Technical analyst | NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
| Posting date: | 01 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, M1 3BN |
| Company: | NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8014997/907-873 |
Summary
You will be based in the Prioritisation and Surveillance team and will work on a broad range of topics.
You will be responsible for assessing the impact of evidence, knowledge and intelligence from a broad range of sources on guidance products and making recommendations on actions that NICE should take.
You will define suitable approaches to monitoring and synthesising evidence and intelligence to support surveillance and prioritisation board decisions.
You will engage with internal and external partners in formulating surveillance and prioritisation decisions. You will also support NICE’s transformation by developing methods and processes to deliver more relevant, timely, useable and impactful guidance.
The post holder will be involved in all aspects of Prioritisation and Surveillance work for NICE and helping develop new methods to support NICE’s transformation.
Main duties involve:
• Ensuring NICE guidance recommendations are monitored and updated in accordance with the relevant methods manuals and help support NICE’s transformation and strategic aims.
• Working with Information Specialists to identify new evidence from a variety of sources.
• Prepare technical responses to comments received in the course of internal and external quality assurance, consultation on draft guidance and recommendations, quality standards and surveillance proposals.
• Contributing to technical and organisational developments and proposing changes to policy and methodology
• Present highly complex and sometimes conflicting or contentious information with clarity and sensitivity to groups of people including topic experts, non-specialists, including people with the medical condition in question
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a range of individuals both inside and outside the organisation
• Organise and plan and prioritise personal workload given multiple topics at different stages of producing guidance.
The Prioritisation and Surveillance Team is responsible for the ongoing surveillance programme for NICE published guidance. This includes reviewing new evidence and other system intelligence from the health and care system on a regular basis, to produce surveillance reports, and to make proposals to the NICE Prioritisation Board on whether guidance should be updated.
The team also supports the operations of NICE-wide topic prioritisation and the NICE Prioritisation Board by assessing proposed new topics and updates to existing guidance against the NICE prioritisation framework to ensure NICE is focusing on the areas that matter most to the health and care system, and is aligned to national priorities.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
NICE benefits include:
Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK.
Flexible Working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times.
Exclusive Discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card.
Time to Recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
Inclusive Staff Networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and more – we celebrate diversity
Tailored Development – Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Jun 2026