Analytics Manager (Simulation)

Salary: £62,215 to £85,601 (Band 8b-8c) dependent on the experience and skills of the successful applicant

Location: Birmingham, UK

Contract: Permanent

Applications close: Sunday 20th October 2024

Job Overview

The Strategy Unit is seeking an experienced individual to lead our simulation modelling service. This is an area of growth with the Strategy Unit being recognised as a provider of high-quality simulation expertise. We are looking for someone who can continue to develop and expand our work in this area.

Main duties of the job

You will be a valued member of the Strategy Unit team, supporting the development of our services, systems, strategy and reputation for excellence. You will be based within the Analytics and modelling team.

As an Analytics Manager (Simulation) you will work closely with those that commission or sponsor our work and will be responsible for developing detailed analytical proposals that respond to a clients’ needs. You will primarily lead and deliver stand-alone simulation-based projects (e.g. Discrete event, system dynamics, agent based etc). There will also be opportunities to lead and deliver other analytical projects including analytical components of complex mixed methods work programmes.

You will be responsible for identifying, and developing opportunities for new business to build the simulation function within the Strategy Unit and ensuring that you and your team have a sufficient pipeline of projects to keep you engaged throughout the year. You will support the development of the use of simulation methods within the wider NHS, through the leading and delivery of an established community of practice, conference presentations and training workshops.

We are committed to open-source reproducible analytical pipelines to ensure the methods are shared widely across the NHS, including sharing code and transferring skills to national and local teams.

Analytics and modelling sit within our wider organisational structure that also includes:

• Business Management
• Data science
• Evaluation
• Research and policy
• Strategy and change

Working for our organisation

The Strategy Unit is a specialist NHS team, hosted by NHS Midlands and Lancashire (ML). We work with NHS and social care organisations, universities, charities, and government organisations to deliver clear thinking and applied analysis that improves decision-making, implementation, and results. Our basic proposition is simple: better evidence, better decisions, better outcomes.

The NHS and its partners face significant challenges, so our services are in high demand. The Strategy Unit covers all its costs through project funding which is driven by need and any surplus is recycled for public benefit. We host the NHS-R Community and Health and Care Analytics Conference. For more information about our work including recent and current projects, please visit our website: https://www.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk

Selection

For a detailed person specification please see the attached job description.

We strongly value diversity within our workforce, and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience, ideas, and culture to the team. This difference brings with it great strengths, including diversity of thought and innovation.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, faith and religion, disability, and age. Ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, disabled people and religious and faith groups are currently under-represented across the organisation, we would encourage applications from members of these groups.

We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re open to discussing flexible working options, provided we can balance your needs with those of our clients.

Please submit your application through the NHS Jobs portal. We recognise that this is not a straightforward process but unfortunately, we can’t accept CV’s. We’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process to accommodate your needs, feel free to contact Charlotte Henderson (charlotte.henderson2@nhs.net) who will be happy to support you.