Information Analyst inCardiff inCardiff PUBLISHED WED 6 NOV 2024

Band 5: £30,420 to £37,030 a year per annum SECONDMENT GOOD SALARY

MENTAL HEALTH

Public Health Wales rF1yOOUt

Opportunity to contribute to public health initiatives that directly impact the wellbeing of the population in Wales.

Work within a collaborative and innovative team of analytical specialists, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing.

Gain experience in a wide range of public health surveillance schemes, enhancing your analytical and data interpretation skills.

Engagement with large datasets and complex analytical processes, providing essential support to health protection programmes.

Potential to influence health policies and practices, especially in areas like communicable diseases and vaccine-preventable diseases.

The role offers the possibility to use and improve communication skills, given the requirement for interaction within cross-cutting groups and teams.

Public Health Wales is seeking an experienced Information Analyst for a fixed-term/secondment role in Cardiff, lasting 12 months due to funding. The successful candidate will join the Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme (VPDP) team, providing analytical support for public health surveillance schemes. Key responsibilities include developing analysis plans, advising on efficient analysis of large datasets, and supporting various areas of expertise within the VPDP and Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC). Welsh language skills are desirable, but applications from both English and Welsh speakers are welcomed. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as the application process may close early if there are a high number of submissions.

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 12 MONTHS DUE TO FUNDING.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.

Public Health Wales provides health protection services to the people of Wales. The service is integrated and is primarily delivered through health protection teams, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC); health protection programmes (e.g. healthcare associated infections, antimicrobial resistance & prescribing (HARP), Immunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Programme (VPDP), Blood borne viruses (BBV), sexual health, TB and Inequalities, and environmental health protection) and the microbiology laboratories and reference laboratories / specialist services.

We are looking for an experienced, innovative, collaborative and dynamic individuals to join a team of analytical specialists in the Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme (VPDP) to provide a proactive and responsive service.

The post holder will provide analytical support to the development and maintenance of public health surveillance schemes in the VPDP / CDSC. This will include developing analysis plans and advising on efficient analysis of large datasets, as required. Support may be across any of the VPDP / CDSC areas of expertise as required. including cross-cutting groups include field epidemiology; settings-based surveillance; and environmental surveillance.

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The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Please note we reserve the right to close the application process before the closing date if we receive a large number of candidates. If you are interested in this post, and wish to be considered, we advise that you submit your application as soon as possible

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