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Deputy Director of Analytics & Insights

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Leatherhead, KT22 7AD £96,626 – £111,084 a year Permanent Posted 1 September 2026 Apply by 20 September 2026

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Role description

Job summary

The Deputy Director of Analytics and Insights is the Trust's senior leader for data, insight and analytics; setting the vision, operating model and standards that make SABP an insight-driven organisation. The postholder ensures executive, divisional and operational decision-making isconsistently supported by timely, trusted, decision-grade insight, and builds a strategic analyticscapability that moves beyond reporting to explain, predict and improve outcomes and productivity.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will lead an integrated analytics service that:o provides a single, transparent route for analytics demand, prioritisation and delivery.o establishes metric ownership, definitions and data governance to deliver a single version of truth.o modernises and rationalises the reporting and dashboard estate to focus capacity on high value insight.o builds strategic analytics capability to support quality, safety, performance, productivity and inequalities; ando delivers the Trust's Business Intelligence (BI) optimisation change programme through the Digital Strategy Implementation portfolio with measurable outcomes and adoption.

This is a senior leadership role operating across Trust priorities, with influence across clinical, operational, corporate and digital leadership

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

01 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£96,626 to £111,084 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C325-8262638-CORP

Job locations

Trust Headquarters

18 Mole Business Park

Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field (data/analytics/informatics/statistics/health/engineering/economics)
Evidence of continuing professional development in analytics, data governance, digital/data platforms, or improvement

Desirable

Postgraduate qualification (MSc, MBA, Masters in statistics/data science)
Professional accreditation/recognised training aligned to senior NHS data roles

Experience

Essential

Significant senior leadership experience in BI/analytics/data within NHS or a comparable complex regulated environment.
Track record of designing and delivering an analytics operating model (demand management, prioritisation, standards, governance, adoption).
Experience of providing executive-level assurance and narrative, turning complex datasets into clear insight and decision options.
Experience implementing metric definitions/ownership frameworks and improving data quality and trust.
Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams, set standards, and deliver change at pace.

Desirable

Experience leading advanced analytics (modelling, forecasting, scenario analysis, productivity/capacity analysis) and evaluation-style work to inform strategic decisions.
Experience developing business cases/option appraisals.
Experience operating at system level (ICS/region) and influencing senior stakeholders.
Experience of using and implementing FDP solutions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.