Senior Strategy Analyst in Southampton

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust & Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust only.

NHS Band 8a Salary: 57,528 - 64,750 per annum

Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5 hrs

Contract Type: Permanent

To serve as the organisation's lead expert in forecasting, capacity planning, translating complex operational data into actionable insights that support strategic and operational decision-making. The post holder will work collaboratively with senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, and other business functions to ensure resources, capacity, demand, and budgets are effectively aligned, while driving continuous improvement through analytics, reporting, and performance insight.

While the post is hosted within the Analytics Team, the post holder will work closely with the Strategy, Research and Transformation Team, proactively providing them with the analytical insights they need to develop strategies and projects.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting performance and planning activities across the group
• Tracking, analysing, interpreting, forecasting and reporting on performance
• Anticipating future analysis & information needs
• Providing information to help improve the efficiency of service & changing practices
• Providing insights to inform the setting of performance targets & trajectories, using intelligence regarding the division, area, specialty or group
• Providing user friendly reports, dashboard, intelligence and data, accessible to staff in the divisions, areas, specialties being supported
• Contributing to improvement; supporting performance reviews, audits and inspections, providing analysis, information and narratives

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Key Responsibilities

• Communication and Working Relationships: The post holder will be providing and receiving routine information orally, in writing or electronically to inform work colleagues, patients, clients, carers, the public or other external contacts.
• Analytical and Judgement: Judgements involving a range of facts or situations, which require analysis or comparison of a range of options.
• Planning and organising: Planning and organisation of a broad range of complex activities or programmes, some of which are ongoing, which require the formulation and adjustment of plans or strategies.
• Physical Skills: The post requires developed physical skills to fulfil duties where there is a specific requirement for speed or accuracy.
• Patient Client Care: Assists patients/clients/relatives during incidental contacts.
• Policy and Service Development: The post holder is responsible for policy implementation and for discrete policy or service development for a service or more than one area of activity.
• Financial Management: The post holder will observe a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in the course of their work.
• Management/Leadership: The post holder is responsible for day-to-day management of staff within Analytics.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working in specialist area.
• Desirable: Professional Registration.

Experience

• Essential: Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes / practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
• Experience working on tactical & operational matters and managing analytical services (preferably in the public sector).
• Experience of working with complex performance and information management scenarios while also developing and presenting insights and guidance of a very high quality.

Skills and Knowledge

• Essential: A good understanding of data quality and the impact that poor data quality can have on patients and the group.
• A good understanding of Information Governance, Data Sharing and Data Protection Principles.
• A working knowledge of GDPR and how it applies to our work.