Epidemiological Analyst
Role Overview
Develop and maintain enhanced surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases and produce regular and ad hoc outputs for reports, information requests, and scientific publications.
Work with UKHSA colleagues and external clinical, laboratory, public health, and scientific partners.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Develop and maintain enhanced surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases and produce regular and ad hoc outputs for reports, information requests, and scientific publications.
Work with UKHSA colleagues and external clinical, laboratory, public health, and scientific partners.
Key duties
- Develop and maintain disease 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 about surveillance data, cases, and outbreaks.
- Maintain UKHSA website pages and dashboards, ensuring content is validated and follows relevant guidelines.
- Run database queries and prepare annual surveillance reports and datasets for international organisations, including WHO and ECDC.
- Support information requests, including Parliamentary Questions, and contribute to reports and scientific papers.
- Maintain disease-specific Reference Manager databases and support other infectious disease surveillance projects.
- Present findings at internal and national meetings and conferences.
- Maintain professional development, complete mandatory training, and share data science practices.
Candidate requirements
- Understand vaccines, how they work, and their utility in the national immunisation programme.
- Be proficient with database platforms and tools including R, MS Access, and SQL.
- Have experience using statistical packages for epidemiological analyses and writing scientific papers for publication.
- Be comfortable presenting research at local and national meetings and conferences.
Location
- The role is based at the Colindale, London Scientific Campus.
Salary and pension
- The salary is £37,749–£45,353 per annum, pro rata.
- A Civil Service Pension is offered with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Contract and working pattern
The post is permanent. The advertised working patterns include full-time, part-time, job share, and flexible working.
Working with UKHSA
UKHSA describes its ethos as inclusive and focused on removing barriers, promoting equity, and meeting the needs of its workforce and communities.
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