Public Health Intelligence Analyst (HDRC)

Public Health Intelligence Analyst (HDRC) - secondment/fixed term opportunity for up to 18 months due to funding

Band: 8. Salary: £35,235 – £37,937 p.a.

37 hours per week

What is the role?

Portsmouth City Council has successfully bid to be one of thirty Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRC) nationally. The HDRC is a new element of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) research infrastructure based in local government. The purpose is to enable local authorities to become more research-active, undertake new research and use existing evidence to inform decision making and undertake evaluation activities.

The HDRC will boost research capacity and capability within the council, using research findings to understand how decisions impact on health and health inequalities.The role is about analysing and interpreting complex information, making it accessible to others so it informs decisions about where research is needed and how existing data and intelligence can inform research projects. You will identify, analyse, interpret and present a range of types of information depending on the project, contributing to in-depth needs assessments on diverse topics.

You will sit within the Strategic Intelligence and Research team reporting to the Public Health Principal Intelligence Analyst; and will also be part of the HDRC Portsmouth team. You will be supporting the organisation to fulfil its public health intelligence functions including the statutory Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). This will involve a mixture of complex statistical analysis,use of specialist statistical, geographical information systems (GIS) and geo-demographic segmentation software, and presentation of findings in a range of formats including written reports or as meaningful visualisations.

The role will work with colleagues in Directorates across Portsmouth City Council, HDRC and with external partners, including the University of Portsmouth and HIVE Portsmouth.

Who is the person

With experience of applying your skills to the analysis and presentation of data, you will have a degree level qualification in a Public Health, statistics or associated subject, or equivalent experience. You will understand and value the role of intelligence-led and evidence-informed decisions making and have a good understanding of population level data sources, including relevant limitations. You will have a theoretical knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research and be skilled at turning data into meaningful presentations and reports, communicating to a wide range of audiences. With a high level of proficiency in using MS Office packages, including Excel and Access you will also have used other advanced programme languages such as R, DAX, Python or similar for statistical analysis. Experience of using Power BI or other similar applications used for data management, analysis and reporting. In addition, experience of supporting and training colleagues would be desirable.

For full details of the role and who we are looking for refer to the job profile.

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you:

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council

Additional information:

If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please email James Hawkins, Public Health Principal Intelligence Analyst,james.hawkins@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.

How to apply: Please read the full job profile for further details of the post and ensure you fully read before you complete your application. Please ensure that you fully demonstrate how you meet the points on the job profile stated in the 'who is the person' with the use of examples from your experience.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found atEquality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Closing: 6 July 2025.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800