Public Health Intelligence Analyst (Apprenticeship) NW

In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to gain experience and expertise in public health intelligence, working as part of the DHSC Local Knowledge and Intelligence Service (LKIS).
LKIS contributes to achieving the DHSC purpose by delivering analysis, training and insight. Part of the DHSC Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), LKIS works as a distributed network with a team in each of the seven health regions. Our goal is to support more effective and efficient regional & local health intelligence systems and improved data-informed decision-making on health and care.
Based within the Places and Regions Directorate, each regional LKIS team works as part of the OHID public health regional team, led by the Regional Director of Public Health. The regional team works closely with health intelligence specialists and other partners in local systems. LKIS has strong ethos of collaboration and innovation, serving as a source of expertise in public health intelligence.
This role is offered as an apprenticeship. Undertaking the Health and Care Intelligence Specialist (Level 7) apprenticeship is a requirement of the role., As a Public Health Intelligence Analyst, you will be part of a dynamic team responsible for delivering an effective programme of health intelligence to inform public health delivery in England. You will be embedded in one of the seven LKIS regional teams and work with the team and other OHID colleagues to deliver high quality analysis and other health intelligence related activity to inform public health policy and practice., Successful participation in and completion of the Health and Care Intelligence Specialist (Level 7) apprenticeship
- Providing advice and support in the use of common sources of data for public health purposes
- Applying analytical, statistical and epidemiological methods to a range of public health data to support routine and ad hoc analytical projects and tasks
- Planning, managing and delivering on a range of assigned projects requiring analytic input, including negotiating and agreeing the most appropriate data output, initiating and planning workloads and setting delivery timescales
- Ensuring compliance with quality assurance policy and procedures and taking responsibility for producing data quality reports on hosted databases
- Participating in an ad hoc health intelligence request service for users of the services and providing specialist advice on appropriate use of this information
- Supporting the local translation and dissemination of health intelligence outputs through awareness raising and signposting
- Using a variety of methods including written briefings and oral presentations to communicate the implications of public health analytical outputs for action to improve local population health to stakeholders from a range of backgrounds
- Supporting the training and induction of OHID staff as well as participating in the programme of training in health intelligence for external stakeholders
- Attending meetings with key local stakeholders and playing an active role in the hosted network for public health intelligence specialists.
- Working collaboratively as part of the analytical capability within OHID and wider DHSC assisting colleagues in the delivery of the analytical work programme
-Ensuring personal, and promoting team, compliance with corporate policies in relation to security, confidentiality and release of information
- Supervision of relevant staff as directed., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Developing Self and Others
+ Changing and Improving
+ Working Together, You can apply for an apprenticeship while you’re still at school but you’ll need to be 16 or over by the end of the summer holidays to start the apprenticeship. Please note if successful you must be 16 or over to undergo the relevant security checks.
Terms and Conditions
Candidates should note that DHSC’s Terms and Conditions of employment changed from 1 October 2013. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful.
New Entrants to the Civil Service
New entrants appointed in grades AA to G6 will receive DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions:
+ Annual Leave: 25 days on entry rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff
+ Privilege Leave: 1 day - for the King’s birthday
+ Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
+ Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): one month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months’ full pay and five months’ half pay
+ Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allow staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
+ Probation: 6 month probation period
Existing Civil Service staff transferring from another Government department, on either level transfer or promotion
All staff moving to DHSC will transfer onto DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Existing DHSC staff, appointed on promotion
If DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions are already held, the employee will retain those terms and conditions. If DHSC’s pre-modernised terms and conditions are held, the employee will transfer onto DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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 also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

+ A first- or second-class honours degree in a numerate subject, containing taught statistical content (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Business Studies, Psychology, Geography, Data Science or similar) OR proven work experience in any data-driven professional capacity, such as data science, data engineering or analysis.
Knowledge and Experience:
+ Experience in the use of statistical and analytical methods for interpreting and understanding data sets
+ Experience in the development of systems for the inputting, storing and dissemination of information
+ Experience in the training and development of others in information skills
+ Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
+ Knowledge of data security and confidentiality issues.
Skills and Capabilities:
+ Well-developed epidemiological and / or statistical skills
+ Comprehensive knowledge of software skills in spreadsheets, databases and statistical methods including GIS, statistical software (e.g. R, Stata, SAS, SQL)
+ Ability to analyse and resolve highly complex information queries and problems
+ Able to present the findings from complex analysis to a non-analytical audience., + must have lived in the UK and/or EU for 3 years prior to the apprenticeship start date
+ must not be undertaking another apprenticeship at the same time.
The successful candidate(s) will be enrolled onto a Health and Care Intelligence Specialist (Level 7) apprenticeship.
At the enrolment stage, the individual's eligibility will be checked by the training provider.
Candidates need to make sure they do not have pre-existing qualifications at the same or higher level in a similar subject as the apprenticeship.

Alongside your salary of £33,476, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £9,697 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%