Job summary
The post-holder will work as part of the Advanced Analytics Unit to provide evidence, tools, analysis and insights in support of national and regional projects. The post-holder will bring, and be supported to further develop, technical analytical expertise and work with decision makers to achieve real impact.
Main duties of the job
They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across the Advanced Analytics Unit. The post-holder will bring technical expertise across disciplines such as analytics and data visualisation and will champion data-driven decision making. They will undertake analysis to address complex business problems, working with stakeholders and senior leads in the team to scope and lead new projects and communicate complex findings. The post-holder will be passionate about using data to inform decision making and possess excellent technical expertise. The post-holder will have excellent SQL skills and a good understanding of NHS data in order to link data and respond to ad-hoc requests. The post-holder will have good data visualisation skills and be confident in building and maintaining dashboards in Power BI, and collating metrics for dashboards.
About us
We are a multi award-winning organisation that has achieved the prestigious Investors in People Gold Award for 'We invest in people' and 'We invest in wellbeing' and are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We believe that every team member should have the opportunity to contribute and share their ideas.
We reward the hard work and commitment of our people with the following benefits:
- A competitive salary with annual pay reviews
- A generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies, including enhanced parental leave and pay
- A wide range of in-house and external learning and development opportunities
- Access to salary sacrifice and discount schemes
- Access to employee assistance and occupational health services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Gather, analyse and interpret complex information, including both quantitative and qualitative, from a wide range of sources taking account of confidentiality and the limitations of the data used.
- Link data from multiple sources using SQL
- Develop and maintain dashboards using Power BI
- Scope and collate dashboard metrics and respond to ad-hoc data analysis requests
- Use your knowledge of NHS data to recommend approaches and deliver insight and intelligence to customers
- Work with a broad spectrum of data from a wide range of sources presenting complex and sophisticated information in a meaningful way to increase organisational knowledge and enable evidence-based decisions.
- Working with senior team members, select and apply the most appropriate analytical technique
- Maximise the information held within existing datasets
- Develop excellent relationships and support effective communication between all relevant stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Support senior team members to scope and structure problems, taking account of the wider business context and differing perspectives of stakeholders
- Present findings of investigation and analysis and recommendations in a clear and intelligible form as presentations or written reports, suitable for a wide range of lay and professional audiences.
- Give and assist in presentations to audiences of stakeholder staff to aid the audience with understanding of analysis findings.
- Participate in relevant meetings, providing information, advice and support where requested.
- Ensure high quality information presentation is maintained through sharing knowledge, skills and best practice with colleagues
- Effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise workload appropriately, escalating conflicting priorities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Gather, analyse and interpret complex information, including both quantitative and qualitative, from a wide range of sources taking account of confidentiality and the limitations of the data used.
- Link data from multiple sources using SQL
- Develop and maintain dashboards using Power BI
- Scope and collate dashboard metrics and respond to ad-hoc data analysis requests
- Use your knowledge of NHS data to recommend approaches and deliver insight and intelligence to customers
- Work with a broad spectrum of data from a wide range of sources presenting complex and sophisticated information in a meaningful way to increase organisational knowledge and enable evidence-based decisions.
- Working with senior team members, select and apply the most appropriate analytical technique
- Maximise the information held within existing datasets
- Develop excellent relationships and support effective communication between all relevant stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Support senior team members to scope and structure problems, taking account of the wider business context and differing perspectives of stakeholders
- Present findings of investigation and analysis and recommendations in a clear and intelligible form as presentations or written reports, suitable for a wide range of lay and professional audiences.
- Give and assist in presentations to audiences of stakeholder staff to aid the audience with understanding of analysis findings.
- Participate in relevant meetings, providing information, advice and support where requested.
- Ensure high quality information presentation is maintained through sharing knowledge, skills and best practice with colleagues
- Effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise workload appropriately, escalating conflicting priorities.
Person Specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area - data science / health economics / statistics / analytics / operational research / mathematics
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in data analysis roles
- Statistical understanding
- Experience of using specialist analytical and data management software - SQL
- Experience of Visualisation analytics platforms (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
Desirable
- Experience of analysis of health and care data including Mental Health Data Set, IAPT.
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Excellent data manipulation and interpretation skills
- Good analytical skills using MS SQL Server tools and/or R/Python
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, preempt and evaluate issues, and recommend appropriate course of action to address the issues
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks
Desirable
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and their application
Desirable
- Excellent knowledge of a range of data flows within the NHS
- Knowledge of NHS organisational structures
- Understanding of current legislation and issues of Information Governance and how it affects NHS commissioning
Interpersonal Skills
Desirable
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
Special Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Independent thinker who demonstrates good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptable, flexible and able to cope with uncertainty and change
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
Mobility
Essential
- Able to occasionally travel to other customer and team sites as required
Person Specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area - data science / health economics / statistics / analytics / operational research / mathematics
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in data analysis roles
- Statistical understanding
- Experience of using specialist analytical and data management software - SQL
- Experience of Visualisation analytics platforms (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
Desirable
- Experience of analysis of health and care data including Mental Health Data Set, IAPT.
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Excellent data manipulation and interpretation skills
- Good analytical skills using MS SQL Server tools and/or R/Python
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, preempt and evaluate issues, and recommend appropriate course of action to address the issues
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks
Desirable
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of statistical techniques and their application
Desirable
- Excellent knowledge of a range of data flows within the NHS
- Knowledge of NHS organisational structures
- Understanding of current legislation and issues of Information Governance and how it affects NHS commissioning
Interpersonal Skills
Desirable
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
Special Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Independent thinker who demonstrates good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptable, flexible and able to cope with uncertainty and change
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
Mobility
Essential
- Able to occasionally travel to other customer and team sites as required
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.
