Job responsibilities
This role involves the collation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of public health information. You will be required to have good working knowledge of the practical application of analytical methods, be highly numerate and have good communication skills.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Planning, managing and delivering on a range of projects requiring potentially complex analytic input, including negotiating and agreeing the most appropriate data output, initiating and planning workloads and setting delivery timescales.
- Analyse and interpret complex data using tools such as SQL, R, Python, and undertake statistical analyses such as significance testing and correlation analyses
- Development of dashboards for data visualisation using tools such as Power BI
- Participate in the business as usual production of data products, such as the UKHSA data dashboard, including running data pipelines and quality assuring outputs
- Take a lead in developing and promoting quality assurance procedures. Check for data anomalies prior to and during analyses and perform corrective actions as required, including liaising with internal and external data providers.
- Exercise judgement in interpreting statistics appropriately, especially where the data indicates a negative or contentious situation.
- Communicate analytical/statistical matters to non-analytical/statistical professionals.
- Attending local and national meetings with key stakeholders including health intelligence analysts, health improvement and protection colleagues, and partner organisations for UKHSA.
- Ensuring personal and promoting team compliance with corporate policies in relation to security, confidentiality and release of information.
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Essential Criteria:
- Educated to first- or upper-second-class honours degree level or equivalent relevant experience in a numerate discipline such as statistics, mathematics, sciences, social sciences, economics, geography or similar.
- Experience of coding (e.g. SQL, R, Python) and familiarity with data science elements e.g. working with version control / code sharing platforms
- Experience of data visualisation (e.g. Power BI)
- Experience of quality assuring data and analytical products, including quality assuring outputs and introducing and improving quality assurance procedures
- Experience in the use of statistical methods for analysing data sets
- Experience of written and oral communication and interpretation of complex analysis to a varied group of stakeholders
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Experience of building strong relationships and encouraging collaborative working both within and outside of own team
- Knowledge of data security and confidentiality issues
Desirable criteria:
- An interest and enthusiasm for public health issues and information
- Experience of working with multiple sets of health-related data and information systems in health-related organisations
- Line management experience and/or knowledge of the principles of good line management
Selection Process
Stage 1: Application & Sift
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability in no more than 1000 words. We will be assessing essential criteria/ desirable criteria at sift.
This should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Experience criteria or 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. This will be used in the sifting process and will be scored
Stage 2: Panel Interview
All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on behaviours and technical skills through Success Profiles. Applicants will be asked to complete a technical task prior to the interview and prepare a 5-minute presentation on the results which will be delivered and discussed during the interview.
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
- Communicating and influencing
- Managing a Quality Service - Working together
- Delivering at pace
To find out more about civil service behaviours please click here Behaviours | Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Complaint process:
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: Complaints1@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
