Senior Health Economist

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Develop Economic Cases for projects and programmes

You will work across the organisation on developing economic cases for key projects and programmes as part of the standard HMG five-part business case process. Mostly focused on applying your knowledge of economics and Green Book guidance to assess benefits and costs of different options and help the organisation come to a preferred approach. You will need to provide advice and quality assurance to some cases primarily written by other teams while for other cases your team will take the lead on drafting.

• Lead a work programme building UKHSAs economic evidence base

You will apply existing methods, and identify new approaches, to provide insight to important health questions. There will be scope for the postholder to shape this work according to their interest, while also meeting the likely future demands of the organisation. It could include looking at new ways to value the benefits of surveillance programmes or the importance of building resilience. You will demonstrate an ability to manage projects and stakeholders across an organisation, and bring a strong intellectual curiosity with an interdisciplinary approach.

• Provide analysis, insight and challenge.

You are open to learning more about the health domain from other experts while demonstrating the value that economics can bring to public health questions. You will need to develop clear high-quality analysis and be willing to challenge that of others. You will also take part in a Keyholder Panel process to review business cases, including potentially challenging senior stakeholders.

• Build the Economic profession at UKHSA.

All the while, you will be at the forefront of building the role and reputation of the economic profession within UKHSA. Working with experts across multiple fields, you will showcase the value of economics to all colleagues as well as contributing to building an inclusive and welcoming community of economists.

Essential Criteria

• Experience in cost-benefit and/or cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly relating to health interventions.
• Knowledge of health economics and experience in applying it to provide insight into complex health problems.
• Ability to work at pace to deadlines across multiple projects.
• Ability to effectively communicate the results of analysis to senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain key stakeholder relationships.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with developing Green Book-compliant business cases including knowledge of best practice.
• Experience in line management, including managing specialists such as economists.
• Experience in running and leading research programmes and/or managing projects across an organization.

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Selection Process

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Strengths

This part of the selection process should outline how you consider your skills, experience and achievements, and provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria outlined.

You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in sifting process and will be scored.

Stage 1: Application & SiftAs part of the application process you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability in no more than 1000 words.

Your statement of suitability should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Experience criteria or the essential and desirable criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in the sifting process and will be scored.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview.

Stage 2: Panel Interview

All candidates who are successful at the sift stage will be invited to a remote interview via Microsoft Teams

You will be tested on the following 4 behaviours :

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

You will be asked to prepare and present a 5-10 minute presentation. The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview.

Benefits

• Alongside your salary of £49,592, UK Health Security Agency contributes £13,390 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Range of health and wellbeing support

Any move to UKHSA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare.

Reserve List:

Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.

If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.

DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.

This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.

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Government baseline personnel security standard

Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:

• life sentences
• arson
• sexual offences
• hate and terror offences

Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role

Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• oExperience in cost-benefit and/or cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly relating to health interventions.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Colindale

London

NW9 5EQ

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)