The Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO) is a leader in health care regulation. As the governing body for more than 12,000 dentists in Ontario, our mission is to act in the public interest by putting patients first. We are committed to transparency, accessibility, openness, and fairness in all our work.
Bring your excellent analytical and research skills to our team as a Data & Research Analyst within our Office of the Registrar (OTR) department.
The OTR department ensures that the College meets its mandate of patient protection and putting patients first in all the work that we do. They set the College’s strategic priorities, and oversee our regulatory functions and compliance, as well as operations. OTR maintains various stakeholder relationships, including working with the College’s Council, committees, and government relations.
You will leverage data collected by the College to generate meaningful insights that support operational excellence, regulatory effectiveness, and strategic decision-making. Working with both structured and unstructured data, you will conduct descriptive, exploratory, diagnostic, and predictive analyses, identify trends and emerging issues, and communicate findings through clear reports, visualizations, and presentations to diverse audiences.
You are a curious and analytical professional with a strong attention to detail and a passion for evidence-informed decision-making. You enjoy investigating complex questions, translating data into actionable insights, and collaborating with stakeholders to support organizational priorities and continuous improvement.
This role will require the successful candidate to work remotely, with the capacity to attend mandatory in-person meetings as required. Requests to work in-office will be accommodated.
At this time, we are only considering candidates located in Ontario or who are willing to relocate and who are authorized to work in Canada.
What can I expect to do in this role?
Reporting to the Data Scientist, you will:
- Work with departments to identify operational and strategic issues related to extracting value from their data
- Identify and define departmental analysis and research needs
- Contribute to metadata documentation within enterprise and non-enterprise systems
- Analyze small and large datasets to provide descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analyses using univariate and multivariate techniques with potential to develop and present results via reports and slide decks
- Conduct appropriate statistical analyses to explore strengths of associations, identify predictions and find trends with the data
- Summarize findings when reviewing publicly accessible organizational documentation such as annual reports, online stats or internal analyses
- Review and summarize analytical results into reports, presentations and narratives/stories using data visualizations (e.g. charts, graphs, infographics)
- Liaise with external system partners (including government and researchers) to identify common research needs that may lead to insight into our data and process and may generate new forms of knowledge to share with the wider oral health community
- Conduct data quality analyses to verify the accuracy and reliability of data extracted from Enterprise systems
- Utilize project management and agile principles when overseeing and supporting project
What skills and background do I need?
The Data & Research Analyst requires:
- Undergraduate or associate degree in a related field or a combination of education and relevant experience; master’s and PhD with thesis/dissertation emphasis is an asset
- Demonstrated educational experience in the following domains are preferred: statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, economics, sociology, cognition, engineering, neuroscience, psychology, health sciences and data science
- Proven experience with hypothesis testing, inferential statistics, predictive modelling within a non-academic organization
- Three- to five- years of understanding and coding experience with statistical programming languages or those with statistical and data frame packages for the purpose of statistics, data cleaning and report generation; examples include statistical analysis, database manipulation and report generations such as R, Python, SAS, Stata, SPSS, etc.
- Basic coding experience with Microsoft SQL Server (or other programs using SQL) to join and refine tables for future analytics
- Proficiency with MS 365
- Strong ability to convey complex problems to a wide range of stakeholders and knowledge levels
- Experience presenting findings to department or within the organization; experience presenting at conferences an asset
- Flexible, adaptable and a demonstrated commitment to learning new skills, software and knowledge domains
- Proven organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities to meet deadlines
- Experience with gathering requirements from external stakeholders related to data request lifecycle including concepts related to intake communication and analysis, requirements gathering, request analysis, de-identification, report generation and secured data transfer)
- Experience researching health information, health data or health policy concepts through environmental scans, literature searches and website navigation are assets
- Experience in the healthcare sector as it relates to health data organizations, health facilities or research units an asset
- RCDSO is building its bilingual (French/English) capacity and excellent French language proficiency is an asset
Compensation and Total Rewards
- Base annual hiring salary from $91,184.94 to $102,583.06, commensurate with experience
- Comprehensive extended health benefits package, paid vacation, wellness and sick days
- A matched Pension Plan (up to 8% of salary), Voluntary Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) and Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- Career-related learning and development opportunities
- Half-day Fridays between July 1st and September 1st as well as a half-day workday before statutory holidays
- Onsite gym, corporate discount to GoodLife Fitness, and wellness-related webinars
- Opportunities to connect with colleagues through virtual and in-person social events
How do I apply?
To apply to this vacancy please submit your resume and cover letter describing why you are interested in this position and how your knowledge and skills may be well suited for the role via the RCDSO Job Portal on our Careers page by September 10, 2026 at 5 pm.
Our recruitment process is conducted remotely unless otherwise specified. Candidates are welcome to request an in-person interview.
Thank you for your interest; only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Our inclusive, flexible and collaborative workplace helps us build better regulation that puts the public first. RCDSO does not currently utilize artificial intelligence in its recruitment and selection process.
Accommodation is available upon request under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
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