Assistant Project Manager (HTA and Health Economics)

About us

Source Health Economics is a growing HEOR consultancy specialising in health economics, systematic review, statistics, and value communication. Since we were founded in 2016, we have achieved our planned year-on-year growth, allowing many opportunities for personal development.

At Source, we have a technically-excellent, supportive, and friendly team, and pride ourselves on our inclusive and collaborative culture. Our core values are excellence, balance, and growth. We strive to:

• Deliver excellence for our clients and patients, whilst
• Preserving a good work-life balance and supporting employee well-being, and
• Providing opportunities for growth for our employees.

We recruit some of the brightest minds and invest in your professional development.

Why work with us?

Source is a fun, personable company, where our technical teams work closely with each other, enabling us all to learn from some of the best minds in the business. We value our employees, and all employees are encouraged to voice their ideas and contribute to business initiatives, regardless of seniority. Source prides itself on its commitment to employee welfare, as evidenced by our high employee retention.

We have open-plan offices in Oxford and central London and Manchester, with hybrid working. Our contractual working hours are 37.5 hours per week, with flexible start and finish times around our core company hours of 10 am to 4 pm.

Alongside an opportunity to actively contribute to a growing company, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays, option to buy an additional 5 days of annual leave, discretionary Christmas bonus scheme, opt-in employee health insurance, employee life insurance, cycle to work scheme, and above-average employer pension contributions.

Our HTA team

The HTA team is responsible for managing all the HTA submissions that Source Health Economics work on. We work with many of the big pharma companies and across a range of different conditions and disease areas. The HTA team is also responsible for writing bids and proposals for new work and identifying new business opportunities in health technology assessment and market access. The HTA team is currently growing quickly after a highly successful last two years. This role provides excellent opportunities for career progression for the right candidate. Every person at Source is highly valued, and we recognise that individual efforts have a considerable impact on the business’s success.

The role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will be in a client-facing role and work closely and collaboratively with the value communication, health economics, systematic review, and statistics teams to deliver high-quality evidence-based solutions for our clients.
Reporting to the Head of HTA (Peter O’Neill) the assistant project manager will be responsible for:

• Managing large complex health technology assessment (HTA) projects
• Prepare plans to execute and monitor project progress
• Identify and helping to manage potential project risks
• Coordinate and monitor project team activities
• Create client-ready presentations and materials with input from the project team
• Maintaining effective communication with clients
• Delivering of projects to time and budget
• Managing invoice schedules and administrative tasks related to projects
• Contributing to business development, including helping to write proposals and attending client pitches
• Contributing to company marketing and lead generation activities

Essential:

• 2.1 degree or higher in health / life sciences related subject
• Highly organised
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to grasp new information quickly
• Able to manage time and prioritise deadlines
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Able to identify problems and offer solutions
• Pro-active with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Knowledge of the health and / or life sciences sector(s)
• Knowledge and understanding of health economics

Desirable:

• MSc in health economics
• Project management qualification

Come and join us at Source and see what you can achieve!

NOTE: We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within our teams and encourage applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious preference, sexual orientation, or physical attributes.

We have a legal obligation to ensure that all our employees have the right to work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start.

Successful candidates might be subject to background checks.

Source is part of Sciris. Sciris specialises in bespoke programmes in health economics and outcomes research, healthcare communication, creative and brand strategy, medical compliance, insights, and insights.