Productivity Strategic Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities of the role are:

Strategic Productivity Analysis and Problem Solving

• Exercise judgement to prioritise the highest-value lines of enquiry, structuring complex and ambiguous strategic problems into focused analytical work that informs decision-making.
• Develop, maintain and continually improve the programme's integrated productivity evidence base by identifying, accessing, reconciling and assuring data from multiple sources (including MHSDS, IAPT datasets, finance, ESR, PLICS, operational, workforce and quality systems).
• Develop and apply advanced analytical methodologies, including MHNRG grouping, demand and capacity modelling, unit-cost modelling, benchmarking, statistical analysis and scenario modelling to identify, quantify and evaluate productivity opportunities.
• Own and maintain the programme's analytical methodologies, productivity metrics and modelling standards, ensuring analytical outputs are consistent, transparent, auditable and reproducible across services.
• Build and maintain complex analytical models, Power BI dashboards, productivity heatmaps and ranked outlier analyses and other analytical tools, enabling routine monitoring of productivity, activity, workforce, finance, patient flow and quality.
• Assess and communicate the quality, confidence, assumptions and limitations of analytical outputs, ensuring evidence is interpreted appropriately and uncertainty is explicit.
• Produce tailored analytical products, deep-dive analyses and evidence packs that synthesise quantitative and qualitative information into clear strategic insight for operational and executive decision-making.
• Work in partnership with the Strategic Productivity Improvement Lead by providing the analytical evidence, modelling and technical expertise required to validate productivity opportunities, support prioritisation and inform improvement planning.
• Apply advanced analytical methods and structured problem-solving to support the agreed priorities and service-level work of the programme.
• Own the programmes analytical methodology, reconciliation logic and analytical products. Business Intelligence will retain ownership of source systems, production data pipelines, statutory submissions and business-as-usual reporting infrastructure.

Stakeholder engagement and influence

• Work collaboratively with clinical, operational, finance, costing and analytical colleagues to ensure analytical methodologies, assumptions and outputs are robust, credible and grounded in operational and clinical insight.
• Present complex analytical findings, modelling outputs and strategic options clearly and confidently to technical and non-technical audiences, supporting evidence-based discussion and senior decision-making.
• Provide expert analytical advice to clinical managers and senior stakeholders on the interpretation of productivity, costing and performance information.

Strategic capability building

• Promote consistent analytical standards, including best practice in Power BI development, Excel modelling, data governance and reproducible analytical methods, to improve the quality, transparency and impact of strategic analysis across programmes.
• Build analytical and strategic capability within the SITI team and wider organisation through coaching, mentoring and practical support in analytical methods, structured problem solving and evidence-based decision making.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters in a relevant area or equivalent experience
• Clear evidence of continued professional development in strategic, analytical, or problem-solving practice

• Professional qualification or advanced training in statistics, analytics, economics, or a STEM-related discipline.

Experience

• Extensive experience of developing and synthesising complex quantitative and qualitative analysis, including financial and non-financial information, to inform senior decision-making.
• Experience in strategic analysis, transformation, business intelligence or management consulting, demonstrating advanced problem-solving capability and analytical rigour.

• Experience analysing productivity, cost, activity or workforce performance within healthcare or similarly complex organisations
• Experience contributing to service improvement or quality improvement initiatives

Knowledge

• Strong understanding of NHS policy, healthcare productivity, operational performance, system dynamics and the use of analytical evidence to support strategic decision-making.

• Knowledge of NHS Costing Standards, MHSDS, Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Resource Groups (MHNRGs) and PLICS.

Skills

• Advanced Power BI skills, including data modelling, dashboard development and interactive visualisation for executive and operational audiences.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including development of complex analytical, financial and scenario models.
• Highly developed analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex, ambiguous or incomplete information, develop robust analytical methodologies and translate evidence into actionable insight.
• Ability to develop productivity, activity, workforce and financial models that support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Excellent written, presentation and data visualisation skills, with the ability to communicate complex evidence clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience using programming or analytical languages (e.g. Python or R) to support exploratory, strategic or statistical analysis
• Awareness of the practical application and limitations of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, including in healthcare settings.
• Experience with SQL and Data Warehouse extractions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

18 Mole Business Park

Randalls Rd

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/