Job summary
Band 8b to Band 8c - dependant on experience
You will be working within Analytics and Modelling Team alongside other analysts, as well as colleagues within other teams within the unit. You will lead and deliver stand alone analytical projects as well as leading analytical components of complex mixed methods work programmes.
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Main duties of the job
As an Analytics Manager you will have experience in designing, managing and delivering complex and large scale analytical projects, You will work closely with those that commission or sponsor our work and will be responsible for developing detailed analytical proposals that responds to a clients needs.
We are committed to open-source reproducible analytical pipelines to ensure the methods are shared widely across the NHS, including sharing code and transferring skills to national and local teams.
You will be a valued member of the Strategy Unit team, supporting the development of our services, systems, strategy, and reputation for excellence.
You will be provided with all the opportunities you require to develop your skills and build your career, both through formal training and hands-on experience.
About us
Our ways of working
Our team is increasingly diverse and geographically widespread. We value this diversity, recognising that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience, ideas, and culture to the Strategy Unit. We also know that everyone has a life and commitments outside work, and many of the team benefit from our use of flexible working arrangements.
We are based in central Birmingham but have a hybrid model of working for team members. This means that there is no minimum requirement for working from the office. We have quarterly whole-Unit away days that we do expect everyone to attend, to share and learn, usually held in Birmingham. We also plan to hold occasional team days in order to bring the team together, focused on our team development and future planning. Some projects require us to travel to locations across the country occasionally.
As a member of the Strategy Unit, we will welcome and enable your involvement in all aspects of our life including the ongoing development of our services, our ways of working, our strategy, and our reputation. You will be encouraged and supported to identify and pursue opportunities to continually develop your skills and build your career, both through training and hands-on experience. We are passionate about continual learning to improve what we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities and skills required
Discipline
(S)kills and (R)esponsibilities
Project Management
(R) Provide leadership to quantitative and mixed methods projects and programmes, including acting as Project Director
(R) Proactively generate or identify opportunities for commissions through existing or developing networks
(S) Be calm under pressure and able to juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines
(S) Be able to think clearly and analytically in complex, dynamic and ambiguous situations
(S) Manage risks and interdependencies in order to deliver your own work programme and anticipate and communicate the impact on others work areas.
(R) Quality assure quantitative analytical projects to ensure the analysis and reporting is done to the highest standards
Analysis
(R) Work with our customers to identify and structure the problems they need to address using your analytical experience and knowledge of the health sector, its organisational structures and operational processes and the context within which our customers operate
(R) Translate requirements into detailed briefs for analytical projects including devising or identifying appropriate analytical methods or approaches to meet the clients needs
(S) Locate relevant data and information sources, including negotiating access where required
(S) Using quantitative analytical skills you will manage complex analyses. This will include the selection and application of appropriate analytical techniques and methods to large and complex datasets
(S) Design and produce high quality analytical outputs applying a range of data presentation and visualisation techniques
(S) Interpret and explain the results of analyses to senior managers within our clients organisations. This will include writing reports as well as presenting the results, confidently conveying key findings, critical uncertainties, business risks and opportunities
Leadership
(R) Provide leadership within the Analytics and Modelling team, supporting colleagues to develop and implement impact evaluation methods
(R) Provision of line management and/or contributing to the development of colleagues
(R) Build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of strategic and business sensitive issues in a highly political environment
(R) Keep up to date with new developments in analysis and data science and develop your ideas about the how to support the health services through innovative analyses, sharing these with colleagues
(S) High quality interpersonal skills, alongside an analytical mindset.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities and skills required
Discipline
(S)kills and (R)esponsibilities
Project Management
(R) Provide leadership to quantitative and mixed methods projects and programmes, including acting as Project Director
(R) Proactively generate or identify opportunities for commissions through existing or developing networks
(S) Be calm under pressure and able to juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines
(S) Be able to think clearly and analytically in complex, dynamic and ambiguous situations
(S) Manage risks and interdependencies in order to deliver your own work programme and anticipate and communicate the impact on others work areas.
(R) Quality assure quantitative analytical projects to ensure the analysis and reporting is done to the highest standards
Analysis
(R) Work with our customers to identify and structure the problems they need to address using your analytical experience and knowledge of the health sector, its organisational structures and operational processes and the context within which our customers operate
(R) Translate requirements into detailed briefs for analytical projects including devising or identifying appropriate analytical methods or approaches to meet the clients needs
(S) Locate relevant data and information sources, including negotiating access where required
(S) Using quantitative analytical skills you will manage complex analyses. This will include the selection and application of appropriate analytical techniques and methods to large and complex datasets
(S) Design and produce high quality analytical outputs applying a range of data presentation and visualisation techniques
(S) Interpret and explain the results of analyses to senior managers within our clients organisations. This will include writing reports as well as presenting the results, confidently conveying key findings, critical uncertainties, business risks and opportunities
Leadership
(R) Provide leadership within the Analytics and Modelling team, supporting colleagues to develop and implement impact evaluation methods
(R) Provision of line management and/or contributing to the development of colleagues
(R) Build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of strategic and business sensitive issues in a highly political environment
(R) Keep up to date with new developments in analysis and data science and develop your ideas about the how to support the health services through innovative analyses, sharing these with colleagues
(S) High quality interpersonal skills, alongside an analytical mindset.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters' level or experience of working at a senior level in relevant specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of designing and leading quantitative evaluation projects in a healthcare setting, including: managing access to relevant datasets; identifying metric; incorporating process evaluation; and quasi-experimental study designs.
- Experience of being the key point of contact for a range of stakeholders to deliver evaluation projects.
- Experience of proposal writing and contributing to winning work.
- Experience of producing and presenting impact evaluation outputs to support decision-making.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable expertise in statistics and statistical software, for example using R.
- Understands the principles and practicalities of open-source reproducible analytical pipelines
Skills
Essential
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with attention to detail when reviewing the work of others.
- Able to lead in the application of techniques from specialist analytical disciplines in healthcare settings such as: oQuantitative Evaluation methods oepidemiology ooperations research oeconometrics ostatistical modelling ostatistical process control.
- Able to present complex information to a range of audiences, either virtually and/or in-person.
- Able to successfully oversee project teams and deadlines.
- Developmental leader, as a line manager and/or Project Director, and making a broader contribution to colleagues' development.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters' level or experience of working at a senior level in relevant specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of designing and leading quantitative evaluation projects in a healthcare setting, including: managing access to relevant datasets; identifying metric; incorporating process evaluation; and quasi-experimental study designs.
- Experience of being the key point of contact for a range of stakeholders to deliver evaluation projects.
- Experience of proposal writing and contributing to winning work.
- Experience of producing and presenting impact evaluation outputs to support decision-making.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable expertise in statistics and statistical software, for example using R.
- Understands the principles and practicalities of open-source reproducible analytical pipelines
Skills
Essential
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with attention to detail when reviewing the work of others.
- Able to lead in the application of techniques from specialist analytical disciplines in healthcare settings such as: oQuantitative Evaluation methods oepidemiology ooperations research oeconometrics ostatistical modelling ostatistical process control.
- Able to present complex information to a range of audiences, either virtually and/or in-person.
- Able to successfully oversee project teams and deadlines.
- Developmental leader, as a line manager and/or Project Director, and making a broader contribution to colleagues' development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
