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The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.The Senior Consultant has a thorough understanding of the breadth of research techniques in Aquarius' repertoire and how they are used, leads multiple projects (3-5) across different topics with different clients, and has line management responsibilities for Analysts and Consultants.
Responsibilities:
Designs projects with the support or partnership (as necessary) of more senior team members.
Demonstrates end-to-end project management capabilities in the process of successfully delivering projects to completion requiring only periodic high-level support/counsel, to time and budget, and uses internal and external resources effectively and efficiently.
Manages own time and supervises timelines of team members and their deliverables across multiple projects.
Defines and monitors project plans and assures project component alignment with overall project plan.
Assesses and manages project risks and escalates issues.
Maintains the highest standards of work and thinking and supports others to achieve quality standards.
Actively engages with clients to create opportunities for new or follow-on business, and engages in strategic discussions, e.g. opportunities or risks, and manages client expectations.
Drives internal development and supports/provides development and delivery of training (formal or informal).
Engages in public speaking and presentation (e.g. of research, at conferences, careers events, etc.).
Demonstrates strategic insight, discusses strategic project decisions with clients and project teams, and gains the confidence of others by their authoritative communication.
Line manages Analysts/Consultants and supports them with their professional development.
Encourages the development of their project team, including project-led learning, identifying areas for development, communicating these to line manager and assisting with development plans.
Participates in recruitment of junior team members and peers.
Leads on publication of papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations and oversees junior members of staff in this task.
Acts as a mentor promoting high professional ethics/technical standards, demonstrating Aquarius' values in their work and behaviours (i.e., critical, curious, creative, collaborative, client focused).
Actively contributes to a culture of collaboration and innovation within team and acts as a role model.
Requirements:
Qualifications:
PhD/MSc in Health Economics, Data Science, Business, Mathematics, Biostatistics, Public Health, or related quantitative/qualitative field, or BSc/BA with equivalent experience and skills.
Previous and proven post-graduate experience.
Fluency in English (written/oral) essential.
Experience and skills:
Required:
Extensive experience in health, healthcare, and medical decision problems.
Designing and conducting quantitative analyses, interpreting results and presenting findings.
Designing and conducting literature reviews and synthesising/summarising evidence.
Strong numeracy skills including manipulating data and conducting analyses in Microsoft Excel.
Technical writing skills (peer-reviewed publications, proposals/grants, reports).
Ability to develop and maintain healthy and productive relationships with clients, collaborators and the internal team.
Experience in project management and delivering results successfully to deadlines; demonstrated ability to prioritise and lead a team.
Experience in managing junior team members.
Experience of research in commercial healthcare markets.
Knowledge and experience of health economic evaluations, economic modelling and costing health services.
Design and build of health economic models.
Desirable:
Statistical/econometric analysis and interpretation: designing analyses, interpreting results, and using at least one of the following software/languages: R, STATA, SAS, SPSS.
Experience in conducting qualitative and/or market research, e.g. interviewing, and any qualitative software, e.g. NVivo, Atlas, etc.
Programming in any language, e.g. Java, C/C++, Python, etc.
Knowledge of the UK health care system and data sources.
Awareness of UK/International health policy.
Experience working in a consultancy or as a consultant.
Experience of HTA submissions.
Person specification:
Highly motivated, ambitious, enthusiastic and committed to making an impact in healthcare.
Excellent work ethic and integrity.
Commercial interest and awareness of healthcare markets and interventions.
A strong client focus, and demonstrable capability to build relationships and negotiate with them.
Ability to network.
A natural communicator: excellent communication skills (written and oral) with people across all levels of expertise.
Good presentation writing and delivery skills.
Able to work independently and in a team.
The capacity to develop strong relationships.
People management skills and strong leadership potential: evidence of positions of responsibility and have intuition for leading a team and stepping up to a challenge.
Multitasking and time management skills and experience.
Able to work under pressure to tight timelines.
Flexible and able to adapt easily and innovate.
Creative, and solutions-focused.
A problem-solver: can demonstrate how you've faced into a challenge and how you have diagnosed and then solved the problem.
Detail-oriented.
Curious and interested in acquiring new knowledge and skills.
Demonstrates ability to self-reflect and the willingness to develop to address areas of weakness.
Benefits:
25 days holiday.
Private health care with AXA (once passed 6 month probation).
Pension.
Cycle to work scheme.
Employee assistance programme.
Personal Development Allowance (£1000 per annum).
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