Advanced Public Health Intelligence Specialist

This role has a starting salary of £45,680 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. Whilst this is a full-time position, we are happy to consider part-time applications also.

This is a fixed-term contract / secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave up to 6th May 2026. For internal staff interested in a secondment opportunity, please discuss with your Line Manager before submitting your application.

We are excited to be hiring an Advanced Public Health Intelligence Specialist to join our fantastic Public Health Intelligence and Insight Team. The team is based in Woodhatch, Reigate with flexible working and a hybrid approach.

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Team
We have an open and supportive team culture built over several years. In joining us, you will be supported to continue to build and share your specialist expertise. You will be provided with access to a paid-for analysis training platform, protected learning time, access to in-house training programmes and opportunities to shadow across the wider public health team.

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. Delivering our work demands high-quality, robust datasets, data systems, and reporting tools.

About the Role
You will play a key part in managing and extracting data from our essential statutory datasets, which include information on hospital care, disease and death records, and various health protection areas. Additionally, you will assist our team of analysts in handling how we store and access open-source data from sources like the Census and the Office for Health Improvements and Disparities, among others, to meet analytical requests.

But your role won't just be about managing data. You will also thrive on conducting analyses and producing meaningful statistics. Typically structured within needs assessments, your analyses will explore a variety of geographical areas, population groups, and health and wellbeing issues, offering insights that guide our strategic decisions.

Whilst our focus is on Public Health, we value diversity in professional backgrounds. You don't need to have a background in Public Health to apply. Your transferable skills from other areas within the health and care system or from healthcare analytics could offer invaluable perspectives to our team.

Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Experience of, or passion for, using analytics as evidence within assessments of need, dashboards, or other statistical reporting
• Master's degree in a discipline relevant to Health Information, Statistics, Data Science or Epidemiology (or equivalent knowledge gained through experience/ post-graduate training)
• Previous experience at Analyst level or above
• Experience in handling large volumes of complex data – e.g. maintaining databases or automating data feeds
• Interest in, and support of, our scriptable and reproducible approach to data processing and intelligence reporting
• Strength in working with at least one software or application that supports this approach, such as R, Python or SQL
• Experience of using, or interest in learning, Tableau or Power BI for data visualisation

As part of the application process you will need to upload your CV and answer the following questions:

• Please tell us about an example of a project where the data and insight you provided directly helped to inform decisions, shape strategies or improve outcomes. Please detail the project, your role, and the results stemming from your contributions.
• Please describe your experience, to-date, in the use of statistical software (such as R or Stata), programming languages (SQL, Python), and data visualisation tools (such as Tableau or Power BI).
• Please describe your experience in managing a health project. What was your role and what skills did you utilise to ensure the project was successful?
• Have you had the responsibility of overseeing or assisting in the management of a shared mailbox for ad hoc data requests from various stakeholders? If so, please describe your role and the processes you implemented.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 16th March 2025 with interviews planned for w/c 31st March 2025.

Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.