UK Health Security Agency
Surveillance and Strategy Advisor: Community Based Surveillance
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Job Summary
You will be part of the team responsible for surveillance transformation which includes the design/delivery of a sustainable approach to community surveillance programmes and research underpinning it. You will be leading distinct elements of this work & work across UKHSA including with senior public health professionals, using your policy, operational, engagement & communication skills in delivering this important and exciting work.
As part of the team, you will drive forward, in partnership with experts & senior leaders across UKHSA – development of existing or new programmes, ensuring new initiatives & data streams are embedded and insights disseminated for effective use by overseeing reporting of results to senior leaders and for government briefing.
As part of a team, lead on high profile elements of CDO’s cross-agency work on surveillance transformation and UKHSA’s remit under the government’s bio surveillance network as part of a new and expanding team charged with this work and, importantly, help set direction for the new team.
Job Description
- To support setting the strategic direction of sustainable community surveillance to fulfil UKHSA’s remit.
- Work with the strategic partnership team to develop and lead collaborative relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure the supports the delivery of UKHSA’s organisational priorities and strategic plan.
- To support monitoring and reporting of 26/27 and future related programme funding as appropriate.
- Build and maintain a network of close relationships with teams within UKHSA, across and key stakeholders through the current and future SR periods.
- Develop and maintain a clear understanding and timely escalation of the risks and issues.
- Contribute and lead on elements of parliamentary work (e.g. PQs, other correspondence, and executive and ministerial engagement, and requests for briefing for the public inquiry.
- Proactively contribute to the provision of learning and improvement internally, and in national and international programmes relating to community surveillance.
- Maintain close working relationships with commercial and finance business partners, and central project management teams.
- To work as part of the team and respond positively and flexibly to any changing and/or emerging priorities in as the team’s function further develops and matures.
- To work as part of the team and respond positively and flexibly to any changing and/or emerging priorities in as the team’s function further develops and matures.
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We are looking to fill the existing post of Surveillance Advisor (Community Based Surveillance). The role offers the opportunity to play a key part in shaping UKHSA’s approach to large-scale pandemic preparedness surveillance to fitful UKHSA’s remit and our new strategy – taking account of the learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic and epidemic threat infections more widely. This role provides the opportunity to join the team on this important work through a period of transition in 26/27 as we develop and deploy critical assets identified through COVID-19 lessons learned exercises and tested in the 2025 National Pandemic Exercise. The role will require a candidate able to develop in public health policy, adapt to operations, continually act on lessons identified from the COVID-19 pandemic and other exercises, and able to work at pace in an ambiguous and ill-defined policy context.
The candidate should have practical experience in large scale programmes and should be able to understand their financial and operational governance, to authoritatively participate in cross-agency work about the future surveillance approaches and ensure UKHSA learns the lessons to date. As part of a team, you will work closely with senior public health leaders in UKHSA, including specialist, scientist and public health policy and operational teams, as well as key stakeholders from across government and academic advisors. This role requires the ability to help influence and shape an ill-defined policy context. Key to success will be an ability to build trusting relationships with key internal and external stakeholders using policy, delivery, engagement and communication skills.
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Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable expertise in, or understanding of, the public health landscape or equivalent health-family discipline.
- Demonstrate resilience and flexibility in delivering fast paced work in an ambiguous ill-defined context.
- Understand how to work across multidisciplinary teams, influence seniors beyond immediate area, and communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience of collaborating with other government departments or external organisations on programme planning and delivery.
- Have excellent presentation skills with ability to present complex concepts and communicate/influence senior management and subject experts.
- Have demonstrable active interest in team and self-development.
- Have a high level of competency with Microsoft Office 365 packages and business applications such MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Salary Information
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- £46,310- £52,113 (Inner London)
Contact Point for Applicants
- Job Contact
- Name: John Inglis
- Email: john.inglis@ukhsa.gov.uk
- Recruitment team
- Email: recruitment@ukhsa.gov.uk
Further Information
- The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
- If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the UKHSA Complaints team via email at: Complaints@ukhsa.gov.uk
- If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission. Visit the Civil Service Commission website for further information: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
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