Senior Strategy Analyst

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

NHS Band 8a Salary: 57528 - 64750 per annum

Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5 hrs

Contract Type: Permanent

To serve as the organisations 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.

Specific Core Functions

• 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

For full job details and personal specification please refer to enclosed job description.

Qualifications :

Essential

• Educated to masters 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 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.

Desirable

• Experience of leading a code-first analytical function with experience using and developing open-source code and coding-in-the-open.
• Expert in open-source programming languages such as Python/ R

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• A good understand 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

Additional Information :

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 Dis Ability 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.

For more information please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time