Senior Consultant: Mixed Methods
- NHS
- Full Time
- Birmingham
- 53755.00 - 60504.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Job Title
Senior Consultant: Mixed Methods (Evaluation Team)
Range
£53,755 - £60,504 (NHS Agenda for Change Band 8a)
Team
Strategy Unit
Accountable to
Evaluation Team Leadership
The Strategy Unit is leading research, analysis and change from within the NHS.
The NHS and its partners face significant challenges, and our work is in high demand. We support healthcare providers, commissioners, universities, charities, and government organisations to solve complex problems by providing evidence-informed analysis and advice.
For more information about our work including recent and current projects, please visit our website: https://www.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
The Strategy Unit Evaluation Team work with NHS England (NHSE), as well as Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and patient charities to provide mixed-method programme evaluations. You will be working with a wide range of clients to deliver evaluations from small, local interventions to large, national complex and high-profile programmes. We use a range of qualitative and quantitative methods and work with stakeholders at all levels from the most senior strategic positions to patients and service users, across a diverse range of topics so highly developed communication skills is an essential requirement for this role.
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About us
We operate as an independent consultancy but are part of the NHS, hosted by Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU), and driven by NHS values.
Flexible working
The Strategy Unit has an office in central Birmingham, but our staff are based all over the UK. Most of the Evaluation Team work to a hybrid model of home and the office; some work at home.
The Evaluation Team has a voluntary compressed hours nine-day fortnight with a common non-working day. We know that everyone has a life outside work, and other flexible working options are available (as well as standard hours!).
We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible, and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each job on merit. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us.
We have identified three diverse groups, In particular, we want to achieve a better balance across our organisation between men and women, increase representation of people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds and recruit more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we particularly welcome applications from these groups.
Apply to join our team and let's work towards building a diverse and inclusive workplace together.
Job responsibilities
As a Senior Consultant in the Evaluation Team you will work in a matrix structure across a portfolio of medium projects: you will be the day-to-day lead contact for clients as Project Manager across multiple projects, as well as working to other Project Managers to deliver work for other clients. As Project Manager you will work with the Project Director to develop and deliver the programme of work, managing and monitoring resources and leading on client engagement.
With mixed method skills you will work with our specialist impact evaluation analysts to support the delivery and reporting of impact evaluations. You will be familiar with different quantitative methods and able to interpret complex findings for non-specialist audiences.
You will use your qualitative skills to deliver programmes of qualitative work. Often providing support and guidance for more junior colleagues, you will be responsible for: the development of topic guides and participant information sheets; research site engagement and negotiation; the recruitment of participants; interviews with stakeholders; developing and testing coding frames; the analysis of large qualitative datasets; and report writing. You will ensure a DPIA is agreed with the client for each project, and that all data collection and analysis is conducted to high ethical standards and information governance requirements.
You will attend and contribute to the Teams developmental Mixed Methods Working Group, and others (currently AI, Patient and Public Involvement, and Ethics) aligned with your interests, join the monthly anchor day team sessions remotely or in person and weekly project meetings.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Significant experience in a similar or relevant work environment
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing medium sized or complex projects including budgets and team capacity.
- Experience of proposal writing and contributing to winning work.
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to design, manage and deliver qualitative methodologies to meet clients' needs.
- Knowledge of quantitative evaluation methods and able to describe these and interpret findings for non-specialist audience
- Ability to produce written outputs that present complex and sensitive findings clearly and appropriately
- Ability to proactively support development of the team, including suggesting areas for improvement
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
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Employer details
Employer name
Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
Address
23 Stephenson Street
Birmingham
B2 4DH
Employer's website
https://www.midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
