Information Analyst Specialist

Public Health Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Part-time options

Job sharing

Job summary

Public Health Wales is seeking an Information Analyst Specialist to join the Wales Cancer Registry and deliver high-quality cancer intelligence supporting patient care, service planning, research, and policy development.

You will work with complex healthcare datasets, provide expert analytical and technical support, and contribute to development of cancer registry services in Wales. Welsh language is desirable and flexible working is welcome.

Qualifications

• Experienced data and information professional with a focus on health data, cancer registration, and population health intelligence.
• Ability to work with complex datasets, perform validation, linkage, and interpretation.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to provide specialist advice and support research and policy development.
• Welsh language desirable; Welsh and/or English speakers welcome.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert analysis and technical support for cancer registration and cancer intelligence products.
• Support collection, validation, linkage, analysis, and interpretation of cancer data.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape future development of cancer registration services in Wales.

Job description

Are you an experienced data and information professional with a passion for using data to improve health outcomes? Public Health Wales is seeking an Information Analyst Specialist to join the Wales Cancer Registry and play a key role in delivering high-quality cancer intelligence that supports patient care, service planning, research, and national policy. Based within a specialist cancer registration team, you will work with complex healthcare datasets, provide expert analytical and technical support, and contribute to the continuous development of cancer registry services across Wales. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a nationally important service that supports cancer surveillance, research, service planning, and policy development across Wales. You will join a supportive team committed to innovation, quality improvement, and delivering high-quality cancer intelligence that makes a difference to population health. As an Information Analyst Specialist, you will provide specialist expertise in areas of cancer registration, healthcare data analysis, and information management. Working with complex datasets from multiple sources, you will support the collection, validation, linkage, analysis, and interpretation of cancer data to ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and robust cancer intelligence products. You will collaborate with stakeholders providing specialist advice, supporting research, and helping shape the future development of cancer registration services in Wales. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. We are Public Health Wales – the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is ‘Working together for a healthier Wales’. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations. Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important. We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Perna Job title: Technical Information Manager (Cancer) Email address: [e-mail]