Senior Strategy Analyst
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Portsmouth, PO6 3EN · Newport, PO30 5TG
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
5 days left
Job description
"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 p...
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.
Key
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
- The post
requires developed physical skills to fulfil duties where there is a specific
requirement for speed or accuracy. This level of skill may be required for
advanced or high-speed driving; advanced keyboard use; advanced sensory skills
or manipulation of objects or people with narrow margins for error, or the post
requires highly developed physical skills, where accuracy is important, but
there is no specific requirement for speed. This level of skill may be required
for manipulation of fine tools or materials.
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.
- The post
holder will be responsible for the safe use of equipment other than equipment which
they personally use.
- The post
holder will monitor and/or contributes to the drawing up of department/service
budgets or financial initiatives.
Management/Leadership
- The post holder is responsible for day-to-day management of staff
within Analytics. The post holder will
deal with the initial stages of grievance and discipline; appraisal, acting as
an interview panel member; responsible for monitoring mandatory training
compliance with their team. The post holder will be responsible for reviewing
work performance and progress and manage the allocation of work.
For full job details and personal specification, please
refer to enclosed job description.
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.
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 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.
How to apply
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First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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