Main area Consultancy Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
* Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Role can be delivered in a flexible hybrid way with any travel, site visits or meetings arranged by agreement on a very occasional basis.) Job ref 877-CSU-6875379-A
Employer NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Employer type NHS Site 23 Stephenson Street Town Birmingham Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pa (subject to banding) Salary period Yearly Closing 12/01/2025 23:59 Interview date 27/01/2025
Senior Consultant: Mixed Methods
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Job Title: Senior Consultant: Mixed Methods (Evaluation Team)
Range: £53,755 - £60,504 (NHS Agenda for Change Band 8a)
Accountable to: The Strategy Unit is leading research, analysis and change from within the NHS.
The NHS and its partners face significant challenges, and our work is in high demand. We support healthcare providers, commissioners, universities, charities, and government organisations to solve complex problems by providing evidence-informed analysis and advice.
For more information about our work including recent and current projects, please visit our website: Strategy Unit.
Main duties of the job
The Strategy Unit Evaluation Team work with NHS England (NHSE), as well as Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and patient charities to provide mixed-method programme evaluations. You will be working with a wide range of clients to deliver evaluations from small, local interventions to large, national complex and high-profile programmes. We use a range of qualitative and quantitative methods and work with stakeholders at all levels from the most senior strategic positions to patients and service users, across a diverse range of topics so highly developed communication skills is an essential requirement for this role.
Working for our organisation
We operate as an independent consultancy but are part of the NHS, hosted by Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU), and driven by NHS values.
The Strategy Unit has an office in central Birmingham, but our staff are based all over the UK. Most of the Evaluation Team work to a hybrid model of home and the office; some work at home.
The Evaluation Team has a voluntary compressed hours nine-day fortnight with a common non-working day. We know that everyone has a life outside work, and other flexible working options are available (as well as standard hours!).
We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible, and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each job on merit. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Senior Consultant in the Evaluation Team you will work in a matrix structure across a portfolio of medium projects: you will be the day-to-day lead contact for clients as Project Manager across multiple projects, as well as working to other Project Managers to deliver work for other clients. As Project Manager you will work with the Project Director to develop and deliver the programme of work, managing and monitoring resources and leading on client engagement.
With mixed method skills you will work with our specialist impact evaluation analysts to support the delivery and reporting of impact evaluations. You will be familiar with different quantitative methods and able to interpret complex findings for non-specialist audiences.
You will use your qualitative skills to deliver programmes of qualitative work. Often providing support and guidance for more junior colleagues, you will be responsible for: the development of topic guides and participant information sheets; research site engagement and negotiation; the recruitment of participants; interviews with stakeholders; developing and testing coding frames; the analysis of large qualitative datasets; and report writing. You will ensure a DPIA is agreed with the client for each project, and that all data collection and analysis is conducted to high ethical standards and information governance requirements.
You will attend and contribute to the Team’s developmental Mixed Methods Working Group, and others (currently AI, Patient and Public Involvement, and Ethics) aligned with your interests, join the monthly anchor day team sessions remotely or in person and weekly project meetings.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Significant experience in a similar or relevant work environment
Experience
* Experience of managing medium sized or complex projects including budgets and team capacity.
* Experience of proposal writing and contributing to winning work.
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
* Ability to design, manage and deliver qualitative methodologies to meet clients’ needs.
* Knowledge of quantitative evaluation methods and able to describe these and interpret findings for non-specialist audience
* Ability to produce written outputs that present complex and sensitive findings clearly and appropriately
* Ability to proactively support development of the team, including suggesting areas for improvement
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