Public Health Analyst

The Public Health Intelligence and Insight Team are excited to be hiring a new Public Health Analyst with an information focus, to join our team currently based at our Woodhatch Place Office in Reigate. We are quite flexible as a team and meet in person as needed for meetings and team collaboration. We are a supportive and collaborative team that values continuous learning, professional development and sharing expertise. We embrace flexible hybrid working including working from home, enabling colleagues to thrive while maintaining strong connections across the team. We are quite flexible as a team and meet in person as needed for meetings and team collaboration. We are passionate about delivering high-quality analysis and insight, using data and evidence to support decision-making, reduce health inequalities and improve the health and wellbeing of Surrey's residents., Are you passionate about using data and statistics to make a meaningful impact within the health and care sector? If so, we have an exciting opportunity that might be just what you're looking for. 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. You will play a key part in analysing complex data sets to identify public health trends, generating actionable insight to support Public Health and the wider Integrated Care System. Typically structured within needs assessments, your analyses will explore a variety of geographical areas, population groups, health and wellbeing issues, and inequalities, offering insights that guide our strategic decisions. You will provide vital support to Surrey's Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNA) assessing the current and future health and care needs for the Surrey system. You will support the wider intelligence team with the completion of ad-hoc requests. This will include collaboration to refine research questions and managing the completion of projects in a timely manner. This will require a specialist understanding of public health data; where to access datasets, how to interpret complex public health datasets, and how to explain these results to the wider team to enable commissioning of services.

• Experience of using statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets
• Experience of working with multiple sets of health-related data
• Experience of using analytics as evidence within assessments of need, dashboards, or other statistical reporting
• Knowledge of a coding language such as R, Python or SQL and experience of using code for data analysis and/or reports
• Experience of using, or interest in learning, Tableau for data visualisation, 2. Please tell us about an example of a health project where you analysed a complex data set, and the statistical or epidemiological methods you used to interpret the results. Please detail the health project, your role, the impact of the work and the results from your contributions.
3. Please describe your experience, to-date, in the use of R, python or SQL. For the language you are most familiar with, please provide an example of a recent data transformation or statistical analysis you have carried out, describing your approach. 4. Please describe your experience, to-date, in the use of visualisation software such as Tableau or Power BI. For the software you are most familiar with, please provide an example of a recent visualisation you have produced and how your visualisation added clarity and value over the original data. A basic DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) will be required for this role

This permanent role has a starting salary of £42,958 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week (pro-rata for part-time staff).,
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
• A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.