Senior Consultant Health Economist/Modeller

Company: Aquarius Population Health
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Location: London
Job Description:

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The Senior Consultant has a thorough understanding of the breadth of research techniques in Aquarius’ repertoire and how they are used, leads multiple projects (3-5) across different topics with different clients, and has line management responsibilities for Analysts and Consultants.

Responsibilities:

  • 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.
  • Experience of research in commercial healthcare markets.
  • Knowledge and experience of health economic evaluations, economic modelling and costing health services.
  • Design and build of health economic models.
  • Desirable:
  • 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 faced into a challenge and how you have diagnosed and then solved the problem.
  • Detail-oriented.
  • 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).

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Posted: September 29th, 2024