Epidemiology and Intelligence Lead

**Fixed Term Full Time or Part Time**:

- **Austin Health**:

- **HS6 (over award payment may apply) + salary packaging + super**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

The North Eastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU) is one of nine public health units in Victoria; three in metropolitan Melbourne and six covering regional Victoria. Together these units form a coordinated network, working in partnership with the Department of Health to deliver a comprehensive public health program for Victoria. The NEPHU is led and coordinated by Austin Health and works in partnership with Northern Health and Eastern Health in a networked operational structure with responsibility spanning approximately 1.81m people living in the northeast of metropolitan Melbourne. The NEPHU is proud of its diverse multidisciplinary team who reflect the community we serve.

**About the role**:
**Essential Knowledge and skills and selection criteria**:

- Applied epidemiology or field epidemiology qualification and/or experience in outbreak management as an epidemiologist
- Tertiary qualification in public health.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills and proven ability to liaise effectively with users to elicit, document and meet their epidemiology and intelligence requirements.
- Knowledge of public and population health information, analytics, and monitoring systems.
- Knowledge of data governance processes.
- Experience synthesising complex data from a variety of different sources, analysing it and presenting the results to stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds.
- Demonstrated high level analytical and evaluation skills including experience using STATA and/ or R, and PowerBI, to undertake statistical analysis using multiple data sources
- Possess the ability to manage competing demands with a structured approach to problem resolution.

**Our benefits**:
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. You’ll also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- **Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging**:

- **A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program**:

- **Mentoring and career development opportunities**:

- **Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists**:

- **Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options.**

**Inclusion at Austin**: