Public Health Analyst with Level 7 Apprenticeship Health and Care Intelligence Specialist

Job Description

Do you want to use your analytical skills to make a real difference in public health? This is a unique opportunity to develop your career where we will support you to grow your expertise through practical experience and structured learning.

We are seeking an enthusiastic early-career data analyst to join our Public Health Intelligence Team. You will be employed as a Public Health Analyst, earning a salary while completing fully funded apprenticeship training that combines practical experience with professional development. This funded learning opportunity is open to applicants of all ages, not solely those under 21.

This is a 36 month fixed-term full-time position working 37 hours per week.

Public health is about helping people and communities to stay healthy, protecting them from risks to health and most importantly reducing inequality in health outcomes. The East Sussex County Council Public Health Team has specialist expertise to identify local need and use the latest data and evidence to undertake its responsibility for improving and protecting population health across the county. This role will be working within the Public Health Intelligence Team to help provide high quality data management and analysis skills to support the work of the department, county council and wider health and care system. As this is a development role, the successful candidate will also experience the following:

• Opportunities to lead analytical projects from scoping through to delivery.
• Involvement in service improvement and change initiatives.
• Opportunities to design and deliver training or knowledge-sharing activities.
• Presentation of findings and recommendations to stakeholders to support decision-making

East Sussex Public Health are based at County Hall in Lewes and there will be a requirement to work in-person for some of the time, and the technology is also in place to enable remote working.

About the Apprenticeship

The Level 7 Health and Care Intelligence Specialist apprenticeship is equivalent to master’s degree level. The training provider is Jane Goodwin Associates (see links below for further information). Each week, 20% of work time is protected to complete the apprenticeship programme over 22 months. A further 14 months full-time paid employment follows to embed the learning.

The taught element of the course is due to start in January 2027. This is remote learning via webinars and video calls which can be completed at home.

The programme is suitable for junior level staff with no more than 3 years of experience who want to grow their career from a junior analyst position to a more senior role. It is not suitable for those who hold a public health degree or are educated higher than a master’s degree level. Learners will need to have studied a statistical module at university or have a willingness to learn and ability to apply stats in a project.

Required mathematics qualifications or experience (at least one of the following):

• Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) undergraduate degree
• Social Sciences (e.g. Psychology, Geography, Economics, Accounting) undergraduate degree with Research Methods and/or Statistics and quantitative degree modules, and an undergraduate dissertation with a research or data analysis component
• Level 4 or higher qualification in STEM or a related field that includes substantial mathematical content (e.g., Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Computing, Engineering, or Science)
• Professional registration with FEDIP through the Association of Healthcare Analysts (AphA) at Practitioner or Senior Practitioner level
• Equivalent analytical work experience

For further information please view the below:

• Job description and person specification
• JGA Health and Care Intelligence Specialist apprenticeship: Health & Care (& Population Health) Intelligence Specialist Apprenticeship Level 7 - JGA
• Skills England apprenticeship standard: Health and care intelligence specialist / Skills England

Advice to applicants

Before applying, please consider carefully whether your skills and experience are a good fit for this position and you have the capacity for the added demands of study. You must also be able to attend in-person meetings and team days in Lewes when required.

Details about building accessibility for County Hall are available on our website.

If you have any questions about the building accessibility for the building this role is based in, please contact the hiring manager.

To apply for this role, please follow the ‘Apply Now’ button above and submit a CV and supporting statement. In your application, take the opportunity to tell us about specific examples of things you have done which demonstrate how your skills and experience match the person specification of the job description. This is one of the ways we shortlist candidates for interview.

For guidance on how to write an application see our how to apply page and our statement on the use of AI.

Interviews will take place in-person and will be conducted on the week commencing 16 November 2026.

Candidates who meet certain criteria are given priority when we shortlist. See our priority status page for details.

We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.

To find out more about the role, or for an informal discussion, please contact Michael Watson on Michael.Watson@eastsussex.gov.uk, or Graham Evans on Graham.Evans@eastsussex.gov.uk

This role offers the chance to work on a variety of interesting projects within the Public Health Intelligence Team, providing specialist public health analysis and interpretation to support the health and wellbeing of communities in East Sussex.

For collaboration not competition, choose East Sussex!

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Additional Information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.
If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role. For further information please go to Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.