About the job

Job summary

The Grade 6 Head of Health Economics, Advanced Analytics and Policy Modelling plays a key leadership role within the Science Evidence Advice (SEA) Division of the Welsh Government. 

Job description

The role involves providing high quality economic and scientific advice, modelling and advanced analytics to Ministers and policymakers on matters relating to health and social services in Wales.

This work will help guide the allocation of resources to achieve effective and equitable outcomes for the citizens of Wales and value for money for Welsh Government’s health and social service programmes and policy interventions.

Person specification

The key areas the Head of Health Economics, Advanced Analytics and Policy Modelling is expected to work within are: 

• Lead the commissioning, development, and application of economic and epidemiological analysis to produce timely, relevant, high-quality, well-presented products that meet the needs of decision-makers.
• Develop strategic plans and objectives for health economics research and analysis within the health and social care sectors in Wales.
• Identify emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in healthcare economics and provide recommendations that align with the strategic direction of the Welsh Government.
• Manage a multidisciplinary team of health economists, analysts, and researchers including the Grade 7 departmental leads responsible for health economics, analytics & modelling, and surveillance data.
• Support the prioritisation of NHS (Wales) and Welsh Government spending using programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA), and multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA).
• Engage and build with internal and external research and analytical networks.
• Lead on the representation of the Welsh Government in National strategic data and modelling forums with other Government departments, for example Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
• Develop analytical capacity with the Welsh Government and across the NHS, Public Health Wales (PHW), Digital Health Care Wales (DHCW) and other partners.
• Be a member of the Science Evidence Advice (SEA) leadership team, deputising for the Deputy Director of SEA and representing the division in both high-profile public and internal events as required.
• Attend Health Technology Wales board meetings and represent the Welsh Government in the Public Sector Health Economics group.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

• When presenting your evidence, you may find it useful to consider the expectations of the grade as set out in the Grade Description as well as the main responsibilities that are essential for the role.
• A reserve list may be held for this opportunity. Any candidate who is successful in being offered a reserve status, will remain on the reserve list for 12 months.
• A presentation and written exercise on applying health economics will be required at interview stage. More information will be provided in the invitations to that stage.

Determining merit order when candidates score the same:

• Candidate scoring highest under experience 
• Candidate is an existing member of the Government Economic Service and/or Government Science and Engineering (GSE) profession.

Number of Stages:	2 stage process
Stage 1	Application Form
Stage 2	Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.