Senior Public Health Analyst

Senior Public Health Analyst — Walsall Council

(Dec 2021 – Apr 2023)

A contract role during a period when public health data really mattered. Most of my time was spent on COVID-19 reporting, but the work had real stakes attached to it.

• Owned COVID data reporting across the borough, including vaccination rates. The team's efforts contributed to the borough reaching a 72% vaccination rate — above the national average.

• Saved the Public Health Intelligence team 10+ hours a week by automating COVID KPI updates, freeing them up for work that actually needed their attention.

• Presented weekly data updates to 15+ senior managers, SMEs and non-technical stakeholders — this sharpened my ability to communicate clearly to people who don't live in spreadsheets.

• Analysed the effect of social media campaigns on vaccine uptake by combining Facebook and government data, which helped target outreach more effectively across different population segments.

• Built ad hoc Power BI dashboards across several Public Health areas including schooling, crime, and social care — adapting quickly to new datasets and topics as they came up.

The role taught me a lot about working at pace with sensitive date, and reinforced how much impact clear data communication can have.