Senior Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will support a team of senior analytical managers within the Insights and Intelligence Team which will provide strategic analysis for insight into NHS performance and evidence to support decision-making.

In particular the post holder will:

• Demonstrate knowledge and established practice of a variety and depth of analytical techniques (including advanced Excel skills) to provide quality, timely analysis and intelligence relating to key priorities of NHS England. These priorities will include assurance and accountability, commissioning, transformation, quality and safety, finance and policy and strategy development.
• Have excellent communication skills and be able to influence people with different perspectives to get the most out of stakeholder relationships.
• Support teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed, and delivered effectively, be calm under pressure and able to juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines. Effectively manage risks and interdependencies to deliver their own work programme and anticipate and communicate the impact on others work areas.
• Ensure accurate and open communication and co-ordination with a range of organisations and individuals, researching and drafting correspondence and papers and ensuring the management of specific tasks, lead reporting and analysis across a range of specialties, functions and projects.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline) or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area.
• Educated to post-graduate level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge and Experience

• Able to mentor others in understanding of NHS datasets and data sources and in assessing quality and reliability
• Experience of triangulating data from different sources and demonstrate an appreciation of the differences that might occur in large datasets
• Able to mentor others in best practice of quality assurance.
• Awareness in project and programme management methodologies such as Prince 2, MSP and / or Agile
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
• Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
• Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.

• Able to apply methods to explore presenting issue and identify key issues.
• Evidence of post-graduate qualification and continuing professional development.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

• Able to mentor others in application of appropriate descriptive statistics and standardisation.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
• Experience in using a range of statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, R, and SQL
• Technical skills in data management, business intelligence and analytics - including data modelling, data visualisation (e.g. Tableau and Qlik) and data blending (e.g. Alteryx and SSIS) along with other supporting tools (e.g. Microsoft BI stack)
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.

• Able to build and document complicated and varied types of model including forecasting performance.
• Can use segmentation and or clustering to better understand population being modelled.

Values and Behaviours

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
• Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
• Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
• Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

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.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Any South West NHSE Base

Taunton, Bristol or Plymouth

TA1 2PX

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/