Job summary
We have a unique flexible resourcing opportunity for a current band 8b only working with the NICE International team in NICE Advice until March 2027!
This role will be a Senior Adviser working on Sub-Saharan Africa for 0.4FTE, 11.25 hours per week.
This opportunity is open to both Manchester and London based staff
As this is a flexible resourcing opportunity, you will work flexibly across your current team and the NICE International team throughout the week. Before putting your name forward, please discuss with your manager to ensure you can flex to this team part time each week.
These opportunities are intended to help teams whilst also providing development opportunities for our staff therefore we will do what we can to accommodate different working patterns and workloads. If you cannot provide the full hours for one of these posts from the offset, please still register interest and we can discuss balancing workloads.
See the attached role overview document for more detailed information on the opportunity.
Main duties of the job
This person will provide senior technical leadership across the Sub-Saharan Africa programme. The role will lead and oversee complex technical activity across health technology assessment (HTA), HTA implementation and market access, helping country partners strengthen governance, operational readiness, appraisal and decision-making processes, and pathways linking regulation, reimbursement, procurement and adoption.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing senior technical oversight of complex outputs, including HTA frameworks, governance documents, operational plans, process guidance and technical recommendations.
- Leading senior stakeholder engagement, including work with ministries of health, HTA bodies, regulators, payers, procurement organisations, BIST and other country stakeholders.
- Leading calls, presentations, advisory sessions, workshops and stakeholder consultations, and representing NICE on international platforms.
- Supporting HTA institutionalisation and implementation through practical roadmaps, milestones, responsibilities and monitoring arrangements.
- Reviewing appraisal and committee processes, providing structured feedback and helping strengthen the consistent application of HTA methods.
- Analysing market-access pathways and identifying implementation barriers, unclear responsibilities, hand-offs and information gaps.
- Helping drive delivery against agreed plans and BIST objectives, while demonstrating impact and maintaining strong partner relationships.
About us
This role will work with the wider NICE International team and be supported by a Principal Adviser and an Operations team member. You will have an onboarding period to get you up to speed with the work of the team to ensure you are fully supported and prepared.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will answer three questions which will be used as selection criteria and should your experience, skills and interests align, the next step will be an informal suitability conversation.
Person Specification
Essential travel
Essential
- Individuals applying for this post must be able to travel within this financial year to the countries stated. We will only send the team out to countries if the FCDO considers it safe to travel. Are you able to travel?
Experience
Essential
- Give an example, either from life or work, when you have planned something only for it to all change at the last minute and how you addressed the changing situation.
Skills
Essential
- What skills, knowledge or experience do you have that would help you contribute to this opportunity from the outset?
Interest
Essential
- What interests you about this opportunity, and what learning or development do you hope to gain that you can bring back to your current team and the wider NICE setting?
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Address
3rd Floor
3rd Floor
Manchester
M1 3BN
United Kingdom
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