You will provide analysis and visualisation of data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) to key stakeholders: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), Local Authorities and Substance Misuse Service Providers.
You will join a small team that, in coordination with web development staff, will produce NDTMS outputs as detailed below. It should be noted that the level of complexity involved in these analyses requires appropriate methods to handle large, process-generated data files containing (long format) panel data to create verified results.
This post is based on site at The National Drug Evidence Centre (NDEC), which is part of the Epidemiology and Public Health Group. Home working is not an option. Our team carries out epidemiological, evaluative and policy-related research in the field of substance misuse. Our staff have long-established expertise in substance misuse research and the use of epidemiological indicators in evidence-based policy making.
Recent projects have included national substance misuse treatment surveillance, assessment of Payment by Results Models, provision of UK data to the European Treatment Demand Indicator project, and assessments of drug related mortality.
We are responsible for analysis of National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) data. This core data set, relating to individuals in contact with English drug and alcohol treatment services, is routinely collected by Regional Public Health Offices in England and passed to OHID, then to the University of Manchester for analysis and provision of results. This provides an ongoing data resource, updated monthly and annually. The data are used to measure the extent and effectiveness of substance misuse treatment provision within England and outputs are routinely supplied at National, Local Authority and service provider level. Tabular results are routinely uploaded to www.ndtms.net on a monthly basis (https://www.ndtms.net/default.aspx) and more detailed analyses are provided for annual reports (viewable at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=public-health-england). In the current phase of the project, we are expanding the visualisation of data through the application of Power-BI technology. The current contract runs until 30 September 2029.
What will you get in return:
* Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
* Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
* Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
* Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
* Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Our university is positive about flexible working you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
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Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Andrew Jones
Email: Andrew.jones@manchester.ac.uk
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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.