Data Officer (Public Health Intelligence) x 3 Posts

Directorate: Adult Care, Housing & Public Health

Temporary (36 months), Full time, 37 hours per week

Rotherham Council is seeking to employ three Data Officers (Public Health Intelligence) to work across South Yorkshire Local Authorities to support the application of a data-driven approach to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities.

These posts are three-year fixed posts and offer a 22-month Level 7 Health and Care Intelligence Specialist Apprenticeship where 20% of worktime will be dedicated to apprenticeship learning. The postholder must be able to start in post in January in line with the apprenticeship programme.

To allow exposure to the public health system across South Yorkshire, these will be rotating around the four local authorities (Rotherham, Barnsley, Sheffield, and Doncaster).

You will be an analyst in public health and the role will involve the collation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of health and wellbeing data, to develop new outcome monitoring dashboards, to support the use of data in local health improvement programmes, and to contribute to the analytical capability across the system.

Public Health work on a wide range of issues, with multiple partners, to achieve significant improvements in local people’s health and wellbeing and addressing inequalities in health.

The postholder will have the demonstrable experience in the field to build the understanding of health and health inequalities through data and intelligence.

The role will involve working across the system with other partners, including local health organisations, the voluntary and community sector and teams across the Council.

The team is looking for an enthusiastic individual with demonstrable skills and experience, if this is you, we look forward to receiving your application.

Interview date: 12th and 13th November

Start date: Candidate must be able to start in post mid-January due to apprenticeship cohort intake.

Applications from Women, people from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities and Disabled People are welcomed as under-representation currently exists at this level within the organisation. Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

If you would like further information, please contact Public Health Intelligence Principal, Lorna Quinn, Lorna.Quinn @rotherham.gov.uk

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.