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Lead Health Economist

Posting date:	14 June 2024
Salary:	£53,116 per year
Additional salary information:	Leeds: £53,116; London: £57,114
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	26 June 2024
Location:	Leeds
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	354052/1

Summary

In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for experienced economists to join the Strategic Advice and Evidence (SEAD) team, part of DHSC's Secondary Prevention Directorate and within the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

SEAD comprises economists, mathematical modellers, evidence and evaluation specialists and behavioural scientists. We provide multidisciplinary analytical support for policy development, at all stages of the policy cycle, aimed at improving health, preventing ill health developing, and reducing disparities in health across the population. We act as OHID’s lead on research, evidence and health economic analysis.

Throughout the application process you will be assessed against certain skills and behaviours.

Technical skills will be assessed against the grade requirement of the Government Economic Service (GES). Details can be found in the GES Framework (www.gov.uk/government/publications/ges-technical-framework-2022)

Behaviours will be in accordance with the Success Profiles (Success Profiles - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk))and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

We would recommend that applicants consider the STAR methodology when structuring responses. (The STAR method | National Careers Service)

As an economist within SEAD, your work will help national government and the wider public health system understand the cost-effectiveness of investments in health improvement and the prevention of ill health. You will apply good economic principles to provide evidence to support policymaking.

Your role will require you to develop and use cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis, to develop innovative projects that make the best use of health economics, and to provide advice and analysis in response to pressing policy questions.

Your work will be across the following areas:

Assessing the value for money of specific public health interventions.Building up the evidence base on the potential impacts of national and local public health action, and engaging and influencing the wider system (DHSC, other government departments, and the local public health system) to further build up and utilise this evidence base.Developing tools & evidence to support local commissioning of public health services, such as Return on Investment tools assessing the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions.Providing analytical leadership and support to strategic public health projects, or work to support the allocation of the Public Health Grant.Upskilling wider DHSC in health economics concepts and techniques.

Role responsibilities

Working collaboratively with colleagues across DHSC, scoping projects, developing key questions, deciding on and gathering appropriate evidence, and considering how economic analysis best contributes to the overall project outcomes.

Planning and managing the delivery of economic analysis, managing projects proactively to ensure that analysis is delivered on time.

Ensuring analytical products are delivered to a high standard. Critically assessing and interpreting the evidence available and the weight that can be attached to it, identifying risks and proposing mitigations for them; presenting analysis clearly and accurately both orally and in writing and review and providing constructive feedback on work produced by colleagues.

Communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders and establishing effective working relationships.

Possible management responsibilities for one or more Assistant Economists or Economic Interns, including supervising their work, coaching, and providing advice and supporting their development.

Contributing to the development of the Department's economics capability, through knowledge sharing, providing peer review of others’ work and/or input to the policies and procedures, representing the Directorate at public events including conferences, and contributing to the recruitment of Assistant Economists.