-being
• A premium defined benefit pension plan ensuring long-term financial security
• Competitive vacation entitlement that encourages time to rest and recharge
• Three personal days and two float days annually providing added flexibility
• Ongoing learning and career development opportunities designed to help you grow and thrive
• A collaborative, values-driven workplace shaped by integrity, care, humility, inspiration, and tenacity
• Opportunities to participate in Communities of Inclusion fostering belonging and equity