Public Health Intelligence Analyst

Integrated Care System; Swindon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated public health organization in Swindon seeks a Public Health Intelligence Analyst to analyze health data, support strategic planning, and contribute insights for health improvement. Candidates should have strong statistical analysis skills and experience with data visualization tools like Power BI. This role is pivotal in turning data into actionable strategies to enhance community health and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of statistics and their limitations.
• Experience with analytical techniques for diverse audiences.
• Competency in advanced statistical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze health-related data for public health issues.
• Support health needs assessments using various methodologies.
• Produce and maintain analytical systems for public health monitoring.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data interpretation

Data visualization (Power BI)

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in statistics/epidemiology/public health

Experience in public health environments

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Python

R

Job description

Thisis an exciting opportunity to join the Public Health team at Swindon BoroughCouncil and contribute to a wide range of programmes designed to improvethe health and wellbeing of the local population and reduce healthinequalities.

Weare looking for an analyst who will bring data to life, turning it intoinsights which inform decision-making and helps to develop evidence-based needsassessments.

Youwill be a high performing and enthusiastic individual who is able to buildeffective relationships with colleagues and partners. You will be highlynumerate with statistical and data analysis skills, and an understanding of howhealth data can be used to drive change.

Main duties of the job

As a Public Health Intelligence Analyst, you will support assignedprojects and areas of reporting and analysis to meet health improvement,service delivery and evaluation, long-term strategy and commissioning needs.This includes supporting with aspects of, and actively contributing to thedirection of long-term projects that will evidence and shape Swindon Borough Counciland Integrated Care System strategies.

About us

Swindon Borough Council are on an exciting journeyto transform service delivery. We want our town to be the best it can be. Ourambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistictransformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Becausethats who were doing it for the communities and businesses that make ourtown great. As part of the Council, youll support a friendly local authoritymaking decisions with real impact. Its all for better public services. Betterprocesses. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindonwill be better with you.

You must befluent in the English language, as a requirement of Part 7 of the ImmigrationAct for the effective performance of a customer-facing role.

Please note Swindon Borough Council terms and conditions apply to thisrole.

Job responsibilities

Identify, gather, collect, analyse, andinterpret health related data applicable to public health issues usingappropriate statistical methods. This includes communicating with a range ofinternal and external stakeholders to procure a variety of complex datasets.

Support the identification of public healthneeds using various methodologies such as health needs assessment, healthequity audits, reviews and evaluations of programmes and/or interventionsdirected at areas of responsibility.

Provide health intelligence input to publichealth, the Council and NHS in monitoring the health needs of the populationand in strategic planning to meet those needs, including the Joint StrategicNeeds Assessment.

Support the work of the Director of PublicHealth and Public Health Directorate in ensuring that health intelligence,evidence and good practice are incorporated into commissioning and serviceevaluation processes in Swindon.

Produce, develop and maintain informationsystems and analytical expertise for key staff and services/directorates tofulfil their functions in terms of public health information, healthsurveillance and data acquisition.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of statistics and statistical methods and the limitations of such methods.
• Demonstrable experience of using statistical/analytical and/or epidemiological techniques to analyse and interpret data for both specialist and generalist audiences.
• Advanced skills in statistical analysis using Excel and a high level of competency in advanced statistical techniques, either in Excel or other analytical software.
• Experience using business analytic tools such as MS Power BI to produce self-serving tools (e.g. dashboards).
• Work experience in a health, public services, research, public or charitable organisation or other public-facing environment.
• First or higher degree or equivalent qualification in a subject directly relevant to statistics/epidemiology/public health or in a discipline with a strong numerical component.
• A good understanding of wider public sector bodies that impact on health.
• Familiarity with statistical and data analysis software packages such as Python and R.
• Experience sourcing, extracting, cleaning and merging large data sets (including unstructured data) from varied sources.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to express complex concepts and reports in lay language.

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