Job summary
The South East Data & Analytics team is an analytical service supporting NHS England South East Region.
The team works across all Directorates within the region, with individual responsibilities flexing according to regionalpriorities. The initial focus for this role is to lead the analytical team supporting Planned Care and Operational Planning, including analytical work on elective recovery, cancer, diagnostics, theatre utilisation, and outpatients. Experience of working on these topics would be very useful, and a commitment to learning and becoming a subject matter expert would be essential if less experienced. This focus may change over time to respond to the requirements of the region.
Example projects include leading an analytical team in monitoring performance of systems; forecasting based on data models; prescriptive analytics based on triangulation across analytical tools; and data-driven storytelling to support the improvement and delivery of health services.
Senior Analytical Leads oversee and work with team members to deliver analytical requirements and work closely with key stakeholders, influencing delivery. You will have significant experience ofworking with stakeholders and enabling others through analytics. You will also have proven skills in people and project management.
Main duties of the job
The five main duties/responsibilities of the role are:
- Providing analytical insights - Lead and deliver a high-quality analytics service using extensive knowledge of NHS data and excellent technical skills in statistics, data management, business intelligence, analytics (particularly demand and capacity modelling) and data visualisation.
- Problem definition and problem solving - Structure problems and develop appropriate analytical solutions, challenging assumptions, analysing and triangulating data in innovative ways, and adapting approaches to deal with ambiguity and unstructured and/or missing data.
- Project management - Have excellent project management skills, including the ability to plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of projects, juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines for self and team.
- Line management and people development - Develop, motivate, and manage staff, providing appropriate leadership, support, and managing day to day work assigned.
- Stakeholder relationships - Build and manage collaborative relationships across the health system.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to post-graduate level in a relevant subject (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline)
- Significant proven experience working at a senior level in specialist area
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to analysis and statistics
- Experience Providing analytical insights - Leading and delivering high-quality analytics service using extensive knowledge of NHS data and excellent technical skills in statistics, data management, business intelligence, analytics (particularly demand and capacity modelling) and data visualisation, with a focus on delivering accessible, actionable insights which allow stakeholders to better use information as evidence in decision making.
- Stakeholder relationships -Experience buiding and managing collaborative relationships across the health system, including internal and external policy and analytical teams, providers and clinical experts, and senior and challenging external partners and stakeholders, to ensure analyses are relevant to their needs.
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Technical skills/experience in data management, business intelligence and analytics - including data modelling, data visualisation (e.g. Tableau, R) along with other supporting tools
- Project management - Have excellent project management skills, including the ability to plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of projects, juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines for self and team, and work autonomously to drive own work programme and that of team members. Anticipate and proactively manage delivery risks including quality assure their own and other's work. Provide overall management to the whole function(s).
- Line management and people development - Develop, motivate, and manage staff, providing appropriate leadership, support, and managing day to day work assigned. Responsible for recruitment and selection, and promoting equality, diversity & inclusion. Seek best practices and bring innovative thinking through emerging external landscape and trends that can bring about step change or continuous improvement in data analysis.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to post-graduate level in a relevant subject (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline)
- Significant proven experience working at a senior level in specialist area
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to analysis and statistics
- Experience Providing analytical insights - Leading and delivering high-quality analytics service using extensive knowledge of NHS data and excellent technical skills in statistics, data management, business intelligence, analytics (particularly demand and capacity modelling) and data visualisation, with a focus on delivering accessible, actionable insights which allow stakeholders to better use information as evidence in decision making.
- Stakeholder relationships -Experience buiding and managing collaborative relationships across the health system, including internal and external policy and analytical teams, providers and clinical experts, and senior and challenging external partners and stakeholders, to ensure analyses are relevant to their needs.
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Technical skills/experience in data management, business intelligence and analytics - including data modelling, data visualisation (e.g. Tableau, R) along with other supporting tools
- Project management - Have excellent project management skills, including the ability to plan, manage and deliver a portfolio of projects, juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines for self and team, and work autonomously to drive own work programme and that of team members. Anticipate and proactively manage delivery risks including quality assure their own and other's work. Provide overall management to the whole function(s).
- Line management and people development - Develop, motivate, and manage staff, providing appropriate leadership, support, and managing day to day work assigned. Responsible for recruitment and selection, and promoting equality, diversity & inclusion. Seek best practices and bring innovative thinking through emerging external landscape and trends that can bring about step change or continuous improvement in data analysis.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
