Job summaryInfluencing health & care at system scale, ensuring resources achieve the greatest possible impact for local communities.
Transform outcomes through economic insight, provide expert leadership in economic evaluation, resource
allocation & value-based commissioning. Managing a commissioning budget of approx. 8 billion, the new
organisation will play a pivotal role in improving population health, reducing
inequalities & delivering sustainable, high-quality care for our communities. You would lead the function, providing
expert economic advice & strategic insight to support planning,
commissioning, investment decisions & service transformation. Working with executive leaders, clinicians, commissioners, finance teams,
analysts & system partners to ensure economic evidence informs key
decisions.
Leading the development of robust economic models & evaluations to support
decision-making.
Applying cost-effectiveness, budget impact & allocative efficiency
methodologies to improve outcomes & maximise value.
Supporting investment, disinvestment & service redesign decisions through
rigorous analysis & evidence.
Embedding health economics across population health, commissioning, finance & strategy functions.
Building & leading a high-performing team. Developing partnerships with universities, research organisations, NHS
bodies, local authorities & voluntary sector partners.
Representing the Cluster at regional & national forums, strengthening our
reputation.Main duties of the jobYou
will be a strategic and influential leader with significant experience applying
health economics in a complex healthcare or public sector environment.
You should be able to demonstrate:
Master's level education or equivalent senior-level experience in a relevant
specialist field.
Formal training and expertise in health economics, economic evaluation and
modelling.
Advanced knowledge of cost-effectiveness analysis, value-based commissioning
and allocative efficiency approaches.
Experience analysing large and complex datasets and developing economic
models to inform strategic decisions.
Strong analytical skills using tools such as R, STATA, Python or advanced
Excel modelling.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and presenting complex evidence to
executive and board-level audiences.
A passion for improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities through
evidence-based decision-making.
Why Join Us?
You'll join an ambitious organisation committed to:
Improving population health and tackling inequalities.
Delivering better value from every NHS pound spent.
Supporting innovation and evidence-led transformation.
Investing in professional development and leadership.
Creating an inclusive, collaborative and supportive working environment.
Working as part of a "team of teams", you'll help shape the future of
health and care across Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon, Wiltshire,
Dorset and Somerset.About usUnder the Model ICB Blueprint and the 10 Year Health Plan,
ICBs will adopt a more
strategic commissioning role, focusing on population needs, reducing
inequalities, and
delivering the three shifts as defined in the 10 year health plan, all while
operating within strict financial limits.The new organisation will operate on a larger scale with a
revised vision and purpose,
managing a commissioning budget of around 8 billion. Our role as a
strategic
commissioner is to transform our local NHS through exceptional commissioning
and build an innovative health system fit for the 21st century that truly meets
our communities needs. Informed by high quality data and insights, we will
radically re-imagine how we operate, making sure that every pound in our
system delivers the best possible value for everyone we serve.We will encourage and support our people to grow and develop
new skills and embrace new agile ways of working. Everyone is encouraged
to contribute ideas, seek feedback, and take part in creating a listening
and learning culture where insight leads to improvement.We will work as a team of teams, collaborating across
services and professions to deliver the best outcomes for our communities.
You will be encouraged, and expected to model inclusive behaviours,
valuing diverse perspectives and helping to create a workplace
where everyone feels respected, supported, and able to thrive.DetailsDate posted05 August 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8cSalary
79,504 to 91,609 a year

ContractPermanentWorking pattern


Full-time,



Flexible working


Reference numberD9467-26-0002Job locationsWorking as part of the new ICS cluster made up of NHS Dorset, BSW & Somerset ICBsNHS Dorset Integrated Care Board - County HallColliton ParkDorchesterDorsetDT1 1XJUnited KingdomNHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire Integrated Care BoardJenner House, Avon WayLangley ParkChippenhamWiltshireSN15 1GGUnited KingdomNHS Somerset Integrated Care BoardWynford HouseLufton WayYeovilSomersetBA22 8HRUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease also refer to the attached Job DescriptionReporting to the Deputy COPHI and Director of
Strategy, the Associate Director of Health Economics provides senior system
leadership and expert economic insight for strategic planning, commissioning,
and resource allocation across the Population Health Improvement Directorate
and the wider Cluster, ensuring decisions improve health outcomes, reduce
inequalities, and deliver clear value for money.
The role applies advanced health economic
methods, including cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and other modelling and
evaluation techniques, to guide prevention, optimise care pathways, support
sustainable models of care, and ensure resources deliver the greatest benefit
to patients and populations.
The post-holder establishes and maintains
methodological standards for economic modelling and evaluation, ensuring
analyses are robust, transparent, reproducible, and ready to inform executive
and board-level decisions. Quality assurance processes are embedded across the
system to promote best practice and confidence in decision making. The Associate
Director works with internal teams and external partners to apply economic
evidence to key decisions, including business cases, service options, resource
allocation, performance monitoring, and long-term planning, while providing
leadership and guidance to build analytical capability and ensure rigorous
methods are consistently applied, resulting in better-informed decisions and
improved outcomes for patients and communities.
The post-holder develops and maintains
partnerships with national agencies, universities, research organisations,
professional networks, local government, and the voluntary and community
sector. These collaborations support the development and application of robust
methods, accelerate innovation, and enable the sharing of knowledge and best
practice, ensuring evidence is translated into tangible improvements in patient
care and population health.
The Associate Director represents the Cluster in
regional and national forums, communicates complex economic issues clearly to
senior stakeholders, and strengthens the evidence base for policy, strategy,
and commissioning. The role ensures decisions at all levels are informed,
equitable, and value-driven.
Through leadership, technical excellence, and
partnership working, the Associate Director ensures health economics functions
as a strategic asset for the Cluster, directing resources to where they add the
greatest value, supporting value-based commissioning, improving patient
outcomes, and reducing unwarranted variation and inequalities.
Job description
Job responsibilitiesPlease also refer to the attached Job DescriptionReporting to the Deputy COPHI and Director of
Strategy, the Associate Director of Health Economics provides senior system
leadership and expert economic insight for strategic planning, commissioning,
and resource allocation across the Population Health Improvement Directorate
and the wider Cluster, ensuring decisions improve health outcomes, reduce
inequalities, and deliver clear value for money.
The role applies advanced health economic
methods, including cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and other modelling and
evaluation techniques, to guide prevention, optimise care pathways, support
sustainable models of care, and ensure resources deliver the greatest benefit
to patients and populations.
The post-holder establishes and maintains
methodological standards for economic modelling and evaluation, ensuring
analyses are robust, transparent, reproducible, and ready to inform executive
and board-level decisions. Quality assurance processes are embedded across the
system to promote best practice and confidence in decision making. The Associate
Director works with internal teams and external partners to apply economic
evidence to key decisions, including business cases, service options, resource
allocation, performance monitoring, and long-term planning, while providing
leadership and guidance to build analytical capability and ensure rigorous
methods are consistently applied, resulting in better-informed decisions and
improved outcomes for patients and communities.
The post-holder develops and maintains
partnerships with national agencies, universities, research organisations,
professional networks, local government, and the voluntary and community
sector. These collaborations support the development and application of robust
methods, accelerate innovation, and enable the sharing of knowledge and best
practice, ensuring evidence is translated into tangible improvements in patient
care and population health.
The Associate Director represents the Cluster in
regional and national forums, communicates complex economic issues clearly to
senior stakeholders, and strengthens the evidence base for policy, strategy,
and commissioning. The role ensures decisions at all levels are informed,
equitable, and value-driven.
Through leadership, technical excellence, and
partnership working, the Associate Director ensures health economics functions
as a strategic asset for the Cluster, directing resources to where they add the
greatest value, supporting value-based commissioning, improving patient
outcomes, and reducing unwarranted variation and inequalities.Person Specification

Qualifications

EssentialPlease also refer to the attached Person SpecificationEducated to masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area. Extensive knowledge of relevant specialist areas, acquired through postgraduate study or equivalent experience, with further specialist learning to masters level standard. Formal training or equivalent experience in health economics, including economic evaluation and modelling. Advanced knowledge of economic evaluation methods, cost effectiveness analysis, allocative efficiency and value based approaches. Demonstrable experience using analytical or modelling software relevant to health economics (e.g., R, STATA, Python, Excel based models). Evidence of continuing professional development. Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and the implications for decision making and engagement. Appreciation of the relationship between health and care bodies, including provider, commissioning and system level functions. Membership of a relevant professional body.

Experience

EssentialPlease also refer to the attached Person SpecificationProvide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups. Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities. Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues. Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands. Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options. Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action. Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise. Ability to carry out procurements for highly detailed, high value contracts that require analysis, comparison and assessment. Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances. Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams. Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market. Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning.Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines. Delivers results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility. Manages relationships with a range of different stakeholders. Manages team within the constraints of strategic plans. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary. Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues. Budget management, setting and working knowledge of financial processes. An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust. Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change. Commitment to continuing professional development. Experience analysing large and varied datasets using advanced economic evaluation methods and modelling techniques. Ability to compare assumptions, test alternative scenarios and assess long term value, cost and population impact. Capability to provide strategic advice on investment priorities, value based commissioning and allocative efficiency. Experience planning and overseeing a portfolio of economic work, adjusting sequencing and approaches as circumstances change. Proficiency in analytical and modelling tools relevant to health economics, such as R, STATA, Python or advanced Excel models.
Person Specification


Qualifications

EssentialPlease also refer to the attached Person SpecificationEducated to masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area. Extensive knowledge of relevant specialist areas, acquired through postgraduate study or equivalent experience, with further specialist learning to masters level standard. Formal training or equivalent experience in health economics, including economic evaluation and modelling. Advanced knowledge of economic evaluation methods, cost effectiveness analysis, allocative efficiency and value based approaches. Demonstrable experience using analytical or modelling software relevant to health economics (e.g., R, STATA, Python, Excel based models). Evidence of continuing professional development. Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and the implications for decision making and engagement. Appreciation of the relationship between health and care bodies, including provider, commissioning and system level functions. Membership of a relevant professional body.

Experience

EssentialPlease also refer to the attached Person SpecificationProvide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups. Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities. Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues. Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands. Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options. Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action. Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise. Ability to carry out procurements for highly detailed, high value contracts that require analysis, comparison and assessment. Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances. Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams. Works with Stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans and to develop plans for innovation and opening up the market. Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning.Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines. Delivers results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility. Manages relationships with a range of different stakeholders. Manages team within the constraints of strategic plans. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary. Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues. Budget management, setting and working knowledge of financial processes. An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust. Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change. Commitment to continuing professional development. Experience analysing large and varied datasets using advanced economic evaluation methods and modelling techniques. Ability to compare assumptions, test alternative scenarios and assess long term value, cost and population impact. Capability to provide strategic advice on investment priorities, value based commissioning and allocative efficiency. Experience planning and overseeing a portfolio of economic work, adjusting sequencing and approaches as circumstances change. Proficiency in analytical and modelling tools relevant to health economics, such as R, STATA, Python or advanced Excel models.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications 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).
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Certificate of SponsorshipApplications 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 detailsEmployer nameNHS DorsetAddressWorking as part of the new ICS cluster made up of NHS Dorset, BSW & Somerset ICBsNHS Dorset Integrated Care Board - County HallColliton ParkDorchesterDorsetDT1 1XJUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameNHS DorsetAddressWorking as part of the new ICS cluster made up of NHS Dorset, BSW & Somerset ICBsNHS Dorset Integrated Care Board - County HallColliton ParkDorchesterDorsetDT1 1XJUnited KingdomEmployer's website