Office of the Chief Executive
Policy, Programmes and Change
Bradford Health Determinants Research Centre (HDRC)
Public Health Information Analyst (Health Determinants Research Collaborative)
SO1-SO2: £30,151 to £34,723 pa
3 x 37 Hours per week
Temporary for four years (HDRC funding)
Bradford is seeking people with a passion for the power of research to improve health outcomes.
Following a successful bid for funding from the National Institute of Health Research, Bradford is creating a Health Determinants Research Collaborative.
With £4.7million funding due over the next four years we need to appoint individuals with a deep-rooted commitment to the power of research and data to drive policy that makes a difference to people’s lives.
Better research and evidence will help us better address health inequalities. Knowing what works allows us to make the best use of our resources. The HDRC will build research infrastructure that will transform understanding of our people, places, determinants and approaches that have the greatest impact on health inequalities. It will allow Bradford Council to be able to choose, use and generate research independently so it is an equal and effective partner in Bradford’s research environment.
The centre will bring together expertise from partners across Bradford Council, NHS and The University of Bradford to investigate the causes and consequences of health inequality. The findings will help shape national and regional policy.
Underpinning the work will be the world-renowned research programmes of Bradford Institute for Health Research and the Born in Bradford cohort study. These provide the foundation for developing a whole council and system approach to using research to drive policy. This work will build on and amplify existing programmes including City of Research and Connected Data.
We are seeking to appoint three Public Health Information Analysts to join this team from the start of the project. These analysts will work with a wider team to provide the data and intelligence that will inform and drive the research programme.
These roles will work on data and intelligence that underpins the work of the HDRC. The links with our partners mean that this will include the chance to be part of linked data as well as to wonk in internal council data sets to inform research.
The HDRC will include data management and data analyst capacity to align with existing local data infrastructure including the Connected Bradford programme.
As a Public Health Information Analyst you will bring analytical skills and experience in statistical packages or programming to work with and link datasets You will be a creative thinker able to solve complex issues across varied datasets.
The University of Leeds is an academic partner of the HDRC and analysts will collaborate with its vibrant academic data science community to deliver high quality applied research and implementation into local authority practice.
You will showcase the power of standardised, data as a driving force to create powerful arguments for evidence-based decision making in local government.
These roles will contribute to our data intelligence and research work across the Council and key partnership boards to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities through the use of data to drive policy development.
Primary duties will include:
- Using routine datasets to develop standardised and connected datasets
- eveloping and utilising information and intelligence systems to underpin action across disciplines and organisations, supporting collation and interpretation of relevant data as part of a core function of Bradford’s HDRC.
- Supporting research, and commissioned research audits/projects, and/or undertake research or audit and support the translation of analysis and research findings into practice
Bradford District is home to over half a million residents and 17,000 businesses. It is the fifth largest metropolitan district in the country, the UK’s youngest city and among its most diverse. The district faces real challenges around poverty and inequality which impact the lives and outcomes of our residents. But, we have big plans for the future.
We are the Sunday Times, Best Place to Start a Business and were recently named the 2025 UK City of Culture, making this a great time to join Team Bradford!
The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.
The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate. Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.