NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Senior Analyst

The closing date is 10 September 2025

Job summary

Are you a proactive and enthusiastic researcher with experience in epidemiology, health economics, health outcomes research, health technology assessment or guideline development, with a strong interest in health policy? Do you want to contribute to cutting-edge work in the space of health and social care?The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) exists to help improve the quality, sustainability and productivity of health and social care in England. We have an international reputation for our approach to producing guidance and information on effective practice that supports better decisions and helps the health and care system to prioritise its investment. We are one of the world leaders in the work that we do.We have a vacancy for a Senior Analyst in NICE's Research team. Reporting to a Scientific Adviser, the post holder will work with NICE colleagues and international collaborators, including HTA agencies and regulators, to develop our methods, processes and policies for health technology assessment and guideline development. They will also work on grant-funded one or more of our research projects, funded by national and international funders.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Analysts within the Research team are responsible for a range of activities, including:

Conducting research, analysing data and disseminating findings in collaboration with partners in the UK and internationally

Delivering science policy and research outputs and ensuring the high technical quality of these outputs

Developing applications for research funding in collaboration with partners in the UK and internationally

Proactively working with teams across NICE to develop and deliver projects that address NICE's strategic research priorities

Developing and maintaining working relationships with external collaborators including research partners, international HTA agencies, regulators and the wider research community

Managing the Research team's research infrastructure activity.

The team adopts a flexible approach, meaning that the post holder will work on multiple projects and activities at any one time and that specific tasks assigned to the post-holder may change in response to business needs.

About us

The Science, Evidence and Analytics Directorate provides the essential foundation that underpins all NICE guidance. We're responsible for keeping NICE's methodological approaches fit for purpose. This involves not just internal development but active engagement with our stakeholders to understand what matters most to them in health technology assessment and guideline development. We collaborate on research projects to drive innovation in new methods.

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

907-789

Job locations

Floor 3

Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN


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 demonstrateall essential criteriathrough 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 demonstrateall essential criteriathrough the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree (or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and training/development) in one of more of the following fields: health economics, health outcomes research, medical statistics, epidemiology, or another relevant health-related discipline.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in a research setting and of developing, conducting and project-managing multiple research projects across a wide range of topics.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of the research funding submission process and developing research proposals.

Skills

Essential

  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of research methodology, including primary and secondary research techniques, and health technology assessment.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to establish positive working relationships and engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally, operating in multiple countries.

Skills

Essential

  • Expert knowledge of the principles of evidence-based health care, critical appraisal and the interpretation of health care research evidence.
Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters degree (or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and training/development) in one of more of the following fields: health economics, health outcomes research, medical statistics, epidemiology, or another relevant health-related discipline.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in a research setting and of developing, conducting and project-managing multiple research projects across a wide range of topics.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of the research funding submission process and developing research proposals.

Skills

Essential

  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of research methodology, including primary and secondary research techniques, and health technology assessment.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to establish positive working relationships and engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally, operating in multiple countries.

Skills

Essential

  • Expert knowledge of the principles of evidence-based health care, critical appraisal and the interpretation of health care research evidence.

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).

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.

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

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

Floor 3

Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN


Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Address

Floor 3

Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN


Employer's website

https://www.nice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Scientific Advisor

Bethany Shinkins

Bethany.shinkins@nice.org.uk

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

907-789

Job locations

Floor 3

Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN


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