Business Partner - Health Determinants Research Collaboration

Job responsibilities

Chief Executives Job Title:

Business Partner - Health Determinants Research Collaboration Grade:

Grade 13 Post Number:

Service/Section:

Business Intelligence Service Base/Location:

County Hall, with some working/attendance at collaborating universities and other partner locations Responsible To:

Business Intelligence Team Leader Responsible For:

HDRC Development Team including, HDRC Research and Insight Manager, HDRC Community Engagement Manager, HDRC Senior Research and Insight Officer and other staff relating to projects.

Subject to success of year 1, the HDRC team and project will accommodate additional posts in years 2-6.

Developing and training other staff in wider determinants of health research.

Key Relationships/ Liaison with:

All members of the Public Health Department

Senior managers in the ICS/ICB

Senior managers across Leicestershire County Council

Relevant University Research Teams and Staff

Other HDRC Teams across the Region and country.

Key analytical staff in the health Commissioning Support Unit

Hospital Trusts

Job Purpose

To lead the Health Determinants Research Collaborative Team for Leicestershire. To lead the HDRC Development year to ensure a successful transition to a full 5-year HDRC programme.

To implement the Development Year Project Plan including production of a research environment plan, research workforce development strategy, community engagement arrangements and research governance plan.

The provision of research and related business intelligence relating to wider determinants of health and public health.

To report to the HDRC Management Group and other senior groups on project progress.

Title: Job Description/Person Specification Template

Date Created: 10/10/2010

Last Amended: 07/12/2023 Page 2 of 7

To ensure the work of the HDRC dovetails with the Councils wider Data and Business Intelligence Strategies and Service.

To create sustainable infrastructure for developing and delivering co-produced research including access to evidence, finance, ethics approval and research governance.

To develop governance structures so that research and participation is transparent, justified and in line with GDPR, HDRUK, ICO and NIHR research policies and guidelines.

To establish a research ready network of communities, stakeholders and elected members and build capacity in community co-production to provide a gateway into seldom heard and under-served communities.

To ensure that the County and HDRC is a leader in co-produced research that is done with not to our communities.

To support culture change in using research and business intelligence

Main Duties and Responsibilities Corporate 1.

In line with the Councils policies and values, lead the development and delivery of a customer focussed, high quality HDRC Research Project Team and Development Year Plan. 2.

Provide high quality business intelligence advice and support to LCC Members (including the relevant Lead Members, Cabinet and Scrutiny) and officers (specifically Corporate Management Team, Public Health Department, Departmental Management Teams and the HDRC Project Board) through appropriate communication and dialogue. 3.

Support organisational culture change through high quality research that drives innovation, service transformation and continuous improvement. 4.

Ensure that Equality, Diversity and Human Rights considerations are an integral part of providing HDRC research and intelligence to support policy development, service delivery and transformation activity. Main Duties and Responsibilities General 5.

Operate as an effective and pro-active HDRC relationship manager/business partner with LCC Departments and HDRC partner agencies 6.

Identify opportunities to promote research and evidence-based decision making relating to the wider determinants of health throughout the organisation, including supporting managers to ask the right questions at the right time. 7.

Identify opportunities to improve the relevance and efficiency of research and related business intelligence activity and to champion evidence-based decision making. 8.

Provide strategic insight, advice and challenge by developing and sustaining effective working relationships. 9.

Develop and promote the role and added value of the HDRC Project, research and the Business Intelligence Service within and beyond the Council.

Title: Job Description/Person Specification Template

Date Created: 10/10/2010

Last Amended: 07/12/2023 Page 3 of 7

10.

Undertake horizon scanning with regard to wider determinants of health and their possible impact in Leicestershire. 11.

Flexible and adaptable approach to doing what needs to be done. 12.

Responsible for protecting and managing information securely, and reporting breaches or suspected information security breaches, in line with Council policies.

Main Duties and Responsibilities Job Specific 13.

Operate as the relationship manager between the HDRC Team, public health, business intelligence partner agencies and NIHR. 14.

Lead on HDRC Research and Intelligence and the delivery of the Development Year project work plan and HDRC establishment including research environment plan, research workforce development strategy, community engagement arrangements and research governance plan. 15. To be responsible for ensuring that all research conducted within the HDRC project is done in accordance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research, GDPR, HDRUK, ICO and NIHR research policies and guidelines, as appropriate. 16.

Development and dissemination of public health research - communicating analytical, statistical and epidemiological information to a wide range of audiences. 17.

Responsible for ensuring that HDRC and related research is embedded into the County Council, HDRC partners and promoted to the wider ICS. 18.

Responsible for introducing, adapting and improving systems for wider determinants of health research to disseminate information and research findings. 19.

To manage the HDRC Project team in conjunction with the relevant BI Team Leader. 20.

To develop, maintain and disseminate guidance and be a point of contact for research active staff to offer specialist advice in relation to research governance. 21.

To develop and maintain an up-to-date central research register for all relevant HDRC research projects. 22. To collaborate with partners across the system, including academics, NHS, community, and voluntary sector to ensure that the ongoing participation in joint research projects meets the necessary criteria. 23.

Undertake personal/professional development relevant to field of expertise.

Special Factors

The nature of the work may involve the jobholder carrying out work outside of normal working hours.

As this job is grade 13 or above, it is responsible for all elements of risk management within its area of control.

Title: Job Description/Person Specification Template

Date Created: 10/10/2010

Last Amended: 07/12/2023 Page 4 of 7

The postholder may be required to attend from time to time, training courses, conferences, seminars or other meetings as required by his/her own training needs and the needs of the service.

Expenses will be paid in accordance with the Local Conditions of Service

This job description sets out the duties and responsibilities of the job at the time when it was drawn up. Such duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot in themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the job.

Leicestershire County Council is seeking to promote the employment of disabled people and will make any adjustments considered reasonable to the above duties under the terms of the Equality Act 2010 to accommodate a suitable disabled candidate.

Date Prepared/Revised: December 2023

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a degree with a significant numerical / statistical content
• PhD relevant to public health or evidence of equivalent research experience
• Experience
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success in delivering research results within public health
• Demonstrable substantial contribution to high quality publications, considered to be within Research Excellence Frameworks (REF).
• Experience of developing and writing health needs assessments, health equality audit and health impact assessments
• Experience in using and applying health economics techniques
• Experience in developing needs assessments in a partnership arena such as the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• Significant experience of working with multiple sets of health-related data and information systems in health-related organisations
• Experience of data/insight report development and dashboard/report writing (tableau or equivalent)
• Experience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methodologies for interpreting and understanding data sets and specialist software to undertake these analyses
• Evidence of working as an effective relationship manager for a specific service and of leading/supporting multi-disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of research methodologies and models, approaches, techniques, critiques and methods
• People management training and/or qualification (initial or intermediate)
• Programme and/or project management training and/or qualification
• Epidemiological techniques
• Current public health policy
• Expertise in electronically accessing and using complex health related data
• Understanding of the complexities and challenges of internal and external partnership working
• An understanding of data security and confidentiality issues and the NHS Information Governance Toolkit
• Well-developed presentation, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write concise and meaningful reports
• Ability to translate complex concepts and data for different audiences
• Good political awareness, sensitivity and understanding of local political structures and priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective relationships with external and internal individuals and organisations
• Able to gain confidence of senior managers in the County Councils and in partnerships
• Good organisational skills with proven ability to deliver quality products to tight deadlines
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office
• Ability to think strategically and develop innovative ways to meet customer needs
• Good team working skills and willingness to coach and mentor colleagues
• Skills in managing and motivating people to deliver a high-quality service
• Experience of using data analytics/ visualisation tools such as Tableau or equivalent
• Other Requirements
• An understanding of, and commitment to Equal Opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
• Must be able to perform all duties and tasks with reasonable adjustment, where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010

Person Specification

Essential

• Qualifications
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a degree with a significant numerical / statistical content
• PhD relevant to public health or evidence of equivalent research experience
• Doc/Int
• Doc/Int
• Experience
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success in delivering research results within public health
• Demonstrable substantial contribution to high quality publications, considered to be within Research Excellence Frameworks (REF).
• Experience of developing and writing health needs assessments, health equality audit and health impact assessments
• Experience in using and applying health economics techniques
• Experience in developing needs assessments in a partnership arena such as the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• Significant experience of working with multiple sets of health-related data and information systems in health-related organisations
• Experience of data/insight report development and dashboard/report writing (tableau or equivalent)
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• Title: Job Description/Person Specification Template
• Date Created: 10/10/2010
• Last Amended: 07/12/2023 Page 6 of 7
• Experience in the use of statistical and epidemiological methodologies for interpreting and understanding data sets and specialist software to undertake these analyses
• Evidence of working as an effective relationship manager for a specific service and of leading/supporting multi-disciplinary teams
• App/Int
• App/Int
• Knowledge
• Knowledge of research methodologies and models, approaches, techniques, critiques and methods
• People management training and/or qualification (initial or intermediate)
• Programme and/or project management training and/or qualification
• Epidemiological techniques
• Current public health policy
• Expertise in electronically accessing and using complex health related data
• Understanding of the complexities and challenges of internal and external partnership working
• An understanding of data security and confidentiality issues and the NHS Information Governance Toolkit
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• Skills and Competencies
• Well-developed presentation, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write concise and meaningful reports
• Ability to translate complex concepts and data for different audiences
• Good political awareness, sensitivity and understanding of local political structures and priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• Title: Job Description/Person Specification Template
• Date Created: 10/10/2010
• Last Amended: 07/12/2023 Page 7 of 7
• develop effective relationships with external and internal individuals and organisations
• Able to gain confidence of senior managers in the County Councils and in partnerships
• Good organisational skills with proven ability to deliver quality products to tight deadlines
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office
• Ability to think strategically and develop innovative ways to meet customer needs
• Good team working skills and willingness to coach and mentor colleagues
• Skills in managing and motivating people to deliver a high-quality service
• Experience of using data analytics/ visualisation tools such as Tableau or equivalent
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• App/Int
• Other Requirements
• An understanding of, and commitment to Equal Opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
• App/Int
• Must be able to perform all duties and tasks with reasonable adjustment, where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010
• Med
• Key:
• App = Application Form
• Test = Test
• Int = Interview
• Pre = Presentation
• Med = Medical Questionnaire
• Dc = Documentary Evidence (E.g., Certificates)
• Date Prepared/Revised: December 2023