Epidemiological Analyst
Role Overview
Develop and maintain enhanced surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases, working with professionals inside and outside UKHSA to ensure high-quality data.
The postholder will understand vaccines and their role in the national immunisation programme, use database tools and statistical packages, produce reports and scientific papers, and present research findings.
The role includes managing disease-specific website pages and supporting departmental staff with website maintenance, surveillance databases, queries, and reports.
Key Skills for This Role
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Job summary
Develop and maintain enhanced surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases, working with professionals inside and outside UKHSA to ensure high-quality data.
The postholder will understand vaccines and their role in the national immunisation programme, use database tools and statistical packages, produce reports and scientific papers, and present research findings.
The role includes managing disease-specific website pages and supporting departmental staff with website maintenance, surveillance databases, queries, and reports.
Salary and contract
- Salary is £37,749–£45,353 per annum, pro rata.
- The contract is permanent; the stated length of employment is permanent.
- A Civil Service Pension is offered with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Working pattern
- Working patterns listed are flexible working, full-time, job share, and part-time.
Location
- The stated work location is Colindale, London (Scientific Campus).
Duties
- Maintain and develop 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 regarding surveillance data, cases, and outbreaks.
- Maintain UKHSA website pages and dashboards, validating content against relevant guidelines.
- Run database queries, prepare annual surveillance reports, and support ad hoc queries and information requests.
- Prepare annual datasets for international organisations including WHO and ECDC.
- Maintain disease-specific Reference Manager databases and contribute to scientific papers and reports.
- Present surveillance findings at internal and national meetings and conferences.
- Support databases and websites for other infectious disease surveillance projects and assist colleagues with database queries and report running.
Knowledge and development
- Understand vaccines, how they work, and their role in the national immunisation programme.
- Be proficient with R, MS Access, and SQL, and experienced with statistical packages for epidemiological analysis and scientific writing.
- Maintain continuous professional development and complete mandatory training, including fire safety and information governance.
Working for UKHSA
UKHSA describes itself as an inclusive employer that promotes equality of opportunity and seeks to remove barriers and sustain an inclusive culture.
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