Analyst Public Health

Job Description

Analyst - Public HealthUp to £36,057 per annumFixed Term, 12 months, Full TimeLocation: ChelmsfordRef: 947About usAt Essex County Council, what we do impacts the lives of over 1.4 million residents. We work hard to drive improvements in health and wellbeing across our county - from leading the immediate public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to tackling deep-seated health inequalities; from investigating local disease outbreaks, to influencing the social and economic factors that shape our long-term health outcomes. We need to take decisions based on meaningful insight and high-quality research. This is where you come in.About youAs a Public Health Analyst, youll be a key link between intelligence and action. Youll provide our senior leaders - including the Director of Public Health, our Corporate Leadership Team and our Cabinet - with insight into the health and wellbeing of our residents and communities, the factors that drive change and on what works in improving outcomes.Youll make sense of information from a variety of data sources, including Public Health England, the NHS and academic journals, drawing actionable insight to guide strategy development, commissioning decisions and operational activity. Youll monitor patterns of health and disease, health inequalities and their determinants within the Essex population. Your work will include COVID surveillance analysis, epidemiology and associated analytics, and deep-dive analysis on the long-term impact of COVID-19 in our population.Youll champion Public Health Intelligence and support the team in using data, evidence, and insight to land powerful conclusions with senior decision-makers across the local public health system.Knowledge, Skills & ExperienceWere looking for people with proven technical ability and a range of analytical skills - data management and manipulation, visualisation and reporting; forecasting and mapping. You may have relevant qualifications or be qualified by experience - either way, youll use a variety of tools and methods to make sense of data. But we also need people who can communicate insights in a way thats compelling and easy to understand - using evidence to tell the story for senior decision-makers and stakeholders. The role will provide specialist advice on epidemiology to a range of senior stakeholders and support the local system in disease surveillance and outbreak management.In return, you can look forward an excellent rewards package, as well as flexible working and long-term career opportunities.Contact and applyFor more information or an informal conversation please contact Alastair Gordon, Head of Profession Research and Citizen Insight, via .uk or Closing date: 14 March 2021.To apply please click on the Visit Website buttonAs part of employment with Essex County Council should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please visit: County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. For more information please use the following link: County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity is key to our success.If you have any queries regarding this role, or require anything further, please email .uk or call us on . Lines are open Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16.30.