Grade A - £52,737 - £66,197 (National Framework) or £58,409 - £71,869 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25). There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home.
Contracted Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week or Part time, 30 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 26th May 2025 at 11.59pm
This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Make a difference
Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you’re looking for a new role in Data and Insight that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it!
As Practice Lead: Quantitative Analytics and Statistics, you will drive best practices in quantitative methods and statistics, ensuring consistency and excellence in our approach across CQC.
Picture this
Imagine leading a community of over 100 analysts to support their development of statistical and quantitative analysis that directly impacts the quality of health and care services.
As the Practice Lead: Quantitative Analytics and Statistics in the Data and Insight team, you will develop frameworks for quality assurance in quantitative analytics.
You'll set up a new community of practice for statistics, championing this area across the organisation.
Together with our other practice leads, you will shape our approach to mixed methods analysis as an organisation.
The role
You’ll play an important part in delivering our mission. In this role, you’ll:
Shape best practices: Develop and embed CQC’s approaches to quantitative analytics and statistics, including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and predictive methods.
Lead discussions: Drive conversations around statistical best practices and methodologies within the Data and Insight unit and across CQC.
Champion excellence: Promote a culture of excellence in quantitative analysis and statistics, ensuring high standards and continuous improvement.
Upskill: Identify gaps in our capabilities, supporting our teams with the learning they need to improve and innovate.
Show us
We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge, and experience in your application form:
Expertise in quantitative methods: Demonstrated experience in applying a range of quantitative analysis, such as hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and PCA.
Leadership in analytics: Proven experience in leading and developing analysts and managing complex statistical projects.
Technical proficiency: Extensive experience with Python, R, and SQL, and the ability to upskill a community of practitioners.
Join us at CQC and grow your career in an organisation that values learning, collaboration, and meaning.
Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through our benefits scheme:
- 27 days' leave per year, rising to 32.5 days with length of service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
- Opportunities and support for in-house and external training and development.
- Free, unlimited access to Headspace meditation app.
- Sports and gym discounts.
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day.
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution.
- Discounts to high street stores, supermarkets, restaurants and more.
- Eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card, which costs £4.99 and is valid for 2 years.
- Fleet home electronics and car leasing salary sacrifice scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme up to the value of £5,000.
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality Network.
For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact Angelico Fetta - Deputy Director of Data and Insight Advisory & Enablement at angelico.fetta@cqc.org.uk
Individual adjustments...
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes, and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk
CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
For this role, we are particularly encouraging people from ethnically diverse communities and people with a disability to apply, who are currently under-represented at this level in the organisation.
Candidates must ensure that all information provided in their application is detailed in their own words and is factually accurate. Any examples provided must be taken from personal experience. CQC abides by honesty and integrity as part of its core values; if evidence of plagiarism or generating answers from other sources is found, applications may be withdrawn.
Our Values
Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’
Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can
