Head of Infectious Disease Modelling

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

Key responsibilities include Provide leadership for a team of 15-20 highly technical and multi-disciplinary analysts and data scientists to develop and deliver a range of analysis and data products on health security and public health threats in the UK. Ability to design and provide leadership of complex modelling solutions that include Bayesian analysis, deep learning, and spatial modelling. Oversee the development of a comprehensive modelling analytical programme, ensuring key customer demands are understood, prioritised and resourced appropriately. Deliver analytical outputs (such as statistical analysis and mathematical modelling) to key stakeholders, often working to tight timescales and whilst managing competing demands.

Communicate and clearly present key insights, up to the most senior levels, from a variety of analytical sources. Engage with partners in wider government, academia, and the private sector to gain access to new data sources and information. Building and sustaining key partnerships, within UKHSA, nationally and internationally, including the establishment of analytical collaborations. Assist communicable disease control, health protection and public health colleagues across the UK during major health protection incidents.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all. Essential Criteria: Proven assessment and analytical skills (in a government public health policy context) and ensuring analytical outputs (including complex data and analysis) are policy suitable and have clear so what implications for decision-making.

Experienced manager and leader of a large team, demonstrating competencies expected at Grade 6 level. This includes inspiring and motivating staff, promoting diversity, building capability, innovation and managing conflicting pressures. Experience of building and validating complex Bayesian numerical mathematical/statistical models. Proficiency coding in Stan.

Proficiency coding in R. Experience in creating and maintaining cloud-based analysis platforms, with a preference for AWS (Amazon Web Services). Expertise in implementing best practice security solutions on cloud-based analysis platforms. Experience of leading and designing modelling projects in public health, health protection or epidemiology, including epidemiology for outbreak investigations.

Experience of working at pace with short deadlines across multiple projects, being flexible and adaptable to change. Desirable Criteria: Experience of working with a wide range of epidemiological data, such as genomic sequences, spatial distributions, and healthcare data. PhD (or equivalent experience) in a quantitative discipline. Experience in publishing of research papers in academic journals.

Experience in spatial modelling and/or network analysis. Experience in SQL and processing large datasets. Experience in coding bespoke statistical models in probabilistic programming languages. Knowledge of data management, data transmission, data security, data quality, data analysis including descriptive statistics and data reporting.

**Social Research**: A degree at 2.1 (or above) in a relevant social science discipline or a MSc/MA and will need to have completed the social research knowledge test. Or equivalent professional experience. Selection Process This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your behaviours and technical skills. We will be assessing your statement of suitability at sift.

The interview will comprise of two elements. A staff engagement exercise where you will be asked to present on a technical analytical project you have led to a group of analysts from across UKHSA. This will be followed by an interview, where we will assess behaviours. When assessing strengths, we want to find out whether you and the job role are a good fit.

We will look at what you enjoy doing and what you do well and often. By ensuring that the role is the right fit for you, you are more likely to enjoy it and perform well. The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be: Seeing the bigger picture Leadership Communicating and influencing Working together Benefits Alongside your salary of £65,302 UK Health Security Agency contributes £17,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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