Epidemiological Analyst

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain surveillance systems and databases with scientific, clinical, laboratory, and Health Protection colleagues.
• Create queries and validation checks to remove duplicates and improve data quality and completeness.
• Liaise with stakeholders, clinicians, laboratories, and Health Protection Teams about surveillance data, cases, and outbreaks.
• Maintain UKHSA website pages and dashboards, validating content against relevant guidelines.
• Run database queries and prepare annual surveillance reports; support ad hoc queries and Parliamentary Questions.
• Prepare annual datasets for WHO and ECDC; maintain disease-specific Reference Manager databases.
• Contribute to scientific papers and Department of Health and JCVI reports; present findings at meetings and conferences.
• Support other infectious disease surveillance databases and websites, including maintenance, querying, and report running.

Candidate requirements

• Be proficient with database platforms and tools including R, Microsoft Access, and SQL.
• Have experience using statistical packages for epidemiological analysis and writing scientific papers for publication.
• Understand vaccines, how they work, and their utility in the national immunisation programme.
• Maintain continuing professional development and complete mandatory training, including fire safety and information governance.

Location and work pattern

• The role is based at the Scientific Campus in Colindale, London.
• Working patterns include flexible working, full-time, job share, and part-time.

Salary and contract

• Salary is £37,749–£45,353 per annum, pro rata, with a Civil Service Pension employer contribution of 28.97%.
• The role is listed as permanent; the details also list loan and secondment contract types.

About UKHSA

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