Associate Health Economist

Source Health Economics; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Private health insurance

Life insurance

Cycle to work

Above-average pension contributions

Job summary

Source Health Economics in Oxford and London seeks an Associate Health Economist to work with the senior team on cost-effectiveness and budget impact models, and to contribute to NICE/SMC submissions with evidence-based solutions for clients.

You will conduct research, build models in Excel, perform basic statistics (STATA), draft technical reports, and present findings to clients, with a 37.5-hour week and hybrid work requiring 2–3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• MSc or higher in health economics, maths, operational research or equivalent.
• Ability to perform basic statistical analyses and interpret results.
• Input on model methods, data, and assumptions for economic evaluations.
• Identify UK cost data and draft model specifications.
• Write technical reports and user guides for economic models.
• Present findings to clients and communicate clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Undertake research and secondary data collection with proper referencing.
• Input into development of model specifications for cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses.
• Build cost-effectiveness and budget impact models in Microsoft Excel.
• Conduct basic statistical analyses and summarize results.
• Draft technical reports and accompanying documentation for clients.
• Communicate with clients and present results clearly.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Statistical analysis

STATA

Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

MSc in Health Economics, Maths, Operational Research or equivalent

Recently qualified post-graduates

Tools

Excel

STATA

Cost-effectiveness modeling

Job description

Source Health Economics is a growing HEOR consultancy specialising in health economics, value communication, systematic review, statistics, and health technology assessment. Since we were founded in 2016, we have achieved our planned year-on-year growth, allowing many opportunities for personal development.

At Source, we have a technically-excellent, supportive, and friendly team, and pride ourselves on our inclusive and collaborative culture. Our core values are excellence, balance, and growth.

We strive to:

• Deliver excellence for our clients and patients, whilst
• Preserving a good work-life balance and supporting employee well-being, and
• Providing opportunities for growth for our employees.

We recruit some of the brightest minds and invest in your professional development.

Why work with us?

Source is a fun, personable company, where our technical teams work closely with each other, enabling us all to learn from some of the best minds in the business. We value our employees, and all employees are encouraged to voice their ideas and contribute to business initiatives, regardless of seniority. Source prides itself on its commitment to employee welfare, as evidenced by our high employee retention.

We have open-plan offices in Oxford and central London, with hybrid working. Our contractual working hours are 37.5 hours per week, with flexible start and finish times around our core company hours of 10 am to 4 pm. Note that for this position, the employee would be expected to be in either office 2-3 days per week.

• competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays
• discretionary bonus scheme
• opt-in employee health insurance
• employee life insurance
• cycle to work scheme
• above-average employer pension contributions

Our health economics team

The health economics team currently consists of 22 people, six at senior level (Consultant Health Economist level and above). The team works across many different clinical areas including oncology, haematology and a number of genetic conditions. Precise deliverables vary by project, but typically consist of building de novo / adapting existing cost-effectiveness and budget impact models. Often, they are developed as core elements of health technology assessments for submission to agencies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC).

Across the team we offer opportunities for project management and line management (with additional training provided if needed, and particularly when at senior level). There are also opportunities to be involved with non-project work to support business development and internal process needs.

Every person at Source is highly valued, and we recognise that individual efforts have a considerable impact on the business’s success.

The role

As an Associate Health Economist, you will work closely and collaboratively with senior member of the health economics team, project managers, value communication, systematic review, and statistics teams to deliver high-quality evidence-based solutions for our clients. You will sometimes also be in a client-facing role.

You will be required to:

• Undertake research, secondary data collection and referencing
• Input into the development of model specifications
• Build cost-effectiveness and budget impact models in Microsoft Excel™
• Undertake basic statistical analysis
• Write technical reports
• Communicate with and present to clients.

You will need:

• Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• An ability to work under pressure and to timelines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• To be able to perform basic statistical analyses in (ideally) STATA
• An ability to
• input on appropriate model methods, data, and assumption
• identify appropriate UK cost data
• determine, run, and report model analyses
• draft a model specification with some direction
• write a technical report and user guide.
• At least a MSc in Health Economics, Maths, Operational Research or equivalent
• Preferably, cost-effectiveness and budget impact model building experience, but the post is open to recently qualified post-graduates
• Ideally, experience of developing economic evaluations for institutes such as NICE and the SMC and a degree of familiarity with their process and methodological preferences

Source is part of Sciris. Sciris specialises in bespoke programmes in health economics and outcomes research, healthcare communication, creative and brand strategy, medical compliance, insights, and insights.