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Job summary

Job title – Data Analyst

Profession- Data Analytics

Directorate – Data Operations

Full Time equivalent - 37.5 hours

No of Roles – 1

Contract Type – Permanent  

Location – Hybrid

United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) operates a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's locations (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).  Specialist or regional roles will be based at the appropriate UKHSA site. For certain roles, some additional flexibility may be possible, which will be agreed upon with the hiring manager based on individual requirements and business needs.

Working Pattern – Full Time /Flexible Working / Part Time / Job Share / Hybrid

Grade & Salary – Grade HEO. National - £30,473   £37,215. Inner London – £34,463- £41,478 per annum. Outer London - £32,469 - £39,532.

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.

The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

This role is to be appointed under Civil Service Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&C’s are found https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/.

Closing Date – 04/08/2024. 23:55pm. Late applications will not be considered.

Interview Date – W/C 26/08/2024 Please note, these dates are subject to change.

Job description

The UKHSA Data Operations Directorate provides strategic leadership and oversight for developing and managing a common and bespoke suite of performant, modern, secure, data and analytical tools, services, platforms and applications, ensuring access to high quality data and analytics services, internally and externally.

Based within the Data Operations Directorate, the Data Product Development Division are responsible for the development and delivery of new and existing dashboards and platforms, ensuring that data are made available to improve health security outcomes. Our flagship product is the UKHSA data dashboard, which builds on the hugely influential COVID-19 dashboard, and presents data on COVID-19, as well as other respiratory viruses such as influenza.

 

Overview of Job

As a Data Analyst, you will play a crucial role in enabling data-driven operations and decision-making within the public health domain. Your primary responsibilities will revolve around the collection, processing, and integration of data from various sources to build robust data pipelines and dashboards, reports and visualisations.

A key aspect of your work will involve designing and developing data models and schemas that facilitate efficient data storage, retrieval, and analysis. You will implement extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes to ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity throughout the data lifecycle.

Collaboration with public health professionals and stakeholders across the organisation will be essential to understand their data needs and develop tailored data solutions that meet their requirements. You will act as a bridge between the technical and non-technical worlds, providing guidance and support on data access, analysis, and interpretation.

As part of your role, you will ensure adherence to data governance policies, security protocols, and organisational standards, safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive public health data. Data profiling, source system analysis, and data quality checks will be crucial to identify and resolve any data integrity issues that may arise.

Your role will include the production of health indicators, quality assurance of dashboard products, and the facilitation of downstream analyses by ensuring data quality, integrity, and accessibility.

You will work matrix style with colleagues across UKHSA to develop and deliver national health intelligence outputs to prepare for, prevent, and respond to external hazards that threaten the health of nation’s population.

Main Duties of the Job

• Collation, analysis, interpretation and visualisation of public health information.
• Implement data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes to ensure data quality and consistency.
• Building and maintaining interactive dashboards and data visualisation tools to facilitate data exploration and reporting.
• Participating in the “business as usual” operations of data products, such as the UKHSA data dashboard, including running data pipelines and quality assuring outputs.
• Liaising, where necessary, with colleagues concerning issues of data quality and effect on analysis.
• Communicating analytical/statistical matters to non-analytical/statistical professionals.
• Ensuring personal and promoting team compliance with corporate policies in relation to security, confidentiality and release of information.

 

 

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Experience of coding (e.g., SQL, R, Python) and familiarity with good data science practice e.g., version control
• Experience working with health-related datasets or information systems in health-related organisations
• Experience in using Microsoft Power BI to analyse data and build, develop, support dashboards
• Working knowledge of data security, management and information governance
• Perform analysts to support business decisions e.g. assess data, find trends, drill down, assess relationships or causality, create forecasts
• Experience of producing data models, understanding where to use, how to compare and reverse-engineer a data model from a live system
• Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• High degree of numeracy and literacy
• Ability to present, communicate and visualise data so that it is accessible to others
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
• A first or second class honours degree in a numerate subject (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Business Studies, Psychology, Geography or similar) or a higher degree, e.g. a MSc or PhD, in a numerate subject or have worked in a data analysis field and are able to demonstrate Continuous Professional Development in data analysis at the same level as a foundation

 

Desirable criteria:  

 

• Working knowledge of industry-recognised data modelling patterns and standards
• An interest and enthusiasm for public health issues and information
   

 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,473, UK Health Security Agency contributes £8,227 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Stage 1: Application & Sift

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess the essential and desirable criteria at sift, and Experience/Technical skills and Behaviours at interview.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.  

You will also be asked to provide a Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability in no more than 750 words. The Statement of Suitability should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Experience criteria.

During the sift for interview, your CV and Statement of Suitability will be assessed and scored against the job description and Experience criteria.  

Please note, only information provided within the stated word count will be considered. You must provide the ad reference number (UKHSA01631) in your Statement. We may discard any applications without this information.

The highest scoring candidates at the sift stage will progress to interview. At interview stage, candidates will be assessed on a mix of the Behaviours listed below, Technical skills and the essential Experience as outlined. Candidates will be asked to give a short Technical presentation.

 

Stage 2: Panel Interview

All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on Behaviours through Success Profiles, and on Experience/Technical skills.

 

The Civil Service application process has a standardised method for assessing candidates, we strongly recommend that you read the descriptions of the civil service behaviours. Strong interviewees will present these in the Situation, Task, Action, Result (STAR) method.  For these examples it is best to make clear where you did the work / activity which means in general using "I" instead of "we" if it is appropriate.

 

If successful at sift stage, you will be invited to interview where you'll be assessed on the Behaviours and Technical skills listed below:

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

 

The following Technical skills will be assessed at interview:

• Data Analyst

You will also be required to complete a technical assessment.. Details will be provided to the successful candidates 5 working days prior to your interview date.

Reserve List:

Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.

If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.

Benefits

• You will be a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Range of health and wellbeing support

 

Any move to UKHSA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare.

 

DBS

 

People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.

 

This role is open to external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

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 welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Government baseline personnel security standard

It’s important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:

• life sentences
• arson
• sexual offences
• hate and terror offences

Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role

 

 

 

Complaint Process

 

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: Complaints1@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.

 

Contact Details – Sophie.Rigney@reed.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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.