Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) 

Number of positions available: One 

Locations: Leeds and London 

The Department of Health and Social Care currently operates a hybrid working policy, with staff spending 3 days in the office each week, alongside working from home. 

Salary: National £34,846, London £39,202  

About DHSC 

Working for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is an excellent opportunity to work on issues that are important to all of us and make a real difference to the lives of over 50 million people. Whether it’s preventing pandemics, tackling childhood obesity, funding social care, or helping the NHS to use taxpayers’ money wisely - we are working to help people live longer, healthier lives.

We are a Ministerial Department, supported by 15 arm’s length bodies and several other agencies and public bodies. Our head offices are in London and Leeds. Our analytical community consists of a mix of economists; statisticians; operational researchers, social researchers; and data scientists. There are around 400 members of the analytical community. You will typically be working in a multi-disciplinary analytical team, co-located with a policy directorate. These include workforce, public health, social care, NHS, medicines and pharmacy and mental health, as well as cross-cutting teams. 

Overview of work area(s) 

The health and care agenda is almost always in the spotlight and requires high quality research, analysis, and evaluation to inform debate. The analytical community is focused on making the best use of evidence and data to generate insights and inform key decisions. We value our staff and work hard to create an inclusive environment that encourages people to collaborate and produce great outcomes for the public and the future. We can offer interesting roles with opportunities to progress your career. You will also be supported by a culture of excellent people management and a strong focus on learning and development. 

In the words of one of our GSR members: 

“DHSC has a really varied policy portfolio, covering both the NHS and public health.  The Department’s work is fast-paced, high profile and health is an area that affects everyone, so it feels like we're doing really important work.  Since I joined the Department, my work has been really varied, including managing an evaluation of mental health provision for offenders in the community, supporting the analysis of responses to public consultations in childhood obesity, and organising a seminar series bringing academics to the Department to speak on a range of innovative topics related to mental health”. 

With any social research role, you will be supporting our ambition to:  

·         Make better use of evidence and data to generate insight and inform key decisions.

·         Be more rigorous in using evidence to advise Ministers; and 

·         Help policy staff develop their skills in the use of evidence; to ensure that evidence has maximum influence and impact. 

DHSC analytical community 

The Department has a diverse and engaged analytical community. There are a range of regular events for all analysts, and also some profession-specific groups you can join. Your own team is also likely to have regular team meetings and informal team catch-ups which you will be invited to. We offer community meetings chaired by the Director of Analysis, Scientific Seminars, randomised 121 coffee break networking (Netwoffee), a range of staff networks and regular analyst social events. 

Each profession has a grade manager for analysts under G7 level, who you can talk to about profession-specific issues such as career progression and learning and development.

Opportunities for Development  

The analytical training offer is significant and is supported by a dedicated analytical training budget. Depending on the role, there can be opportunities to manage others. After two years in post, all analysts under grade 7 are invited to opt into our annual job rotations. As well as developing as a social researcher, you will have opportunities to hone your broader analytical skills, data science capability and policy-making. 

Security Clearance  

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). 

Contact point for further details. 

analystrecruitment@dhsc.gov.uk