Senior Analyst Commissioning (System)

Black Country Integrated Care Board; Wolverhampton, Park Central; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Integrated Care Board in the United Kingdom is seeking an Analyst to develop service delivery through analysis across diverse services. The role focuses on financial reporting, contracting monitoring and performance analysis to support the ICB delivery plans and NHSE/I assurance programmes.

The post involves building routine Power BI/Excel reports, translating priorities into KPIs, and contributing to complex evidence-based insight for system transformation.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent experience in supporting project/delivery.
• Understanding of current healthcare policy and the context of NHS organisations.
• Knowledge of relationships between DoH, ICB/ICS and providers.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day reporting across the system, focusing on financial reporting and performance analysis.
• Analyse utilisation of health and care resources at locality levels.
• Benchmark productivity data and ICB/provider expenditure.
• Produce activity and costing data and in-year financial monitoring.

Skills

Power BI

Excel

SQL Server

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Job summary

The role is designed to use technical skills to develop a strong service delivery to provide analysis across a diverse range of services.

In carrying out your role, at least one of the agreed strategic anchors should be at the core of everything you do:

• Commissioning for Value and Outcomes
• Accelerating Neighbourhood Health at Pace
• Making the Best Use of Digital Solutions in our Pathways
• Financial Discipline / 2% Productivity
• Advancing Health Equity
• Integrated Partnership

Please note: this vacancy may close early if the ICB receives a high number of applications.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

To support the operational delivery of day to day reporting across the system, focusing on financial reporting, contracting monitoring, and performance analysis, including:

• Analyse utilisation of health and care resources at locality and neighbourhood level
• Benchmark published productivity data and ICB/provider expenditure
• Provide a solid activity and costing data
• In year monitoring of financial performance, including ERF and other activity monitoring
• Provide provider and place-based performance analytics against national standards, constitutional targets, and locally commissioned objectives
• Design, build and maintain routine reports/dashboards (Power BI/Excel) for performance standards (RTT, A&E/UEC, diagnostics, cancer, mental health, primary care) to meet the ICB delivery plans and NHSE/I assurance programmes
• Ensure reporting solutions reflect current and future national standards and NHS data definitions
• Translate service priorities into analysis plans and measurable KPIs
• To support and lead on the delivery of analytical solutions that support current and future business transformation programmes
• Responsible for Reconciliation, Service evaluation and Planning
• Automate reporting pipelines; improve semantic layers and standard definitions. Implement proactive data quality monitoring with automated notification.
• Work with Information teams to develop business rules for automated data cleansing to ensure datasets are available with optimum data quality

About us

Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) brings together the NHS, local councils and voluntary sector partners to support 2.7 million people. Our vision is to make the area the healthiest place to live and work by improving life chances and reducing inequalities.

As an employee, you will demonstrate our system values, champion inclusion and help address health inequalities so everyone can thrive. In return, the ICB offers a supportive, ambitious and inclusive workplace, with opportunities to develop and work with partners to deliver meaningful change.

The ICB is committed to a workforce that reflects the population of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull. We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from everyone who meets the role criteria, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

The ICB is a registered Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will shortlist suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Employees formally notified that they are at risk of redundancy within the organisation will receive priority consideration for this vacancy if they meet the roles essential requirements. This supports redeployment and helps minimise compulsory redundancies.

Job responsibilities

• Demonstrate effective problem-solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Demonstrate ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
• Demonstrate the ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• To support the operational delivery of day to day reporting across the system, focusing on financial reporting, contracting monitoring, and performance analysis, including: Analyse utilisation of health and care resources at locality and neighbourhood level; Benchmark published productivity data and ICB/provider expenditure Provide a solid activity and costing data; Analyse utilisation of health and care resources at locality and neighbourhood level; In year monitoring of financial performance, including ERF and other activity monitoring; Provide provider and place-based performance analytics against national standards, constitutional targets, and locally commissioned objectives
• They will support on the delivery of complex evidence-based insight analysis on the operation of the system. Translating service priorities into analysis plans and measurable KPIs, including health inequalities.
• Design, build and maintain routine reports/dashboards (Power BI/Excel) for performance standards (RTT, A&E/UEC, diagnostics, cancer, mental health, primary care) to meet the ICB delivery plans and NHSE/I assurance programmes.
• Conduct quality and peer review for analyst outputs both for their own area and across the team
• To promote analysis and evidence, ensuring that the work of the team is accessible and perceived as valuable.
• To encourage system colleagues to draw on data, analysis and evidence in setting out and implementing their delivery plans. Engaging stakeholders to refine requirements and communicate insights clearly.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Good working knowledge of Power Bi, Excel and Microsoft SQL Server. Experiencing in generating reports in a visualisation tool
• Experiencing in generating reports in a visualisation tool
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with ICs partners and Providers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Highlight difficult and controversial issues including performance and change to senior managers
• Putting the long‑term health, social care and well‑being needs of the population first (system first)
• Working collaboratively with other leaders to achieve excellence in everything we do
• Holding yourself and others to account for delivering better outcomes
• Being inclusive, supportive and empowering at all times
• Engaging and enabling those working towards the aims we have as a collective

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of supporting project/ programme delivery.
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
• Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the ICB/ICS and individual provider and commissioning organisations

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate an understanding of datasets and data sources including the quality and reliability of the data.
• Experience of triangulating data from different sources and demonstrate an appreciation of the differences that might occur in large datasets.
• Good working knowledge with relevant analysis software including Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SQL Server or equivalent.
• Knowledge of specialist areas including health and service redesign acquired through degree or equivalent experience or training,

Personal Qualities

Essential

• You conduct yourself in a caring and considerate manner at all times.
• You are respectful to others and listen to others
• You operate with openness and honesty and ensure you are approachable in conducting your role
• Professionalism and understanding difference is key

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• A demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas

Please refer to the full job description attached

Employer details

Employer name: Black Country Integrated Care Board

Address: Black Country Integrated Care Board, St. Peters Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH, United Kingdom

Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Associate Director - Population Analytics, Anthony Nicholls, [e-mail]

Details

• Date posted: 01 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: D9118-26-0057
• Job locations: Black Country Integrated Care Board, St. Peters Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SH, United Kingdom; Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board, Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1TT, United Kingdom

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