Job summary If you have used any Artificial Intelligence (AI) programmes, such as ChatGPT, to support your application, please declare this at the start of your supporting statement. PLEASE NOTE SY ICB IS NOT A SPONSORSHIP ORGANISATION This post is for a Data Analyst to join a progressive and innovative Data and Insights team within South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. We are looking to recruit a Band 6 analyst who is passionate about data and making a difference to the lives of our patients and ensuring the organisation makes good data driven decisions. This role is one of four Band 6 analysts who each lead on a portfolio area and provide subject matter expertise into our projects and products. We welcome candidates who have an interest or expertise in our Children and young people portfolio or performance level corporate reporting and have a good grasp of key NHS or public health datasets (HES, SUS, RTT, ERS etc ). We expect candidates to have a range of technical skills to analyse and present data. This post will include responsibility for line management of an Associate Data analyst and will work alongside other members of the team to create and deliver insights as required as part of our Data and Insights Strategy. Interview Date: tbc Main duties of the job You should be collaborative and proactive, working on a wide variety of projects using a range of analytical skills and methodologies. Co-produce products with stakeholders and colleagues to deliver high-quality, well-presented outputs to ensure evidence-based decisions can be made. Undertake data quality assurance and data cleansing and adhere to Information Governance standards. Apply Agile principles and can work in a fast-paced, evolving environment, using an iterative method and flexible approach to enable rapid delivery. Contribute to the maintenance and enhancements of our routine outputs looking for ways to innovate for improvement. Show commitment to personal development and willingness to learn new approaches and techniques that benefit your role or that of the team. About us NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our 4 places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS support broader social and economic development. Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health in South Yorkshire. South Yorkshire ICB is a Disability Confident Employer Date posted 13 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number D9133-1078 Job locations SY ICB 197 Eyre Street Sheffield S1 3FG Job description Job responsibilities We are a values-based team and promote a culture of openness and learning where each individual contributes to the success of the team how the team works and how we best meet the needs of our colleagues and stakeholders. This role will expose you to a wide number of datasets and technical tools as well as various partners across different organisations including Public Health, Secondary care, Primary Care and Community and many more working to improve the lives and health of the people of South Yorkshire. The role is 37.5 hours and will involve a hybrid working model with time spent at our Eyre Street site in Sheffield, home working and may include travel to our sites across South Yorkshire in Barnsley, Rotherham, and Doncaster or external meetings at our partner sites.The applicant must also have the ability/willingness to meet the travel requirements of the post. The post holder can understand and apply a range of methods to analyse data and synthesise findings, from initial receipt and preparation of the data asset through to analysis and interpretation of the data to support publication. Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams alongside colleagues from across Data & Insights, the role holder will assist with the choice and application of techniques, and can critique colleagues findings to assure best practice, ensuring that data are handled in an efficient and secure way in line with information governance legislation. The role holder will apply skills across a range of data management and analysis areas including: Supporting requirements gathering End-to-end process mapping Code development Data quality assurance and data cleansing Building data models and undertaking data analysis & interpretation Data visualisation and production of written reports Support the development of modelling techniques to predict scenarios and outcomes The post holder can use the most appropriate medium and apply standards and best practices to present, communicate and disseminate data appropriately, and build templates for others to use to visualise data to tell compelling stories that are relevant to business goals. You can present, communicate and disseminate data appropriately. This post will comply with all regulatory requirements in such areas as data quality and data security, within an environment that is committed to the proper governance and secure use of data. Job description Job responsibilities We are a values-based team and promote a culture of openness and learning where each individual contributes to the success of the team how the team works and how we best meet the needs of our colleagues and stakeholders. This role will expose you to a wide number of datasets and technical tools as well as various partners across different organisations including Public Health, Secondary care, Primary Care and Community and many more working to improve the lives and health of the people of South Yorkshire. The role is 37.5 hours and will involve a hybrid working model with time spent at our Eyre Street site in Sheffield, home working and may include travel to our sites across South Yorkshire in Barnsley, Rotherham, and Doncaster or external meetings at our partner sites.The applicant must also have the ability/willingness to meet the travel requirements of the post. The post holder can understand and apply a range of methods to analyse data and synthesise findings, from initial receipt and preparation of the data asset through to analysis and interpretation of the data to support publication. Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams alongside colleagues from across Data & Insights, the role holder will assist with the choice and application of techniques, and can critique colleagues findings to assure best practice, ensuring that data are handled in an efficient and secure way in line with information governance legislation. The role holder will apply skills across a range of data management and analysis areas including: Supporting requirements gathering End-to-end process mapping Code development Data quality assurance and data cleansing Building data models and undertaking data analysis & interpretation Data visualisation and production of written reports Support the development of modelling techniques to predict scenarios and outcomes The post holder can use the most appropriate medium and apply standards and best practices to present, communicate and disseminate data appropriately, and build templates for others to use to visualise data to tell compelling stories that are relevant to business goals. You can present, communicate and disseminate data appropriately. This post will comply with all regulatory requirements in such areas as data quality and data security, within an environment that is committed to the proper governance and secure use of data. Person Specification Attributes Essential Able to work flexibly within situations of ambiguity. Is self motivated, self aware and proactive. Commitment to and focus on quality and meeting standards. Fosters good working relationships and embraces diversity & inclusion. Committed to professional development. Skills and Competencies Essential Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to choose content and style to suit the audience, including large groups. Able to work within a team under guidance from senior colleagues, able to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team, able to work across teams. Able to communicate effectively with both external and internal customers and colleagues to understand the work required and present or explain work completed. Ability to manage a small team and prioritise own and staffs work in line with organisational priorities. Ability to learn rapidly to use new analytical techniques to a high standard. Competent in setting direction: understands where own and teams work fit in with wider organisational priorities and can manage the work of others. Takes positive actions to implement new ideas. Examines complex information to make accurate decisions. Competent in data analysis: uses appropriate statistical, data science and/or methodological knowledge to achieve a specific end goal. Able to analyse complex datasets, apply statistical curiosity and draw evidence-based conclusions delivering highly accurate datasets. Understands customer needs and how to acquire data: aware of data sources available in own area and makes best use of existing data. Proactively engages with customer sharing knowledge of existing data sources. Able to present and disseminate data effectively through the use of tables, charts, graphs and keeps abreast of new presentation and dissemination developments. Ensures delivery of professional excellence and expertise. Identify common problems or weaknesses in policy or procedures that affect service and escalate these. Works in a way that promotes personal credibility which builds trust with customers. Is aware of own capabilities and looks to share skills with others and to expand upon them. Actively encourages team working. Proactively seek information, resources and support from outside own immediate team in order to help achieve results. Qualifications Essential Education to a post graduate diploma level in a numerate discipline, or an equivalent level of knowledge. Knowledge and Understanding Essential Strong analytical and requirements gathering skills. Able to understand and interpret results from complex analysis, apply the results to the given problem and suggest conclusions to be drawn. Able to present and explain results of analysis via written and verbal communication. Advanced working knowledge and experience of databases including database interrogation tools. Advanced working knowledge of spreadsheets, with experience of making use of their wider functionality (e.g. formulae). Understands a wide range of data quality issues and the application of the appropriate data validation techniques. Knowledge of professional standards (including Code of Practice for Statistics, General Data Protection Regulation and Freedom of Information Act) and their application. Specialist knowledge of a variety of analytical tools and techniques, including but not limited to SQL, Python, Excel, PowerBI, R Strong analytical and requirements gathering skills. Deep specialist knowledge or the ability to build deep specialist knowledge in at least one of the following areas: Statistical modelling and techniques including coding on software packages (R, Python) or Business intelligence and visual analytics to develop and standardise sophisticated interactive presentations and visualisation (using PowerBI, Tableau etc) or Data science using cutting edge technologies combined with data expertise to solve real-world problems (eg Machine Learning). Desirable Experience of working in the public sector. Able to exhibit knowledge of relevant legislation when working with public data. Knowledge of using two or more of these statistical techniques; Analysis of variance, Multiple regression, Other Multivariate techniques, Stochastic processes, Time Series Analysis. Experience Essential Significant experience with using record level data, data analysis, and producing bespoke analytical products, including visualisations and written reports on Health and/or Care data. Experience of identifying and managing areas where there are shared and conflicting agendas. Experience of leading on projects using recognised tools (Agile, Prince2), including the allocation of work to other staff, to deliver quality outcomes to deadline and identifying risks. Experience of devising solutions to ensure internal specialist expertise adds demonstrable value to the wider system. Desirable Government Statistical Group Membership. Experience and aptitude in using a statistical packages, e.g. SAS, SPSS or R. Person Specification Attributes Essential Able to work flexibly within situations of ambiguity. Is self motivated, self aware and proactive. Commitment to and focus on quality and meeting standards. Fosters good working relationships and embraces diversity & inclusion. Committed to professional development. Skills and Competencies Essential Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to choose content and style to suit the audience, including large groups. Able to work within a team under guidance from senior colleagues, able to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team, able to work across teams. Able to communicate effectively with both external and internal customers and colleagues to understand the work required and present or explain work completed. Ability to manage a small team and prioritise own and staffs work in line with organisational priorities. Ability to learn rapidly to use new analytical techniques to a high standard. Competent in setting direction: understands where own and teams work fit in with wider organisational priorities and can manage the work of others. Takes positive actions to implement new ideas. Examines complex information to make accurate decisions. Competent in data analysis: uses appropriate statistical, data science and/or methodological knowledge to achieve a specific end goal. Able to analyse complex datasets, apply statistical curiosity and draw evidence-based conclusions delivering highly accurate datasets. Understands customer needs and how to acquire data: aware of data sources available in own area and makes best use of existing data. Proactively engages with customer sharing knowledge of existing data sources. Able to present and disseminate data effectively through the use of tables, charts, graphs and keeps abreast of new presentation and dissemination developments. Ensures delivery of professional excellence and expertise. Identify common problems or weaknesses in policy or procedures that affect service and escalate these. Works in a way that promotes personal credibility which builds trust with customers. Is aware of own capabilities and looks to share skills with others and to expand upon them. Actively encourages team working. Proactively seek information, resources and support from outside own immediate team in order to help achieve results. Qualifications Essential Education to a post graduate diploma level in a numerate discipline, or an equivalent level of knowledge. Knowledge and Understanding Essential Strong analytical and requirements gathering skills. Able to understand and interpret results from complex analysis, apply the results to the given problem and suggest conclusions to be drawn. Able to present and explain results of analysis via written and verbal communication. Advanced working knowledge and experience of databases including database interrogation tools. Advanced working knowledge of spreadsheets, with experience of making use of their wider functionality (e.g. formulae). Understands a wide range of data quality issues and the application of the appropriate data validation techniques. Knowledge of professional standards (including Code of Practice for Statistics, General Data Protection Regulation and Freedom of Information Act) and their application. Specialist knowledge of a variety of analytical tools and techniques, including but not limited to SQL, Python, Excel, PowerBI, R Strong analytical and requirements gathering skills. Deep specialist knowledge or the ability to build deep specialist knowledge in at least one of the following areas: Statistical modelling and techniques including coding on software packages (R, Python) or Business intelligence and visual analytics to develop and standardise sophisticated interactive presentations and visualisation (using PowerBI, Tableau etc) or Data science using cutting edge technologies combined with data expertise to solve real-world problems (eg Machine Learning). Desirable Experience of working in the public sector. Able to exhibit knowledge of relevant legislation when working with public data. Knowledge of using two or more of these statistical techniques; Analysis of variance, Multiple regression, Other Multivariate techniques, Stochastic processes, Time Series Analysis. Experience Essential Significant experience with using record level data, data analysis, and producing bespoke analytical products, including visualisations and written reports on Health and/or Care data. Experience of identifying and managing areas where there are shared and conflicting agendas. Experience of leading on projects using recognised tools (Agile, Prince2), including the allocation of work to other staff, to deliver quality outcomes to deadline and identifying risks. Experience of devising solutions to ensure internal specialist expertise adds demonstrable value to the wider system. Desirable Government Statistical Group Membership. Experience and aptitude in using a statistical packages, e.g. SAS, SPSS or R. Employer details Employer name NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board Address SY ICB 197 Eyre Street Sheffield S1 3FG Employer's website https://southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)