Vital Records Data Quality Analyst I

Position summary

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as public health, health information management, informatics, data analytics, information systems, business administration, or statistics, or equivalent education and experience.
• Coursework, internship, or practical experience with SQL, Excel, analytics, reporting, databases, health information, or public-health data is preferred.
• Exposure to visualization platforms, record matching, data quality, structured files, testing, or regulated records is preferred.
• Experience in vital records, public health, healthcare, government, research, or another confidential-data environment is preferred.

Core competencies

• Produces accurate, traceable results and challenges unexplained discrepancies.
• Uses evidence, recognizes uncertainty, and escalates risks beyond their authority.
• Completes recurring and time-sensitive work reliably with controls and documentation.
• Protects sensitive information and applies access and disclosure requirements consistently.
• Explains findings, limitations, risks, and next steps in plain language.
• Collaborates across business, technology, legal, compliance, and partner boundaries.
• Uses data and process evidence to reduce defects, rework, delays, and manual effort.

Employer information

• The Georgia Department of Public Health describes benefits, workplace flexibility, learning and development, and a collaborative public-health workplace.
• The selected candidate may be subject to pre-employment drug screening and a criminal background check; relocation assistance is not provided.

Compensation

• Listed compensation range is $41,569.83 to $54,428.51 per year.

Responsibilities

• Support data-quality assurance and investigate discrepancies in vital records information.
• Prepare reports and fulfill information requests using established procedures.
• Perform record matching and support recurring data exchanges.
• Carry out controlled data operations for the Georgia vital records program.
• Use SQL, Excel, reporting tools, and vital records systems to prepare accurate information.
• Protect confidential and personally identifiable information.
• Build proficiency in birth, death, fetal-death, marriage, divorce, and related data.