NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Senior Technical Analyst – Evidence Generation

The closing date is 27 April 2026

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!

Working in the managed access team you'll help to bring promising health technologies to patients and the NHS sooner by supporting the delivery of the evidence that NICE needs. You'll work on a wide variety of topics alongside partners from across the healthcare system with plenty of opportunities to learn and develop.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

We reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications so please don't delay your submission.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Technical Analyst - Evidence Generation, you will play a pivotal role in bringing promising new health technologies to patients in the NHS. By managing diverse stakeholder relationships and critically appraising highly complex data, you will facilitate conditional use arrangements that bring innovative treatments to patients while delivering the evidence needed to comprehensively understand their clinical and cost effectiveness.The successful candidate is expected to:

o Critically Appraise Complex Data: Evaluate and validate highly complex clinical research, epidemiological data, and real-world data sources

o Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of partners, including NICE committee teams, Evidence Assessment Groups (EAGs), and senior system partners

o Communicate with confidence: Prepare and deliver structured briefings and presentations on highly complex information to a range of internal and external stakeholders

o Lead Document Synthesis: Author and edit high-quality public guidance documents, ensuring all outputs meet rigorous quality standards

o Manage Projects: Work across multiple workstreams with shifting timelines, evaluating risks and priorities

About us

The Commercial and Managed Access Programme (CMAP) supports the work of NICE guidance producing programmes by facilitating and streamlining interactions with key health system partners and companies to support access to cost- effective technologies and value for money in healthcare.

Managed access (medicines) / Early Use Assessment (healthtech) provide an opportunity for patients to benefit from promising new treatments, while further data is collected to address uncertainties. The Managed Access Team aims to resolve the uncertainties by considering the feasibility data collection, working with NICE committees, translating evidence generation recommendations into data collection agreements (DCAs) / evidence generation plans, overseeing the generation of new evidence and ensuring that it's ready for review after the period of evidence generation.

Nice benefits include:Generous NHS Pension - Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK.Flexible Working - Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times.Exclusive Discounts - Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card.Time to Recharge - Start with 27 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays.Inclusive Staff Networks - Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and Nice and Proud

Details

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

907-858

Job locations

3rd 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 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

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/ development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in working with a range of individuals, external stakeholders, and organisations ideally in a healthcare setting

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience with evidential uncertainty in at least one of the following: financial and demographic modelling, economics, risk management, pricing uncertainty

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

  • Working knowledge of all of the following areas and specialist expertise in at least one of the following: o Health economics o Medical statistics oClinical trials oPublic health and health policy oEpidemiology oMedical writing/editing

Skills/Knowledge

Desirable

  • Knowledge of routinely collected health and health care data
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Postgraduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/ development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in working with a range of individuals, external stakeholders, and organisations ideally in a healthcare setting

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience with evidential uncertainty in at least one of the following: financial and demographic modelling, economics, risk management, pricing uncertainty

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

  • Working knowledge of all of the following areas and specialist expertise in at least one of the following: o Health economics o Medical statistics oClinical trials oPublic health and health policy oEpidemiology oMedical writing/editing

Skills/Knowledge

Desirable

  • Knowledge of routinely collected health and health care data

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

3rd 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

3rd 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:

Technical Advisor

Thomas Lawrence

Thomas.lawrence@nice.org.uk

Details

Date posted

20 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

907-858

Job locations

3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place

Manchester

M1 3BN


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