Programme Officer - Data Analytics

Programme Officer - Data Analytics

Salary : Up to £43,852 pro rata, plus excellent benefits

Contract: 12 -month Fixed term contract

Hours Per Week: 37.5 hours per week. In line with our hybrid working model, you will be required to work in person for a minimum of two days per week.

Our Foundation

We are an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK by:

1. Improving people's health and reducing inequalities

2. Supporting radical innovation and improvement in health and care services

3. Providing evidence and analysis to improve health and care policy.

We aim for excellence across our work and will achieve this by producing research and analysis, shaping policy and practice, building skills, knowledge, and capacity, and acting as a catalyst for change.

About the role

We’re looking for a Programme Officer to join our dynamic Data Analytics Team at the Health Foundation. This role will primarily support the Networked Data Lab (NDL) – a pioneering initiative that unites five analytical teams across the UK to generate data-driven insights on pressing health and care challenges.

Working closely with the Programme Manager and the wider NDL team, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth design and delivery of this ambitious programme. You’ll also have opportunities to contribute to other projects across the Research and Analysis Directorate, helping to drive forward our strategic aim: ensuring that everyone’s health and care benefits from analytics and data-driven technology.

As Postholder you will provide programme and operational support to the Networked Data Lab, apply agile project and programme management principles, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and support cross-directorate projects and workstreams.

How to apply

Our priority is to find the right individual for each opportunity. We are dedicated to building an inclusive workplace that values diversity and invite you to find out more. You can find the job description for this role here. If you would like to apply, please submit your CV and using no more than 1000 words answer the following application questions:

1. Please outline your experience of project management, including how you track progress of deliverables and spend and undertake risk/issue management.

2. Collaboration is key to this role, particularly within Networked Data Lab and across teams. Can you provide an example of a time you worked collaboratively across teams or organisations to support data, research or service improvement initiative? What were the strategies you adopted? What was the outcome of your approach?

3. Excellent communication skills are an essential part of this role. Using your writing skills, what are the three key messages that would persuade us to invite you to an interview? This would include why you want to work with us and what you can bring to the role?

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity

We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each job on merit. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us.

We have identified three diverse groups, in particular, that we want to improve representation for across our organisation: we want to achieve a better balance between men and women, increase representation of people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds and recruit more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we particularly welcome applications from these groups. Apply to join our team and let's work towards building a diverse and inclusive workplace together.

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Closing date: 27 July 2025, 23:00

Interview date: W/C August 4, 2025