Public Health Intelligence Analyst - Children

London Borough of Sutton; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London Living Wage Employer

Flexible Working - Smarter Working

Learning and development portal

Travel loan / season ticket support

Counselling support

Job summary

London Borough of Sutton is seeking a Public Health Intelligence Analyst for Children to collate, analyse and interpret intelligence across the Best Start in Life programme, 0-19 public health and related services. You will develop processes for data collection, governance and reporting to multi-agency boards.

The role focuses on analysing data to inform decisions, presenting complex information clearly to diverse audiences and driving improvements with internal and external partners across the

Job description

About The Borough

The London Borough of Sutton is situated less than 30 minutes by train from Central London, with direct connections to London Victoria and London Bridge. Found in zone 5 with good transport links in and out of London, Sutton boasts award winning parks and open spaces, low crime rates, affordable housing and great schools. As well as high levels of resident engagement and satisfaction, providing quality services and success in addressing our financial challenges, whilst involving residents in key issues and high street changes.

Sutton is continuously investing in the health, wellbeing and education of our residents and the future generation, as set out in the “Ambitious for Sutton” corporate plan. We are home to the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together with the development of the London Cancer Hub, Sutton will be the world’s leading life-science district, specialising in cancer research and treatment. Our vision will create around 13,000 jobs while contributing £1.2bn to the UK economy each year, a vibrant community of scientists, doctors and innovative companies intended to deliver real benefits for cancer patients and drive economic growth. With the regeneration of the local areas with new homes and schools, Sutton is passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.

The Council is seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment. As we strive to improve our services and spaces for our residents as set out in the ‘Ambitious for Sutton’ corporate plan, Sutton aims to shape the future of the borough and adapt to the needs of its residents to make our Borough a great place to live, work and raise a family.

About The Role

You will be working as part of the Public Health team to collate, analyse & interpret intelligence across the Best Start in Life programme, 0 - 19 service and public health.

This Will Include

• Developing a sustainable process for collecting and reporting management information for the Best Start in Life programme, including reviewing data quality and governance.
• Developing business intelligence tools to report the performance of programmes and services to multi-agency partnership boards
• Conducting health needs assessments on a range of subjects to support work across children's services
• Working with services to develop performance monitoring reports and understand their outcomes.

About You

You will analyse, interpret and make recommendations on statistical information, find innovative ways to present complex information to a range of audiences to provide actionable insights, and lead on or support specific projects working with other members of the Public Health team and internal/external partners. You will need to work collaboratively with officers across the council and with partners locally and regionally.

In this role, you will focus on further developing, maintaining, and documenting processes for our Public Health Information Systems, ensuring procedures are accurate and up-to-date. You will have responsibility for analysing and interpreting data to help us better understand the public health needs of our children, the performance of services and the impact of the wider determinants of health and wellbeing. You will work with others to identify and implement improvements to processes and systems to deliver continuous improvement in the provision of high quality, timely information.

About Us

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the London Borough of Sutton’s Public Health team as a Public Health Intelligence Analyst for Children to work on a variety of projects including the Best Start in Life programme, 0 - 19 children’s public health, population health and other wider public health areas. We are a busy team working across the Council and partner agencies to provide public health intelligence, guidance to tackle health inequalities and wider determinants.

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

Benefits

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 26-32 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade
• Enhanced Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
• Two volunteering days per year
• Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
• Adjustable and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
• Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle leasing scheme
• Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support

We understand and recognise the benefits of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace and are embracing AI where appropriate, to boost our productivity and streamline how we deliver our Council services efficiently; to provide the best possible outcomes for our residents and communities.

However, we reserve the right to reject applications where it is apparent that AI-generated content has been used in isolation and without personalised responses. At Sutton we value authenticity and are looking for individuals who can clearly demonstrate their own skills, experience and motivation for the role that they are applying for and embrace and demonstrate our PRIDE values.

Here at Sutton we have core values of Transparency and this is to be demonstrated during the application process and completion of the supporting statement and will be further tested at interview and selection stage for those who progress forward.

As part of our award winning Diversity Programme we anonymise all applications received to reduce conscious and unconscious bias enabling every application to be reviewed on the knowledge, skills and experience shown in your application. We encourage our interview panels to be as diverse as possible (age, cultural, neurodiverse etc.) to reduce bias where possible. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce.

Additional Information

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under represented groups.

To support our workers and their families we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. As an accredited London Living Wage Employer all our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of their length or type of contract.

The UK has a points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance. Sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case‑by‑case basis.