INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Public Health Analyst bei London Borough of Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest · London, Vereinigtes Königreich · Onsite
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in London
***Internal Applicants Only***
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO6 £54,267 - £57,402
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 36
Application Deadline: 19/10/2025
Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC
Reference: 1815
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
About the role:
Waltham Forest Public Health team is committed to building a more inclusive and equitable health system, and we are excited to offer the opportunity for a Public Health Analyst to join our passionate and diverse Public Health team. This role will focus on providing crucial data and insights needed to drive targeted improvements in population health and to tackle health inequalities effectively.
You will work within the Public Health Intelligence team, which provides specialist information, analysis and advice about residents’ health and wellbeing needs in order to inform policy and commissioning decisions and strategy development to improve population health and reduce health inequalities.
You will play a key part in analysing complex data sets, identifying key public health trends within these data sets. Typically structured within needs assessments, your analyses will explore a variety of geographical areas, population groups, and health and wellbeing issues, offering insights that guide our strategic decisions.
Key Responsibilities:
This key role within the team is responsible for leading and innovating the Council’s use of public health data to gain real insight that identifies challenges and opportunities, including collaborative working across the Council to contribute to the Waltham Forest Missions and tackle health inequalities across Waltham Forest.
The role also includes partnership working with other statutory partners, healthcare providers, neighbouring boroughs and our communities, to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for everyone, particularly those from underserved and historically marginalised communities. The postholder will support the development of public health and population health management approaches within the emerging integrated care system.
Qualifications and Requirements:
We are looking for a candidate with experience in public health analysis. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding (and experience) in using statistical and epidemiological methodologies for interpreting and understanding datasets, with a proven track record in analysing and interpreting complex public health data to provide actionable insights. We are looking for someone who will be able to manage a varied workload, responding to a wide range of public health queries in a timely and effective manner.
You should have:
- Degree or equivalent qualification in relevant subject or area
- Substantial experience of using statistical and epidemiological methods for analysing data sets and of working with health-related data and information systems
- Experience as an advanced user of MS Office productivity software, including Microsoft Excel; be an experienced user of data analysis and reporting packages such as R/R Studio, Microsoft Access and Power BI; and be an experienced user of GIS software such as MapInfo, ArcGiS, Statmap to produce maps and special analysis.
- Knowledge of a coding language such as R, Python or SQL and experience of using code for data analysis and/or reports
- The ability to learn new tools and skills quickly; and to effectively scope, plan and deliver analytical projects producing high-quality outputs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with experience in disseminating information and complex statistical/epidemiological details through written reports and presentations to a wide range of audiences.
- The ability to visualise data to present the ‘story’ of data in a meaningful way, to technical and non-technical users by translating intelligence into insight
- A strong commitment to diversity, inclusivity and health equity
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest;
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Hadjer Nacer-Laidi, Consultant in Public Health at [email protected]
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at [email protected].
The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email [email protected] so we can arrange an alternative application method.
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