Strategic Planning Analyst

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical individual to join our team as a Strategy Analyst at ESNEFT. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of strategic initiatives aimed at improving healthcare services. You will work closely with senior management to analyse data, identify trends, and provide insights that will inform decision-making processes. Your ability to take initiative, think critically, and communicate effectively will be essential in driving our organisation's strategic goals. As a Strategy Analyst, you will conduct comprehensive research and analysis on various aspects of healthcare delivery, including patient outcomes, operational efficiency, and financial performance. You will prepare detailed reports and presentations that highlight key findings and recommendations. Additionally, you will collaborate with different departments to ensure that strategic plans are aligned with the overall objectives of ESNEFT. In this role, you will provide analytical expertise to support strategic planning and investment decisions and will play a key role in increasing the Trust's analytical capacity and capabilities to drive forward analytical collaborations with external stakeholders. As part of your day-to-day work, you will also engage with the transformation team and support them with high-quality analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and to help them drive change across the organisation.,

• The Strategic Planning Analyst is hosted within the Business Informatics Team and the post holder will work closely with the Strategy, Research and Innovation Team.
• The Strategic Planning Analyst will collaborate with the Transformation team to drive process efficiencies, cost reduction and standardisation through optimising organisational value and resource scheduling through robust data analysis.
• The Strategic Planning Analyst will promote continuous improvement and value stream analysis techniques and philosophy to deliver both incremental and radical change. Working with Transformation and the Strategy, Research and Innovation teams, they will ensure change is clearly communicated, planned and implemented in a safe, smooth and clinically supported manner
• They will work closely with the Senior Finance colleagues to provide data inputs and parameters to long-term financial models and comprehensive investment analysis to support Trust investment strategy and planning.
• You will support the Director of Strategy, Research and Innovation and the Head of Analytics to develop our analytical capability, both within the Trust and across the ICS.
  
  We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A