Care Data Analyst - Undergraduate Intern

Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.

Essential Functions:

* Contributing to a designated project or initiative to meet a KP business objective.

* Report development and analytics.

* Project management - planning, execution, and measurement.

* Learning new applications needed to complete assignments or support the execution of business objectives.

* Job shadowing in other functional areas.

* Performing additional duties as required.

Department Function:

Care Data Analysis (UCDA) was created to ensure that analysts and researchers throughout Kaiser Permanente are able to fully realize the analytical potential of KP HealthConnect and other KP enterprise-level information systems to further KP's mission: improving the health of our members and the communities we serve.

Intern Project Description:

This role could include one or more of the following activities:

* Analyze large geospatial datasets such as census, transit, consumer behavior, and business locations to understand geographic variation in health outcomes and preventive care and measure changes.

* Communicate analysis results through static maps and interactive web maps, visualizations, and information design.

* Gather requirements and provide technical assistance for ad-hoc mapping projects.

* Update training materials to support understanding of geospatial capabilities within Kaiser Permanente.

* Prototype options for self-service reporting and visualization.

* Test geospatial offerings to verify usability and accuracy.

Desired Skill Set:

* Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in GIS, geography, computer science, City and Regional planning or a related field with a 3.0 GPA or above

* Knowledge of ArcGIS applications, including ArcGIS Server web APIs, ArcGIS Online/Portal for ArcGIS, and ModelBuilder/Geoprocessing for data management and spatial analytics

* Light coding skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript)

* Practical experience and/or coursework in GIS applications for population-based reporting and analysis

* High comfort level with technology and experience with technical aspects of spatial data management

* Analytical and detail oriented Competencies

* Demonstrated cartographic skills

* Experience in analytical environments such as SAS, SPSS, or R.

* Experience with open source GIS tools and data sources

* Proven technical research, writing, and editing skills to generate project summaries, draft documents, conduct topic specific research

* Effective verbal and written communication skills

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

* N/A

Education

* Pursuing a bachelor's degree or have graduated from an accredited university within the last year.

* High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

* N/A

Additional Requirements:

* Aptitude to perform data and process analytics and formulating solutions

* Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

* 3.0 GPA or above.

* Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.

* Proven ability to build effective working relationships as well as strong interpersonal skills.

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills

* Ability to learn quickly and experience producing high quality work in short periods of time.