Job summary
Job Title - Public Health Intelligence Analyst
Profession- Data Analyst
Directorate - Data Operations
Full Time equivalent - 37.5 hours
No of Roles - 1
Contract Type - Permanent
Location - Home Working
Working Pattern - Full Time /Part Time / Flexible Working/ Hybrid Working/ Job Share
Grade & Salary - Grade HEO. National banding £29,160 - £35,612. Outer London £31,070 - £37,829- Inner London - £32,978 - £39,691
New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.
The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.
This role is to be appointed under Civil Service Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&C's are found https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/.
Closing Date - 03/09/2023. 23:55pm. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered
Interview Date - 25/09/2023 Please note, these dates are subject to change.
Main duties of the job
As a Public Health Intelligence Analyst you will undertake analyses, interpretation and presentation of public health data to provide health intelligence to meet the needs of local and national stakeholders.
You will be involved in the delivery of analytical work for the public and private dashboards and provide support to other public health priority topics driven by the needs of internal UKHSA colleagues and external stakeholders.
Your role will include data analysis, production of health indicators, quality assurance of dashboard products, as well as the supporting the provision of training and translational support so that stakeholders can understand and act on health intelligence. You will work matrix style with colleagues across UKHSA to develop and deliver national health intelligence outputs to prepare for, prevent, and respond to external hazards that threaten the health of UK population.
About us
At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.
Our mission is challenging, innovative and in the spotlight. We will work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds we need to thrive, that our employees are representative of the communities we serve and feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.
Creating our working culture is an ongoing process which we are developing by listening and learning together, hearing and acting upon diverse voices and opinions to develop a common sense of identity and effective ways of working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role involves the collation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of public health information. You will be required to have good working knowledge of the practical application of public health analytical methods, be highly numerate and have good communication skills.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Working on a range of projects requiring potentially complex analytic input
- Analyse and interpret complex data and undertake statistical analyses
- Supporting the analytical work of other members of the analytical team
- Use and develop database queries and spreadsheets to undertake complex analysis
- Check for data anomalies prior to and during analyses, considering corrective action or bringing to the attention of principal analysts as required.
- Quality assurance of data
- Organise, interpret, structure and present data into information to support data driven decision making
- Conduct trend analysis of data to support recommendations, innovation and strategic decision making
- Liaising where necessary with colleagues concerning issues of data quality and effect on analysis
- Communicate analytical/statistical matters to non-analytical/statistical professionals.
- Present findings of your own analyses to internal and external colleagues.
- Attend local and national meetings with key stakeholders including health intelligence analysts, health improvement and protection colleagues, and partner organisations
- Ensuring personal and promoting team compliance with corporate policies in relation to security, confidentiality and release of information.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
- The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the Directorate.
- The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Identify, discuss and action own professional performance and training / development needs with your line manager through appraisal / individual development plan. Attending internal / external training events
- To participate in all mandatory training as required, i.e. fire safety, information governance and all other mandatory training.
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
The post holder will develop working relationships and communicate regularly with a wide range of individuals, clinical and non-clinical, internal and external to UKHSA. This will include;
Internal
- Other members of your function, especially other public health intelligence analysts and principal intelligence analysts.
- Members of other UKHSA functions with whom you may collaborate on local and national work programmes.
- Colleagues in other UKHSA directorates
External
- Public health colleagues working in local authorities, particularly those working in health intelligence roles.
- Colleagues working in NHS E&I and local Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Colleagues in NHS Digital, Department of Health and other Government Departments.
- Members of the Government Statistical Service
- Other external partners relevant to your work
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets
- Experience of working with multiple sets of health-related data and information systems in health-related organisations
- Experience in using Microsoft Power BI to analyse data and build, develop, support dashboards
- Experience in the development of systems for the inputting, storing and dissemination of information
- Knowledge of data security and information governance
- Experience of writing reports
- Experience of presenting and interpreting complex public health analysis and findings
- Perform analysis to support business decisions e.g. assess data, find trends, drill down, assess relationships or causality, create forecasts
- Comprehensive knowledge of software skills in spreadsheets, databases and statistical methods including GIS, statistical software (e.g. R, Stata, Python)
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Ability to analyse and resolve highly complex information queries and problems
- High degree of literacy and numeracy
- Good decision-making skills and capability to make sound judgements.
- Good oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to create and deliver oral presentations, drawing on complex health intelligence, to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Accuracy and attention to detail in own work
- Ability to work to instruction and independently, and to use initiative
- An interest and enthusiasm for public health issues and information
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience in the training and development of others in information skills
Selection Process
You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed and sifted in line with the essential criteria.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience and Technical Skills
Stage 1: Application & Sift
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 750 words providing examples of how you meet the essential and desirable criteria. It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview
Stage 2: Panel Interview
If successful at sift stage, you will be invited to interview where you'll be assessed on the Behaviours and Technical skills listed below:
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
The following Technical skills will be assessed at interview:
You'll also be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation on the Technical skill Data Analyst. Details will be provided to the successful candidates 5 working days prior to your interview date. You can present in any format you like, i.e. written, visual or verbal.
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role involves the collation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of public health information. You will be required to have good working knowledge of the practical application of public health analytical methods, be highly numerate and have good communication skills.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Working on a range of projects requiring potentially complex analytic input
- Analyse and interpret complex data and undertake statistical analyses
- Supporting the analytical work of other members of the analytical team
- Use and develop database queries and spreadsheets to undertake complex analysis
- Check for data anomalies prior to and during analyses, considering corrective action or bringing to the attention of principal analysts as required.
- Quality assurance of data
- Organise, interpret, structure and present data into information to support data driven decision making
- Conduct trend analysis of data to support recommendations, innovation and strategic decision making
- Liaising where necessary with colleagues concerning issues of data quality and effect on analysis
- Communicate analytical/statistical matters to non-analytical/statistical professionals.
- Present findings of your own analyses to internal and external colleagues.
- Attend local and national meetings with key stakeholders including health intelligence analysts, health improvement and protection colleagues, and partner organisations
- Ensuring personal and promoting team compliance with corporate policies in relation to security, confidentiality and release of information.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
- The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the Directorate.
- The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Identify, discuss and action own professional performance and training / development needs with your line manager through appraisal / individual development plan. Attending internal / external training events
- To participate in all mandatory training as required, i.e. fire safety, information governance and all other mandatory training.
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
The post holder will develop working relationships and communicate regularly with a wide range of individuals, clinical and non-clinical, internal and external to UKHSA. This will include;
Internal
- Other members of your function, especially other public health intelligence analysts and principal intelligence analysts.
- Members of other UKHSA functions with whom you may collaborate on local and national work programmes.
- Colleagues in other UKHSA directorates
External
- Public health colleagues working in local authorities, particularly those working in health intelligence roles.
- Colleagues working in NHS E&I and local Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Colleagues in NHS Digital, Department of Health and other Government Departments.
- Members of the Government Statistical Service
- Other external partners relevant to your work
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets
- Experience of working with multiple sets of health-related data and information systems in health-related organisations
- Experience in using Microsoft Power BI to analyse data and build, develop, support dashboards
- Experience in the development of systems for the inputting, storing and dissemination of information
- Knowledge of data security and information governance
- Experience of writing reports
- Experience of presenting and interpreting complex public health analysis and findings
- Perform analysis to support business decisions e.g. assess data, find trends, drill down, assess relationships or causality, create forecasts
- Comprehensive knowledge of software skills in spreadsheets, databases and statistical methods including GIS, statistical software (e.g. R, Stata, Python)
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Ability to analyse and resolve highly complex information queries and problems
- High degree of literacy and numeracy
- Good decision-making skills and capability to make sound judgements.
- Good oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to create and deliver oral presentations, drawing on complex health intelligence, to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Accuracy and attention to detail in own work
- Ability to work to instruction and independently, and to use initiative
- An interest and enthusiasm for public health issues and information
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience in the training and development of others in information skills
Selection Process
You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed and sifted in line with the essential criteria.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience and Technical Skills
Stage 1: Application & Sift
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 750 words providing examples of how you meet the essential and desirable criteria. It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview
Stage 2: Panel Interview
If successful at sift stage, you will be invited to interview where you'll be assessed on the Behaviours and Technical skills listed below:
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
The following Technical skills will be assessed at interview:
You'll also be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation on the Technical skill Data Analyst. Details will be provided to the successful candidates 5 working days prior to your interview date. You can present in any format you like, i.e. written, visual or verbal.
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oExperience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
