Value Analyst HE

Agency: Adelphi Job Function: Projects and Performance Improvement Job Subfunction: Project and Program Management Job Description: Value Analyst HE Bollington, UK Role description: Value Analyst Business area: Health Economics and Data Analytics Purpose of the role: Providing research, model development, and analysis support in all aspects of project delivery within the Heath Economics and Data Analytics practice. Area Responsibilities Project delivery > Responsible for producing each deliverable to a high quality and ensuring that self-reviews have been conducted on any work being sent to the senior team for review > Includes responsibility for delivering activities such as: budget impact and health economic models, evidence synthesis (e.g. network meta-analyses), literature reviews, written communication (e.g. reports, manuscripts, abstracts). This includes: - Structural development of models and/or modification of existing models - Inclusion of all model parameters, using both published and unpublished sources - Conduct of all relevant programming activities, including model development, calibration and validation, testing, and QC - Conduct of all model simulations and analyses, including specification and conduct of one-way, multi-way, and probabilistic sensitivity analyses > Prior to reviews being conducted the analyst will have ensured: - The deliverable is complete, and all required elements have been included - Data has been sourced from appropriate places and is recorded in a data extraction document with sufficient information to for the reviewer to assess the appropriateness of the data - Regular consultation with the Senior Health Economist has taken place prior to reviews, about the data used and approaches taken - All values have been double checked against data source - Tests listed in the VA model checklist should have been done and outcome for each test should be recorded as pass or not pass with simple description of issues - Spelling and grammar check has been conducted across the full deliverable Area Responsibilities - Consistency has been checked across the full deliverable and across relevant deliverables (i.e. report, user guide and the corresponding model) - Ensure all comments from clients and previous review stages have been addressed and a response has been recorded - Ensure all versions of the document are saved in the correct folder, using the correct file naming as per SOPs - Send deliverables to SHE for technical quality review and approval once comments have been addressed Business Development > Contributing to proposal development, where appropriate and where delegated by senior team members Innovation and practice area growth > Involvement in initiatives to drive innovation and completing activities as allocated by senior team members Competencies associated with this role> Ability to produce health economic models (such as budget impact models, cost-effectiveness models) of high quality, in terms of accuracy, formatting and grammar. > Ability to produce written documents of high quality in terms of scientific content, style, and grammar, which are focused to meet the needs of the target audience and our clients; such documents should be concise where appropriate. > Ability to create impactful communication tools and materials such as slide decks to communicate the outputs of Health Economics and Data Analytics deliverables. > Capability in building structured search strategies and understanding of how to explore the results of such searches, specifically to identify and assess input data for health economic and data analytics projects. Behaviours and levels (out of 5) associated with this roleBehaviour Level Work collaboratively Level 1 – You: > actively contribute to one or more teams > explore ideas with others > demonstrate respect for others and their views Level 2 – You also: > proactively share knowledge and ideas > actively seek input from other people or