The Senior Consultant is responsible for leading projects and project teams with a high level of autonomy (senior level support and counsel will be provided as required). They have line management responsibilities for Analysts and Consultants.
The responsibilities include:
* Designs projects with the support or partnership (as necessary) of more senior team members.
* Demonstrates end-to-end project management capabilities in the process of successfully delivering projects to completion requiring only periodic high-level support/counsel, to time and budget, and uses internal and external resources effectively and efficiently.
* Manages own time and supervises timelines of team members and their deliverables across multiple projects.
* Defines and monitors project plans and assures project component alignment with overall project plan.
* Assesses and manages project risks and escalates issues.
* Maintains the highest standards of work and thinking and supports others to achieve quality standards.
* Actively engages with clients to create opportunities for new or follow-on business, and engages in strategic discussions, e.g. opportunities or risks, and manages client expectations.
* Drives internal development and supports/provides development and delivery of training (formal or informal).
* Engages in public speaking and presentation (e.g. of research, at conferences, careers events, etc.).
* Demonstrates strategic insight, discusses strategic project decisions with clients and project teams, and gains the confidence of others by their authoritative communication.
* Line manages Analysts/ Consultants and supports them with their professional development.
* Encourages the development of their project team, including project-led learning, identifying areas for development, communicating these to line manager and assisting with development plans.
* Participates in recruitment of junior team members and peers.
* Leads on publication of papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations and oversees junior members of staff in this task.
* Acts as a mentor promoting high professional ethics/technical standards, demonstrating Aquarius’ values in their work and behaviours (i.e., critical, curious, creative, collaborative, client focused).
* Actively contributes to a culture of collaboration and innovation within team and acts as a role model.
Requirements
Qualifications
* PhD/MSc in Health Economics, Data Science, Business, Mathematics, Biostatistics, Public Health, or related quantitative/qualitative field, or BSc/BA with equivalent experience and skills
* Previous and proven post-graduate experience
* Fluency in English (written/oral) essential
Experience and skills
Required:
* Extensive experience in health, healthcare, and medical decision problems
* Designing and conducting quantitative analyses, interpreting results and presenting findings
* Designing and conducting literature reviews and synthesising/summarising evidence
* Strong numeracy skills including manipulating data and conducting analyses in Microsoft Excel
* Technical writing skills (peer-reviewed publications, proposals/grants, reports)
* Ability to develop and maintain healthy and productive relationships with clients, collaborators and the internal team
* Experience in project management and delivering results successfully to deadlines; demonstrated ability to prioritise and lead a team
* Experience in managing junior team members
Desirable
* Experience of research in commercial healthcare markets
* Knowledge and experience of health economic evaluations, economic modelling and costing health services
* Statistical/econometric analysis and interpretation: designing analyses, interpreting results, and using at least one of the following software/languages: R, STATA, SAS, SPSS
* Experience in conducting qualitative and/or market research, e.g. interviewing, and any qualitative software, e.g. NVivo, Atlas, etc.
* Programming in any language, e.g. Java, C/C++, Python, etc.
* Knowledge of the UK health care system and data sources
* Awareness of UK/International health policy
* Experience working in a consultancy or as a consultant
* Experience of HTA submissions
Person specification
* Highly motivated, ambitious, enthusiastic and committed to making an impact in healthcare
* Excellent work ethic and integrity
* Commercial interest and awareness of healthcare markets and interventions
* A strong client focus, and demonstrable capability to build relationships and negotiate with them
* Ability to network
* A natural communicator: excellent communication skills (written and oral) with people across all levels of expertise
* Good presentation writing and delivery skills
* Able to work independently and in a team
* The capacity to develop strong relationships
* People management skills and strong leadership potential: evidence of positions of responsibility and have intuition for leading a team and stepping up to a challenge
* Multitasking and time management skills and experience
* Able to work under pressure to tight timelines
* Flexible and able to adapt easily and innovate
* Creative, and solutions-focused
* A problem-solver: can demonstrate how you’ve face into a challenge and how you have diagnosed and then solved the problem
* Detail-orientated
* Curious and interested in acquiring new knowledge and skills
* Demonstrates ability to self-reflect and the willingness to develop to address areas of weakness
Benefits
* 25 days holiday
* Private health care with AXA (once passed 6 month probation)
* Pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee assistance programme
* Personal Development Allowance (£1000 per annum)