Job summary
This post is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly
growing public health analytics team within Camdens Health & Wellbeing
Department. You will play an important role in driving forward analytical
projects in partnership with policy, strategy, and commissioning specialists to
deliver better services for our residents. This post fits into a Camden-wide
analytical community of practice to promote an analytics-led approach within
the Council.
Main duties of the job
Working with the Head of Health Intelligence, the Lead
Public Health Analyst, and the rest of the team, you will contribute to the
delivery of analytical projects on topics across the health and wellbeing space
as well as tacking an active role in helping shape the tools, methods, and
practices used to undertake analysis.
You will also have the opportunity to foster and grow our
NHS, industry, and academic partnerships, working on innovative and ambitious
programs to tackle key issues such as child health equity and poverty in the
heart of London.
About us
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our
residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. Were home to
the most important conversations happening today and were making radical
social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Heres
where you can help decide a better future for us all.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will join Camdens growing Public Health Intelligence team who
specialise in knowledge management and epidemiology/statistics. The remit of
the team is to turn health data and information into intelligence that
underpins policy decisions to improve population health and reduce
inequalities. The Public Health Intelligence Analyst will be responsible for
drawing together information from NHS and non-NHS sources in traditional and
innovative ways to explore patterns and determinants of health, including
health inequalities, and communicating findings to influence decision making.
Work will cover an array of topics including health improvement, health
protection, population health management, modelling, opportunity analysis, and
health care analysis and will be a mixture of ad hoc and long- and short-term
projects.
The
post-holder will report to a Senior Public Health Intelligence Analyst. This
post is aligned to Camden DDaT capabilities framework for Data Analysts and
will benefit from participating as part of Camdens community of data
professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will join Camdens growing Public Health Intelligence team who
specialise in knowledge management and epidemiology/statistics. The remit of
the team is to turn health data and information into intelligence that
underpins policy decisions to improve population health and reduce
inequalities. The Public Health Intelligence Analyst will be responsible for
drawing together information from NHS and non-NHS sources in traditional and
innovative ways to explore patterns and determinants of health, including
health inequalities, and communicating findings to influence decision making.
Work will cover an array of topics including health improvement, health
protection, population health management, modelling, opportunity analysis, and
health care analysis and will be a mixture of ad hoc and long- and short-term
projects.
The
post-holder will report to a Senior Public Health Intelligence Analyst. This
post is aligned to Camden DDaT capabilities framework for Data Analysts and
will benefit from participating as part of Camdens community of data
professionals.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Analytical experience
- Working knowledge and experience of robust public health analysis, synthesising data and research, forming well founded results and recommendations to support evidence-based decision making. Strong understanding of quantitative epidemiological methods (e.g., standardisation, significance testing, and regression) and ability to extract, validate, analyse, interpret, and present quantitative data. Awareness of qualitative research methods, and their strengths and limitations. Good understanding of information governance and data management. Ability to develop and deliver training and education on quantitative analytical methods and data visualisation. Experienced in developing reproducable analytical pipelines, ideally using R or Python.
- Public Health
- A strong understanding of public health, inequalities, and wider determinants of health. Knowledge and experience of the development, use, and interpretation of relevant datasets, their strengths and weaknesses, and appropriate methods for answering public health questions.
- Stakeholder management
- Experience of working collaboratively across organisations and partners, including higher educational institutions, health services, the voluntary sector and patients and the public. Experience of influencing and negotiating with senior stakeholders.
- Strategic context
- A good understanding of local government, the health system environment, and the UK health research landscape. Enthusiasm and experience of collaborating across organisations and partnerships, including with the voluntary sector and patients and the public. Skilled in navigating different organisational settings, conditions, and audience needs.
- Project management and adaptability
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills, able to work simultaneously on a number of complex and challenging projects. Planning, organising, and prioritising the workload of oneself and others to deliver high quality outputs to deadline.
- Communication:
- High standard of oral and written communication skills, demonstrated by the ability to synthesise and present complex information, in a variety of formats to a variety of audiences. Ability to produce high quality research outputs which are accurate and accessible to all stakeholders, including non-experts.
- People Management
- Ability to manage staff in accordance with corporate policies, demonstrated by an understanding of human resources policies and management strategies. Adept at training and developing team members and wider stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated in a suitable postgraduate qualification in public health, epidemiology, statistics, social and behavioural sciences, health sciences or similar numerate discipline or equivalent experience.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Analytical experience
- Working knowledge and experience of robust public health analysis, synthesising data and research, forming well founded results and recommendations to support evidence-based decision making. Strong understanding of quantitative epidemiological methods (e.g., standardisation, significance testing, and regression) and ability to extract, validate, analyse, interpret, and present quantitative data. Awareness of qualitative research methods, and their strengths and limitations. Good understanding of information governance and data management. Ability to develop and deliver training and education on quantitative analytical methods and data visualisation. Experienced in developing reproducable analytical pipelines, ideally using R or Python.
- Public Health
- A strong understanding of public health, inequalities, and wider determinants of health. Knowledge and experience of the development, use, and interpretation of relevant datasets, their strengths and weaknesses, and appropriate methods for answering public health questions.
- Stakeholder management
- Experience of working collaboratively across organisations and partners, including higher educational institutions, health services, the voluntary sector and patients and the public. Experience of influencing and negotiating with senior stakeholders.
- Strategic context
- A good understanding of local government, the health system environment, and the UK health research landscape. Enthusiasm and experience of collaborating across organisations and partnerships, including with the voluntary sector and patients and the public. Skilled in navigating different organisational settings, conditions, and audience needs.
- Project management and adaptability
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills, able to work simultaneously on a number of complex and challenging projects. Planning, organising, and prioritising the workload of oneself and others to deliver high quality outputs to deadline.
- Communication:
- High standard of oral and written communication skills, demonstrated by the ability to synthesise and present complex information, in a variety of formats to a variety of audiences. Ability to produce high quality research outputs which are accurate and accessible to all stakeholders, including non-experts.
- People Management
- Ability to manage staff in accordance with corporate policies, demonstrated by an understanding of human resources policies and management strategies. Adept at training and developing team members and wider stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated in a suitable postgraduate qualification in public health, epidemiology, statistics, social and behavioural sciences, health sciences or similar numerate discipline or equivalent experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
