Senior Data Analyst

Salary : £55,516 plus excellent benefits

Contract type : Permanent, full-time or part-time

Hours per week : 37.5 hours per week.

All staff are required to work in person for a minimum of two days per week, in line with our hybrid working policy. However, for this role we are also open to discuss condensed / part-time / job shares. The post-holder may be required to undertake some work outside normal working hours.

About The Health Foundation Health is our most precious asset. Good health enables us to live happy, fulfilling lives, fuels our prosperity and helps build a stronger society. Yet good health remains out of reach for too many people in the UK, and health and care services are struggling to provide access to timely, high-quality care.

The Health Foundation is an independent charitable organisation with a mission to build a healthier UK. We work to achieve this by generating high quality research and analysis; developing practical solutions to the biggest problems in health and health services; engaging, convening and building coalitions to build understanding, inform debate and drive action; and developing the long-term capability needed to transform health and care.

More about us

Our values

We expect everyone who works with us to be committed to our values and to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. Our values are impact, evidence, integrity, and collaboration. You can read more about them in our five-year strategy. We also expect everyone to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation and to help deliver our EDI strategy . About The Role There are several Senior Data Analyst roles available across our directorate. Successful candidates will either:

• Work in our newly formed Modelling and Simulation function. In this role the postholder will primarily work on modelling and simulation analyses, with some opportunity to work on broader analytical areas.
• Work across the directorate on a varied portfolio of analytical projects as part of our contribution to the Foundation’s thematic programmes. Types of analysis include descriptive and epidemiological analysis, evaluation including causal inference and scenario modelling.

Across Both Roles, Key Tasks Will Include

• Working with senior team members and colleagues across the Health Foundation to refine research questions, scope projects, identify suitable data sources, prepare analytical protocols and design outputs that support the Foundation’s strategic priorities.
• Collaborating with internal and external partners to deliver analytical projects to a high standard, including working with more junior colleagues to share learning, provide oversight and support delivery where needed.
• Leading on data cleaning, data derivation, quantitative analysis, data visualisation and quality assurance to ensure work meets the highest methodological standards and achieves project objectives.
• Reviewing relevant literature and policy, and identifying and evaluating data sources including open data, survey data and electronic health records to support innovative analytical work.
• Interpreting analyses and communicating findings through outputs such as blogs, briefings and presentations for audiences including policy makers, researchers, health care professionals, the media, patients and the wider public.

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.

Job Description You can find the job description for this role here . If you would like to apply, please submit your CV, and answer the following application questions:

• Why would you be well suited to this role? What skills, knowledge and experience would you bring to it? Note: in your answer, please indicate whether you have a preference for the role specialising in modelling and simulation or the broader analytical role, and provide relevant experience to this. (300 words)
• Describe an analysis you have delivered that you are proud of. What was the objective, what did you do to ensure the analysis was high quality, and what was the impact of the work? (300 words)
• Tell us about a time when you adapted or shaped an analytical project in response to organisational priorities, stakeholder needs, or changes in the wider environment. What did you do, and what was the outcome? (300 words)

Our commitment to equality, 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 opportunity 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 key areas to improving diversity. Our aim to achieve a more balanced representation across our organisation, with a particular focus on increasing the number of women in leadership, enhancing the representation of people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds and welcoming more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we strongly encourage applications from these groups.

Apply to join our team and let's work towards building a more diverse and inclusive workplace together.

If you require any support through this process, please contact [email protected]. Help us work together to make the recruitment process and potential future employment more accessible and enjoyable for you.

Closing date : Sunday 8 November 2026 at 23:59

Interview date : Week commencing 7 or 14 December 2026