Assistant Health Economist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties of the Job

The main duties of each role will depend on which team you are placed in. In general, the type of work you can expect to support on includes:

• Use a range of tools and techniques to produce high-quality analysis
• Communicate that analysis in a clear and convincing manner, both in writing and verbally, to colleagues and stakeholders from different backgrounds
• Work collaboratively with others to develop robust economic cases for key UKHSA projects and programmes
• Support the production of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis to guide UKHSA decision-making in reducing the spread of infectious diseases
• Have a strong focus on quality assurance, ensuring work is robust and meets the needs of stakeholders.

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality 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.

Essential Criteria:

• Knowledge of economics and experience in applying it to provide insight into complex problems.

• Ability to effectively communicate the results of analysis to stakeholders from different backgrounds

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain relationships with colleagues and key stakeholders

Desirable Criteria:

• Ability to deliver at pace to deadlines across multiple projects

• Knowledge of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly relating to health or other areas of UK public policy

Selection Process

You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed and sifted in line with the essential criteria.

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

Stage 1: Application & Sift

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 1000 words providing examples of how you meet the essential and desirable criteria. It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role.

Please note: The system will allow you to write up to 1500 words but please do not exceed 1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

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

Stage 2: Panel Interview

All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on behaviours, technical skills and experience through Success Profiles.

When assessing strengths, we want to find out whether you and the job role are a good fit. We will look at what you enjoy doing and what you do well and often. By ensuring that the role is the right fit for you, you are more likely to enjoy it and perform well.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

We'll also assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Questions designed to test knowledge of economics.
• Questions designed to test knowledge of analytical concepts and the ability to explain them clearly.

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

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.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

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

• oKnowledge of economics and experience in applying it to provide insight into complex problems.

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

remote

remote

NW9 5EQ

Employer's website

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