Director of Analytics and Data Science

Job description

Job responsibilities

Managing People & Resources

• The role will manage four teams based at various UKHSA-identified office locations
• The post-holder will be responsible for owning and managing the entire team budget on delegation from the Director General of Data, Analytics and Surveillance Group. The post-holder will be expected to secure all necessary funding through SR processes, ensuring impact and value for money to the taxpayer

Accountability & Decision Making

• Lead the development of cutting-edge modelling, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Intelligence (MI) to bear against Health Protection / Security outcomes
• Oversee the development and delivery of complex commissioned analytics outputs, including data visibility and data visualisation (e.g., geospatial) and advise/support other primary and secondary analysis on a commissioned basis
• Lead the management and prioritisation of analytical work, ensuring inter-disciplinary teams work efficiently and effectively together to produce high quality analytical outputs
• Drive the adoption of a wide range of analysis and synthesis techniques and continually assure, improve and innovate practices to generate clear and valuable findings
• Establish visualisation capabilities that tell an actionable story and inform decision making
• Support the Heads of Analytical Professions including Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Modelling and Geography to undertake their duties on behalf of the organisation
• Provide tailored data and analytics services to wider UKHSA to achieve the full range of health protection outcomes
• Define standards of practice for MI collection
• Support the UKHSA transparency agenda and encourage transparency of data and analysis by default across UKHSA, ensuring our trustworthiness with the public and regulator
• Enhance and build upon academic partnerships in modelling, HPRUs. Making the most of links with global partners (CDC, WHO) and leverage the National Biosurveillance Network to coordinate expertise and resources.

As part of the application process, you will also be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability of no more than 1500 words outlining why you will be suitable for the role.

Your personal statement should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.

STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT:You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed in line with the advertised criteria.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.STAGE 2 INTERVIEW

If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to take part in a series of assessments which may include psychometric assessments and a staff engagement exercise. These assessments will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather, they are designed to support the panels decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.

You will be asked to attend a panel interview in order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification.

For further information on the selection process, please refer to the attached Candidate Pack.

Person Specification

Through your application please provide evidence against the following criteria

Essential

• Empowering, inclusive and inspiring management of high performing analytical teams, with the ability to lead dispersed multifunctional teams through change and organisational transformation in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to forge relationships with senior stakeholders of various professions within and outside the organisation, collaborating across different sectors. Coordinating projects with a range of internal and external stakeholders, influencing, negotiating, and challenging where necessary.
• Evidence of both management and leadership skills, working strategically in a wider context with clear ability to support decision-making.
• Evidence of leading teams at the cutting-edge of complex analytics and visualisation, thinking differently about how to deliver policy relevant health capabilities. Working with a range of national and international stakeholders.
• The ability to connect strategy, operational planning, and complex capabilities to enable National outcomes; delivering continuous improvement in the way that we think and operate, for both our long-term efficiency and effectiveness

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Any UKHSA office location with regular travel to London and elsewhere when required

National

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)