Advanced Public Health Intelligence Specialist

This role has a starting salary of £43,923 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. Whilst this is a full-time position, we are happy to consider part-time applications also.

We are excited to be hiring a new Advanced Public Health Intelligence Specialist to join our fantastic Public Health Intelligence and Insight Team. The team is based in Woodhatch, Reigate. However, we care about how you work rather than where you work and offer flexible working and a hybrid approach, with team members working from home for most of the week.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract / secondment opportunity. For internal candidates interested in a secondment opportunity, please discuss with your Line Manager before submitting your application.

Are you passionate about the role of data in Public Health and healthcare decision-making? Would you be motivated by the thought of leading important Public Health data systems, and pushing forward data science approaches? Can you get behind our mission to reduce health inequalities for the residents of Surrey ensuring that no one is left behind?

If so, this role opportunity could be your next move.

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Paid license for the DataCamp training platform.

About the Team

The Public Health Intelligence and Insight Team collects and generates evidence that helps communities, due to their demographics and geography, identify areas that are often overlooked and currently most at risk of experiencing poor health outcomes. Using Surrey's health and wellbeing strategy, the team are able to make informed decisions and aims.

We have a truly open and supportive team culture built over several years. In joining us, you will be supported to continue to build and share your specialist expertise. You will be provided with access to a paid-for analysis training platform, protected learning time, access to in-house training programmes and opportunities to shadow across the wider Public Health team.

About the Role

Our Public Health Intelligence and Insight Team provides crucial data and insights that commissioners need to drive targeted improvements in population health and to tackle health inequalities effectively. Delivering our work demands high-quality, robust datasets, data systems, and reporting tools.

You will play a key part in managing and extracting data from our essential statutory datasets, which include information on hospital care, disease and death records, and various health protection areas. Additionally, you will assist our team of analysts in handling how we store and access open-source data from sources like the Census and the Office for Health Improvements and Disparities, among others, to meet analytical requests.

Your role won't just be about managing data. You will also thrive on conducting analyses and producing meaningful statistics. Typically structured within needs assessments, your analyses will explore a variety of geographical areas, population groups, and health and wellbeing issues, offering insights that guide our strategic decisions.

Whilst our focus is on Public Health, we value diversity in professional backgrounds. You don't need to have a background in Public Health to apply. Your transferable skills from other areas within the health and care system or from healthcare analytics could offer invaluable perspectives to our team.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Experience of, or passion for, using analytics as evidence within assessments of need, dashboards, or other statistical reporting
• Master's degree in a discipline relevant to Health Information, Statistics, Data Science or Epidemiology (or equivalent knowledge gained through experience/ post-graduate training)
• Previous experience at Senior Analyst level or above
• Experience in handling large volumes of complex data - e.g. maintaining databases or automating data feeds
• Interest in, and support of, our scriptable and reproducible approach to data processing and intelligence reporting
• Strength in working with at least one software or application that supports this approach, such as R, Python or SQL
• Experience of using, or interest in learning, Tableau or Power BI for data visualisation

As part of the application process, please upload your CV and answer the 4 key questions in the application form.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 28/04/2024 with interviews planned for the week commencing 13/05/2024. We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.