Senior Analytical Manager (Analytical Section Head)

NHS England

The closing date is 12 January 2025

Job summary

Within Data and Analytics our vision is to be the leading data services provider for health and social care across England through creating innovative and high-quality data products and services that give our customers the knowledge and capabilities required to deliver the best outcomes for citizens.

Main duties of the job

The Public Health, Population Health, and Evaluation Team sits within the Clinical Improvement Analytics domain of Data & Analytics. The team supports the prevention agenda by:

  1. Enabling systems to improve population health and reduce health inequalities.
  2. Maximising vaccination and screening uptake to reduce mortality and morbidity.
  3. Leading on evaluation and monitoring to ensure operational efficiency and value for money.

Key activities include:

  • Developing analytical strategies for population health, health inequalities, and evaluation.
  • Collecting, processing, and reporting performance metrics for 11 screening programmes, e.g., % uptake of screening invitations. This includes publishing metrics, developing dashboards, and preparing for a transition of data collection and publication to other teams. Developing a dashboard to identify improvement areas (underperforming geographic or demographic groups)
  • Analytical modelling future demand for screening/vaccinations and related workforce needs
  • Providing data to support the Screening Quality Assurance programme by improving data systems, analysis, and reporting
  • Providing evaluation and monitoring support for initiatives across NHSE.

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.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

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.

Date posted

12 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-TD-D&A-6827302-E

Job locations

Leeds - Wellington Place or London - Wellington House

Leeds or London

LS1 4AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

This advert has attached Assignment Briefs/ information relating to roles currently vacant. However, please be aware that this recruitment may also be used to fill other positions that become vacant after the time of advert, for which Assignment Briefs or team information are not available. This will be limited to roles where the competencies to be assessed and requirements for the role are appropriately similar.

Interviews for this role will take place in January 2025.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This advert has attached Assignment Briefs/ information relating to roles currently vacant. However, please be aware that this recruitment may also be used to fill other positions that become vacant after the time of advert, for which Assignment Briefs or team information are not available. This will be limited to roles where the competencies to be assessed and requirements for the role are appropriately similar.

Interviews for this role will take place in January 2025.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline such as Health Service Research, Social Research) or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to analysis and statistics.

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Skilled at logical problem structuring, able to apply existing knowledge/skills to unfamiliar areas.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to plan and lead projects or programmes of analytical work.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to lead teams.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject (such as Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Operational Research, or a related quantitative or analytical discipline such as Health Service Research, Social Research) or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience in specialist area.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to analysis and statistics.

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Skilled at logical problem structuring, able to apply existing knowledge/skills to unfamiliar areas.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to plan and lead projects or programmes of analytical work.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to lead teams.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.

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

NHS England

Address

Leeds - Wellington Place or London - Wellington House

Leeds or London

LS1 4AP


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Leeds - Wellington Place or London - Wellington House

Leeds or London

LS1 4AP


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Dep Dir Analytics: Public Health, Pop Health&Eval

Rebecca Hand

rebecca.hand1@nhs.net

Date posted

12 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-TD-D&A-6827302-E

Job locations

Leeds - Wellington Place or London - Wellington House

Leeds or London

LS1 4AP


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