Public Health Analyst
London Borough of Croydon
Salary range: Grade 10 £45,123- £47,262 plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon
The opportunity
This is an exciting time to join the Programmes & Performance and public health Service as we strive to get effective use of data at the heart of the design and delivery of excellent services. Working directly with our Public Health team, we are looking for a Public Health Analyst to contribute to the analysis and interpretation of public health data, turning data into health intelligence. You will also support the work of the Combating Drugs Partnership to deliver their outcomes of improving health and reducing health inequalities. This role is pivotal to ensuring that the ambitions of the National Drug Strategy are met through data-led commissioning of services.
About you
We are looking for someone who:
Can build and develop stakeholder relationships to enable them to be an effective member of the Public Health team.
Can undertake data analysis and interpret and report on the results, ensuring data is clearly, appropriately and accurately presented.
Understands sources of data relevant to public health, epidemiology and statistics, keeping up-to-date with availability and quality of national and local datasets and statistics.
Will contribute to the development of products and services offered by the Croydon Public Heath Intelligence and Substance Use teams.
Will be competent in use Excel and will have experience of report and development using Microsoft PowerBI.
Will deliver projects to agreed timescales and manage own work programme.
Can work proactively to promote quality assurance across all Public Health outputs.
Is a team player, happy to share knowledge and be committed to undertake training where required to support their own learning and development.
Why join us
A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
30 days’ annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
- Investment into your staff well-being
- Great team ethos
- The culture at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change
- You will have the opportunity to work from home and work flexibly which provides you with more of a work-life balance.
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact the Principal Public Health Intelligence Analyst by email on kate.harris@croydon.gov.uk Please note this role may close early dependent on applicant volume and we will not accept applications after the closing date.
Apply early
This vacancy may close without notice if a sufficient number of applications are received. Early application is therefore encouraged.