Analyst

Salary: £29,605 to £30,487 with progression to £32,982 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 22 May 2024

The Role

The main function of this post is to join a team of analysts identifying new emerging health technologies, recording key information to enable trend analysis and individual technology horizon scanning outputs, including dashboards.

This is a national role and the post sits in our exciting initiative centre, the National Institute for Health Care & Research Innovation Observatory. Using next generational digital analytics, we bring together expertise to observe and report on health innovation for the UK and beyond, helping shape future health provision. 

This is a full time, fixed term position.

To find out more about the role please reach out to Teresa Fortune, Chief Operating Officer

Key Accountabilities

•    To contribute to the delivery of horizon scanning outputs for national stakeholders

•    Under direction, contribute to the setting up of experimental systems to explore novel methods of screening and collation of information

•    To contribute to the development and delivery of horizon scanning training and advice, liaising with other horizon scanning groups and organisations

•    Support the delivery of market analysis and pipeline reports to key national stakeholders

•    Managing own workload and prioritising work to ensure timely, accurate, search activities. Where necessary, to engage with managers to identify extra resources to manage peaks in demand

•    Carry out bespoke scanning projects within agreed timelines, meeting project milestones and to an appropriate standard under guidance of more senior staff

•    Attend meetings and other events appropriate to the projects/team

•    If appropriate, contribute to the preparation of papers for publication, disseminate findings at conferences as required

•    Identify and undertake a programme of professional development, including further training in research methods and other transferable skills

•    To contribute to the activities of the Analyst Team at the NIHR IO

•    Carry out administrative tasks and other duties to support the NIHR IO as required by the Director

The Person 

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
•    Demonstrable experience of working independently and as part of a team
•    Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work and projects well to meet deadlines
•    Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work flexibly and cooperatively with others
•    Evidence of working with MS Office applications

Desirable 
•    Evidence of potential to write for peer reviewed publications and present findings at conferences 
•    Evidence of skills in information specialist methodologies 
•    Experience of undertaking literature searching and data monitoring

Attributes and Behaviour

Delivering Services
•    Works continually towards achieving success through understanding and meeting or exceeding the expectations of the Centre, colleagues and other stakeholders
•    Is enthusiastic in getting the job done on time

Finding Solutions
•    Generates a range of viable options and decides on an appropriate course of action that best fits the Centre goals.

Team Working
•    Operates in a number of different teams and groups across the Centre and is confident in adopting a range of team roles.

Understanding Others
•    Understands individual or group motives, understands the culture of a particular area, Institute or faculty.

Planning and Organising
•    Works in a planned and structured way, uses own and others’ time effectively, Sets own priorities in conjunction with team and area objectives.

•    Commitment to own personal development

Qualifications
•    A bachelors degree in health services research, public health, information science, health technology assessment, biomedical sciences, pharmacology or other related subject

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 26971