Evaluation Analyst - Band 7

Job responsibilities

ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY

The Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a new organisation formed through the consolidation of three ICB areas in response to the NHSs ambition to deliver a more streamlined, strategic and cost-effective model of health commissioning. The ICB will oversee the commissioning of care for the approximately 2 million people who live in Essex. Operating within a reduced running cost envelope and aligned to the new requirements of ICBs in England, the ICB will focus on improving population health outcomes, health equity and smarter resource allocation.

The Evaluation Analyst will be responsible for delivering robust evaluation and impact assessments to support strategic commissioning, service improvement across the ICB. The postholder will design and apply appropriate evaluation approaches, drawing on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods data, and will work closely with commissioning, population health, and analytical colleagues to support the ICB in learning, accountability, and informed decision making.

The Evaluation Analyst will be required to:

• Design and deliver evaluations of commissioned services, programmes, and interventions, using appropriate quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches.
• Develop evaluation plans and frameworks aligned to agreed commissioning objectives, policy requirements, and analytical standards.
• Analyse and interpret evaluation data to assess effectiveness, outcomes, and value, clearly documenting assumptions, limitations, and findings.
• Work closely with commissioning, population health, predictive modelling, and analytical colleagues to ensure evaluation activity is well-integrated and appropriately targeted.
• Produce high-quality evaluation outputs, including reports, briefings, and presentations, tailored to a range of audiences.
• Support the use of evaluation findings to inform service improvement, learning, accountability, and future commissioning decisions.
• Ensure evaluation activity complies with information governance, data protection, and ethical requirements.
• Make effective use of ICB data platforms and analytical tools to support evaluation activity.
• Prioritise and manage own workload to deliver agreed outputs to time and quality.
• Contribute to a collaborative analytical and population health intelligence function, sharing knowledge and supporting continuous improvement in evaluation practice.

As the ICB transitions to become a leaner, more focused strategic commissioning organisation the post holder will be expected to support the ICB in delivering on the three fundamental shifts set out in the NHS 10-year plan:

• From Treatment to Prevention: Embedding preventative, personalised and population based approaches to commissioning.
• From Hospital to Community: Championing care model redesign that supports community and neighbourhood health.
• From Analogue to Digital: Enabling clinically driven transformation through digital innovation, data analytics and evidence based improvement.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To deliver on the job description set out above, the job holder will be expected to deliver on the requirements set out below:

Policy and service development

• Implement policy and / or service developments related to analytics, business intelligence and insight generation, drawing on requirements from NHS strategies, including the ICB strategy and the 10 Year Health Plan
• Ensure compliance with relevant ICB policies
• Use research, innovation and audits to inform service improvements or performance management

Strategy and analysis

• Analysis of complex qualitative and quantitative data
• Turns analysis into useful insights and reports that can be used to inform decision making and delivery
• Present complex data, information and insights, including qualitative and quantitative data, through clear and simple written and verbal briefings
• Use of data and insight to contribute to reporting, including performance management, financial and quality reporting against agreed contractual or project deliverables
• Use of Population Health Management methodologies and tools to inform projects and programmes that will improve outcomes for patients and sustainability of health services

Planning and organisation

• Develop and deliver project plans to support analytical and business intelligence projects, ensuring appropriate governance, risk management, escalations and reporting
• Managing competing priorities, prioritizing own and team resources to effectively deliver on short, medium and longer term priorities
• Ensure accurate reporting and records management
• Support delivery and monitoring of business plan for the analytical and population health intelligence unit

Communications and Partnerships

• Work collaboratively, modelling inclusive, respectful and compassionate leadership
• Able to take account of a broad range of perspectives, including staff, patients and the public, to inform decision making
• Comfortable presenting information and training to internal and external stakeholder groups
• Build strong, trust-based relationships across the ICB, with NHS providers, local government, VCFSE partners and communities as needed
• Effective engagement with patients and the public as required
• Work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams to enable the collective ownership and delivery of projects that are seeking to improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and deliver a sustainable health and care system
• Share complex and challenging information which may relate to service performance or staffing
• Able to manage conflict, find compromise and persuade based on evidence as needed

Financial and resource management

• Supports delivery of budget for the analytical and ...