Job details

• Full Time
• London, W1G 7LP
• Posted 1 week ago

Website Nuffield Trust

The Nuffield Trust is an independent health and social care think tank. We aim to improve the quality of health and social care in the UK by providing evidence-based research and policy analysis and informing and generating debate.

Do you have a strong grounding in economics or financial analysis? Do you have a demonstrable interest in health and social care policy and an understanding of how public services are funded and financed? Are you a strong critical thinker, with excellent verbal and written communication skills?

The Nuffield Trust is looking for a creative and independent research analyst to undertake work on agreed research projects relating to the funding and financing of health and social care services. You will ensure timely and high-quality delivery working within a team of project leads. You should have a deep understanding of how UK public services are funded and financed, with a demonstrable interest in health and social care policy.

In this role, you will be taking responsibility for small projects or parts of projects, including the research design, planning, development and delivery of research projects; working in collaboration with others within internal and external project teams.

We’d really like to meet you if you have:

•  A first degree in economics (or a similarly quantitative subject).
•  The ability to comprehend and synthesise different official sources of information on health and social care funding and reconcile differences between them.
•  The ability to apply economic methods for analysis and evaluation and advise colleagues on appropriate use within mixed methods projects.
•  The ability to gather, analyse, interpret, and synthesise complex information derived from policy documents, health economic research and broader research studies.
• To learn more about this role, the Nuffield Trust, and the benefits of working with us, please visit our website to view a copy of the Candidate Brief.

To apply for this job please visit nuffieldtrust.jobs.personio.com.

Other benefits

The Trust offers a competitive benefits package including a defined contribution pension scheme (with 14% employer contribution), death in service insurance, and an Employee Assistance Programme. Eligible employees also have access to a number of other benefits including interest-free travel loans, a cycle to work scheme, and enhanced carers, maternity, paternity and parental leave and pay.

Annual leave is 28 days per year. This rises to 30 days per year on completion of 5 years’ service with the Trust. All Annual leave is calculated pro rata for part time positions.

The Trust also encourages personal development and training programmes for all employees.

Hybrid working

We operate a hybrid working policy which supports a mix of office and remote working. We anticipate most employees will spend at least 40-50% of their working time in the office. The number of days per week you are expected in the office will vary dependent on multiple factors.

• The nature of your role.
• What is happening within your role and team at any particular time.
• The needs of the Trust.
• Your individual circumstances.

Any other details

Important: an interim review of applications is scheduled, which may lead to an early close date of 20 March. Please do not delay your submission.

The Nuffield Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Please note that the diversity monitoring questions are optional and will not be shared with the selection panel. The selection panel will only have access to your CV and your responses to the application questions.

Offers of employment will be conditional upon the receipt of two satisfactory references. Applicants must also have the right to work in the UK. For further information please visit the UKVI website.

Strictly no agencies.

How to apply

Candidates wishing to apply should submit a detailed CV and complete the application questions via the online web portal.

As well as your CV, you must submit a separate document addressing the following questions:

1. The NHS in England has a longstanding ambition to shift resources away from hospitals towards community healthcare settings.

We want you to imagine you are responsible for planning and carrying out a Nuffield Trust analysis of this stated policy ambition.

In no more than 600 words please set out what you think the most important research question is in respect of this ambition, and how you would go about exploring it through a piece of analysis.

To help focus your response we suggest that this analysis should take roughly three months to complete, in a team consisting of yourself plus one quantitative researcher.

In your response you may want to consider:

•  The policy relevance of your chosen research question.
•  What dataset(s) you will draw on.
•  What research and analysis methods you will use.

2. In no more than 250 words, please explain how your past experiences and particular skills would enable you to successfully complete the analysis you’ve described.

3. Please list two or three written pieces of analysis you have produced or co-produced, which are most relevant to the role, and briefly outline your involvement. If these are in the public domain, please provide a link or reference. If they are not in the public domain, please very briefly explain their purpose and/or impact.

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