Job summary
Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision making. As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this same goal through empowering our workforce to do great things!
We have two roles available, one permanent and one fixed term for 12 months (December 2024 until December 2025 covering maternity leave).
Main duties of the job
The Principal Adviser leads on the delivery of NICE Advice services (e.g. education, insights and advice). The post holder will use their specialist skills to:
- support triage of complex service requests,
- chairing/facilitating engagements,
- quality assurance and technical sign off of projects,
- mitigating technical issues and escalating risks to the Associate Directors where necessary.
- provide methodology leadership in their specialist area of work (for example market access, clinical trial design, methods for health technology assessment (HTA), health economics, or evaluation of AI/digital).
The Principal Adviser delivers projects with high standards of customer service and commercial awareness. The post holder has a key role in identifying new services and improving existing services in response to changes in the external environment.
In addition, the Principal Adviser works closely with the Associate Directors and Director to support strategic development of the function. Furthermore, they are required to establish and maintain good working relationships with key opinion leaders, academics, developers of life sciences products, and representatives of international HTA and regulatory agencies.
About us
NICE Advice provides a fee-based service for developers of health technologies - including devices, diagnostics, digital, artificial intelligence or pharmaceuticals - and international organisations. NICE Advice provides a single point of contact within NICE for the life sciences industry to facilitate a clear and simple customer journey from clinical development to market access. We provide advice, insights and education with the ultimate aim of supporting technologies through NICE guidance to reach patients. Our confidential advice helps the life sciences industry develop high quality evidence generation plans and economic modelling that capture what they will need to demonstrate for a NICE evaluation. Additionally, the team provides companies with insights concerning market access pathways in England and consultancy services to our international audience.
We offer a range of benefits including:
- NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.
- We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times.
- Access to a Blue Light Card
- Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
- Access to modern offices with showers, bike storage facilities and refreshments such as tea and coffee.
- Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Eco-NICE, Change Agent Network
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Eduction/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate or Masters degree with several years demonstrable postgraduate specialist experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. clinical research, health economics, systematic review, epidemiology, statistics) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing up detailed and precise technical information to be communicated to both experts and non-experts in the field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing multiple, complex projects involving external stakeholders
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of health economic modelling or conducting clinical trials
Experience
Desirable
- Experience in a customer-focussed environment and accommodating customer requirements to deliver client focussed solutions
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of all, and expert knowledge in at least one of the following: clinical research and clinical trials health economics, systematic review, epidemiology, or statistics
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of HTA methods and processes for pharma and healthtech products
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstration of commercial awareness in the delivery of projects
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate confidently and generate trust and confidence at all levels internally and externally
Person Specification
Eduction/Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate or Masters degree with several years demonstrable postgraduate specialist experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. clinical research, health economics, systematic review, epidemiology, statistics) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of writing up detailed and precise technical information to be communicated to both experts and non-experts in the field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing multiple, complex projects involving external stakeholders
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of health economic modelling or conducting clinical trials
Experience
Desirable
- Experience in a customer-focussed environment and accommodating customer requirements to deliver client focussed solutions
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of all, and expert knowledge in at least one of the following: clinical research and clinical trials health economics, systematic review, epidemiology, or statistics
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of HTA methods and processes for pharma and healthtech products
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstration of commercial awareness in the delivery of projects
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate confidently and generate trust and confidence at all levels internally and externally
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).
