Public Health Intelligence – Advanced Analyst (P1)

Reporting to the Public Health Intelligence Manager, the Advanced Public Health Analyst plays an important role in ensuring that high quality intelligence and analysis underpin the delivery of public health, health improvement and health and wellbeing outcomes across Cambridgeshire. The role supports the Public Health function to harness data, evidence and best practice to inform planning, monitoring, evaluation and decision making.

What will you be doing?

• The post holder will contribute to the delivery of public health intelligence and analytical products, including intelligence products, surveillance and service monitoring, needs assessments, performance reporting and ad hoc analyses, ensuring high standards of quality, methodology and information governance.
• This includes analysing and interpreting population health data, service and wider determinants of health and equity data from a range of local and national sources.

About you

• Working collaboratively with colleagues across Public Health, Policy, Performance and Intelligence, and the wider Council and partner organisations, the Advanced Public Health Analyst will support the identification and exploration of population health issues and health inequalities, applying appropriate epidemiological and analytical approaches.
• They will present findings in a clear and accessible way that responds to the purpose of the work and the needs of different audiences.
• The role will support and lead analytical projects and programmes of work as required, contributing to the synthesis of complex datasets, dashboard development and the production of high quality insight.

We are a family-friendly employer and will be happy to negotiate on working arrangements to achieve a good work / life balance. The role is a two-year fixed term opportunity with the option of flexible and hybrid working options.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.

If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.

We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader.

We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager to discuss any adjustment needs.

Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy.

We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.