Public Health Intelligence Apprentice en Leicestershire County Council

Contract Type: Fixed Term (36 months)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £36,363 (level one) with annual incremental rises to £39,152  (level four) per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. 

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham.  So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

This role is advertised as a 3 year (36 months) fixed term post. Secondments may be considered (approval must be sought from your line manager). 

Important information: Due to the funded nature of this post, any successful candidate must be able to meet and demonstrate the following criteria:

• To be able to begin in post by the intake date of 19th December 2025
• To demonstrate they can study at Level 7, through previous study or the equivalent experience of at least two years in a data intelligence-related role
• To be a UK resident or can prove they have the right to live in the UK and have been resident for at least the previous 3 years before the start of the apprenticeship and in possession of a visa for the duration of the 3 year apprenticeship. For further information and to check eligibility: Apprenticeship funding rules - GOV.UK

Nottingham City Council is committed to improving public health through data-driven, evidence-based decision-making. As part of our dedication to developing future talent in public health intelligence, we are offering a funded apprenticeship opportunity supported by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

This Level 7 (Master’s equivalent) apprenticeship combines academic study with hands-on experience across a wide range of public health intelligence projects. The successful candidate will work with health and local authority partners to explore and analyse health data, contributing to efforts to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities in Nottingham.

The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Supporting public health projects through appropriate data analysis, statistical techniques, and critical appraisal of research evidence
• Managing tasks effectively and contributing to complex project delivery
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to understand and apply health intelligence to inform decision-making
• Delivering training and sharing insights across the team using appropriate formats for a variety of technical and non-technical audiences

Key competencies (see job specification for full list) for the role include:

1. Experience in extracting and manipulating data and data analysis, including the application of statistical methods and interpretations of complex datasets
2. Application of tools for statistical data analysis, such as SQL, R, PowerBI etc
3. Ability to develop the analytical and the health and care intelligence skills and knowledge of others in the health and care system through training, demonstration and promotion of best practice

Please click on the following link for more details of the apprenticeship: Health and care intelligence specialist / Skills England

20% of the role will be dedicated to apprenticeship training and self-directed study.

The role will be based within our Public Health Knowledge and Intelligence team, but will support all portfolios within the Public Health team as required. 

Please click on the following link for a short introduction to our Public Health team: What is Public Health - VEED

What to do next:

• Locate and review the job description and information pack provided. Consider how you will evidence the required competencies and prepare your application to include these. 
• We are keen to give all applicants an opportunity to shine and show their full potential. Therefore, in addition to your application, we are asking all applicants to send us their response to the following question:

“Thinking about where you live, what three things could or already do, make a big difference to the local community’s health and wellbeing?”

You can provide this response in any format you like – it can be a set of Powerpoint slides, a short video, concise word document (1000 words max) or something else entirely! In responding to this question, we are interested in your personal thoughts and reflections, as well as how you approach the question and communicate your answer. There is no textbook answer; however, in order to make this a meaningful part of the process, we ask that you do not use AI text generators such as ChatGPT or similar. Responses will be checked for the likely use of AI, and the result of this will be considered during shortlisting.

Responses should be emailed to [email protected] before the closing date and named using the name provided on your application. Important - Applications will not be considered during shortlisting unless this requirement has been met.

-          A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here 

At Nottingham City Council, we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it.  We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For more information or if you would like an informal chat about the role, please email [email protected] 

Closing date: 22nd October 2025

Interview Date will be held:   7th November 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

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