Senior Analyst

NHS; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence as a Senior Analyst and play a crucial role in leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance health and care decision-making. With responsibilities ranging from conducting evaluations to collaborating on innovative projects, this position offers a unique opportunity to shape NICE's future amidst a supportive and flexible working environment. If you have a strong background in research and a passion for driving transformation in health policy, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Options

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Development opportunities

Inclusive support networks

Qualifications

• Experience in research setting managing multiple projects.
• Knowledge of AI tools evaluation.
• Ability to build consensus on policy issues.

Responsibilities

• Conducting research and evaluations on AI applications.
• Delivering high-quality policy and research outputs.
• Collaborating with teams on strategic initiatives.

Skills

Research expertise

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Masters degree in health economics or related field

Job description

Go back NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Senior Analyst

The closing date is 29 June 2025

Join NICE as a Senior Analyst to evaluate Artificial Intelligence for transforming the work of NICE!

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) exists to help improve the quality, sustainability and productivity of health and social care in England and Wales. We have an international reputation for producing high quality guidance and information on effective practice that supports better decisions and helps the health and care system to prioritise its investments. We are world leaders in the work that we do.

Do you have a passion for innovation and transformation? NICE is seeking a Senior Analyst to drive forward our organisational evolution by harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for the core functions of NICE. As a key member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping NICE's future, ensuring we maximise AI's capabilities to enhance our ways of working, improve efficiencies, and support evidence-based decision-making.

In this role, you will support strategic initiatives that integrate AI into NICE's processes, working collaboratively across teams to identify and capitalise on opportunities for transformation. The ideal candidate will have a strong grounding in research methods as well as the ability to support evaluations or pilots of artificial intelligence tools. If you thrive in a fast-paced, forward-thinking environment and are ready to shape the future of NICE, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Analysts within our team are responsible for a range of activities, including:

• Conducting research, or evaluations, analysing data and disseminating findings in collaboration with partners in the UK or internationally
• Delivering science policy and research outputs and ensuring the high technical quality of these outputs
• Developing applications for research funding in collaboration with partners in the UK or internationally
• Proactively working with teams across NICE to develop and deliver projects that address NICE's strategic research or business priorities
• Developing and maintaining working relationships with external collaborators including research partners, international HTA agencies, regulators and the wider research community
• Managing Data and Analytics research methods activity.

The team adopts a flexible approach, meaning that the post holder will work on multiple projects and activities at any one time and that specific tasks assigned to the post-holder may change in response to business needs.

About us

The Science Evidence and Analytics (SEA) Directorate ensures NICE uses the best available evidence to support decision making across health and care. The Data and Analytics (D&A) Programme, part of SEA, supports the whole organisation by leading on real-world data and evidence. We work with system partners to ensure NICE accesses a wide range of health and care data, enabling a system that continually learns from implementation.

Recently, the D&A team led the development of NICE's Statement of Intent for artificial intelligence (AI), outlining our approach to: 1) guiding technology developers on best practice for AI-based evidence generation; 2) evaluating AI technologies for NHS use; and 3) exploring AI tools within NICE processes. This work ensures NICE remains at the forefront of data and technology innovation, both in the UK and globally. The team also conducts research and works with external policy partners to influence key issues, enhancing NICE's role as a methodological leader.

Our benefits include:

• NHS Pension - Among the UK's most rewarding schemes.
• Flexible Working - Options include remote working, compressed hours and flexible schedules.
• Discounts - Save with a Blue Light Card.
• Generous Leave - 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Inclusive Networks - Join groups like Women in NICE and the Race Equality Network.
• Tailored Development - Advance with personalised learning opportunities.

Like the sound of it? Apply today!

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

Qualifications

• Masters degree (or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and training/development) in one of more of the following fields: health economics, health outcomes research, medical statistics, epidemiology, software evaluation or another relevant health-related discipline.

Experience

• Experience of working in a research setting and of developing, conducting and project-managing multiple research projects across a wide range of topics

Experience

• Experience of evaluation of new methods in research, health or policy settings or evaluation of tools or software (e.g. AI tools)

Skills

• Ability to build consensus on scientific and policy issues when there are conflicting views

Knowledge

• Understanding of the context for research and policy development at NICE including the barriers and facilitators to changes in policy and practice

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of research processes including, protocol development, funding application and the conduct and communication of research

Knowledge

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of research methodology, including primary and secondary research techniques, and health technology assessment or guideline development

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.

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

£53,755 to £60,504 a yearper annum, plus HCAS if applicable

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

20 months

Working pattern

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