Advanced Information Analyst

Cornwall Wellbeing & Public Health Service

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Knowledge and Intelligence Team (KIT) within the Wellbeing & Public Health Service. Your role will be wide-ranging and varied as the team delivers quality and timely public health intelligence to a broad range of stakeholders within the service and wider healthcare system. You will lead on shaping the tools methods and practices used to undertake and communicate analysis in order to improve residents health and wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with colleagues from the local authority NHS voluntary sector and other agencies.
• Provide vital information analysis and visualisations to support evidence-based decision making.
• Interpret health socio-economic and demographic data to transform raw data into actionable insights.
• Support evidence-based needs assessments and influence decision-making processes.
• Test hypotheses using data and present findings in a clear accessible manner.
• Lead the production development and promotion of statistical/information products.
• Manage the storage updating and routine analysis of public health and population datasets.
• Oversee the work required to support governance quality and performance and staff training and development.
• Management duties of intelligence team including strategic direction continuous improvement and staff development.

About You:

We are seeking a high-performing and enthusiastic professional who can build effective relationships with colleagues and partners across the council and healthcare system. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of working in a data and analysis environment with excellent verbal written and presentation skills.

The successful candidate will be creative proactive and comfortable working across public sector organisations and on multiple projects. They will have experience in public health or local government / NHS analytics including:

• Strong numerical and statistical skills
• Experience using of a range of tools and techniques to deliver intelligence covering querying data extraction analysis visualisation reporting and verbal presentations.
• Advanced IT and analytical skills with strong experience in using tools and systems such as SQL Power BI Advanced Excel and / or R. ArcGIS skills are desirable.
• Experience linking complex demographic public health healthcare and local authority datasets to derive meaningful and actionable analysis supporting reduction in health and healthcare inequalities.
• Knowledge of current and evolving public health and NHS services policies and priorities.
• Experience of working within Data Protection Legislation including the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR.
• Experience with line management and development of intelligence or analytical teams.

Qualifications:

• Educated to Masters degree level equivalent qualifications or equivalent professional experience. Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of working with information in the NHS or similar public sector organisation is desirable.

Additional Information:

If you are passionate about utilising data to make a meaningful difference in the community we would love to hear from you.

• Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

• We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. However we also recognise the importance of maintaining connections via regular office days. The successful candidate will be expected to regularly work from our New County Hall Truro office as well as attend in-person meetings across Cornwall.
• This position is subject to a criminal records disclosure check.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Beth Simons

The full role profile is attached here.

About Us

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year.Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for order to best serve our communities we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds cultures and identities; e.g. race disability sex gender age religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children young people and adults at risk. Its a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.