Public Health Intelligence Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an experienced Public Health Intelligence (PHI) Manager to lead our public health intelligence function, driving evidence-based action to improve health, reduce inequalities, and address the wider determinants of wellbeing.

Reporting to the Head of Policy, Performance and Intelligence and working closely with the new Director of Public Health, this is an exciting opportunity to influence the health of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents.

The PHI Team Manager will work across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough system including the Integrated Care System, Local and Combined Authorities and wider partners, helping to build population health intelligence capacity and good working relationships across the local system to inform the improvement of population health and reduce inequalities.

The role will sit within Cambridgeshire County Councils newly formed Policy, Performance & Intelligence Team. A team of 50 individuals who provide data, analysis insight and policy expertise to support the operational management and strategic planning of services.

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 currently available on a permanent basis with the option of flexibility from full-time to a minimum 30 hours per week, with a provision for home working.

Please refer to the person specification when completing your supporting statement, as applications will be shortlisted against the required experience, knowledge, and skills.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Rachel Hallam, Head of Policy, Performance & Intelligence, atRachel.Hallam@cambridgeshire.gov.ukor Harriet North, Interim Public Health Intelligence Team Lead,atHarriet.North@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

As a Public Health Intelligence Manager you will be responsible for:

• Leading the Public Health Intelligence Team, ensuring delivery of high-quality analysis and robust management of public health datasets.
• Designing and managing a programme of joined-up public health intelligence across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough system including the Integrated Care System, Local and Combined Authorities and wider partners.
• Support wider public health priorities as needed in collaboration with colleagues in the Public Health team.
• Upskill the Public Health workforce with data and intelligence competency, in line with standards.
• Develop digital solutions and intelligence tools to make public health intelligence accessible to colleagues, system partners and the general public.
• Act as a senior expert in public health intelligence, advising senior leaders and elected members.

You will work closely with the wider public health team, including the new Director of Public Health, to understand and manage their intelligence and insight needs and direct the Analysts as appropriate.

Were looking for an individual with excellent knowledge, skills and experience of working with linked patient level data (health, social care and wider determinants datasets), and an understanding of the health and care system and public healths role within it. Youll bring the skills to undertake analytical work yourself and quality assure the work of others. A good understanding of information governance is also essential.

The role will have line management and team management responsibility for a small but skilled group of Analysts, some of whom are new to working in health intelligence, so were looking for someone with the enthusiasm for supporting diverse training and learning needs.

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 dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont 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 Employer. 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, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. 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.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Person Specification

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire County Council

Address

Huntingdon

PE28 4YE

Employer's website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)