Consultant Health Economist

Source Health Economics is a growing HEOR consultancy specialising in health economics, systematic review, statistics, and value communication. Since we were founded in 2016, we have achieved our planned year-on-year growth, allowing many opportunities for personal development. At Source, we have a technically-excellent, supportive, and friendly team, and pride ourselves on our inclusive and collaborative culture. Our core values are excellence, balance, and growth.

We strive to:

• Deliver excellence for our clients and patients, whilst preserving a good work-life balance and supporting employee well-being.
• Provide opportunities for growth for our employees.

We recruit some of the brightest minds and invest in your professional development. Source is a fun, personable company, where our technical teams work closely with each other, enabling us all to learn from some of the best minds in the business. We value our employees, and all employees are encouraged to voice their ideas and contribute to business initiatives, regardless of seniority. Source prides itself on its commitment to employee welfare, as evidenced by our high employee retention.

We have open-plan offices in Oxford and central London, with hybrid working. Our contractual working hours are 37.5 hours per week, with flexible start and finish times around our core company hours of 10 am to 4 pm. Alongside an opportunity to actively contribute to a growing company, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays, option to buy an additional 5 days of annual leave, discretionary Christmas bonus scheme, opt-in employee health insurance, employee life insurance, cycle to work scheme, and above-average employer pension contributions.

The role requires Consultant Health Economists to be highly numerate and possess analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. They should have an eye for detail, and within a consultancy, they should have excellent time-management and communication skills, learn to mentor and manage other staff. They must be pro-active, self-motivated, and open to feedback.

You will be required to:

• Provide direction and quality control on research, data collection and referencing.
• Provide technical, strategic direction and quality control on development of model specifications.
• Provide direction and quality control on model development, as well as propose solutions as challenges arise.
• Advise, plan, and perform a wide range of statistical analyses.
• Provide direction, quality control and strategic advice on technical reporting.
• Lead on client strategy, communication and presentation with authority.
• Manage projects of any complexity, prepare and raise invoices, and be responsible for delivering projects within budget.
• Prepare blogs and deliver webinars.
• Line manage 1-2 direct reports and contribute to recruitment.
• Identify follow-on project opportunities, contribute to and write proposals and lead some pitch presentations.

You will need:

• MSc in Health Economics or equivalent.
• 5+ years hands-on modelling experience.
• Extensive experience of developing de novo model specifications, economic models, technical reports, and the economic sections of HTA submissions.
• Client communication and presentation.
• Delivery of technical and strategic advice to clients.
• Mentoring of junior staff on projects.

Necessary skills:

• A high level of numeracy.
• Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Technical expert in modelling and statistical methods for economic evaluation.
• Hands-on developing model specifications, models and technical reports as well as providing guidance to juniors.
• Knowledgeable in UK HTA process, requirements, and preferences.
• Ability to communicate with authority and advise clients.

Come and join us at Source and see what you can achieve! We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within our teams and encourage applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious preference, sexual orientation, or physical attributes. We have a legal obligation to ensure that all our employees have the right to work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start. Successful candidates might be subject to background checks.