WHATEVER IT TAKES

Everyone works at Nesta because we are driven by a deep commitment to our missions. A guiding principle of our culture is that we do whatever it takes to achieve them, bringing our best to all our work.
We are seeking an Analyst to work in Nesta’s ‘A Healthy Life’ mission. We want to increase the number of years lived in good health for all, and particularly those most affected by health inequalities. We are focusing on tackling one of the biggest drivers of lost years of healthy life: obesity. Our primary focus currently is on improving our food environments; i.e. making healthy food more available, accessible, affordable, appealing and convenient for all. We work across sectors - with businesses, national policymakers, local government, academics and other charities - in order to drive the changes we need to see to improve health.

The following list sets out the core tasks an Analyst in the A Healthy Life team will be expected to participate in. We don’t expect you to be an expert at this stage, but we want you to come to Nesta with a growth mindset where you are ready to experiment and learn.

• Delivery of projects. This could include the following:
• Conducting research. For example: interviews, observations, data collection, data analysis, case studies.
• Critically appraise and summarise evidence on the problem and identify potential solutions. This means you should be able to interpret statistics, critique research designs and undertake literature reviews.
• Identify and design solutions to problems.
• Helping to devise pilots or prototypes and evaluate whether or not they worked.
• Working closely with food system partners, keeping in mind what is important to them and why, and keeping the project moving by proactively resolving issues and mitigating risks.
• Get to grips with new areas, topics and contexts that the range and variety of your projects take place in.
• Communicate and disseminate the team’s work externally, which may include producing reports and slide decks for partners, writing blogs, public speaking, stakeholder engagement and leading new and creative ways to communicate ideas to different audiences.
• Development of new work, including project idea generation, project scoping, research and writing bids and proposals.
• Collaborate across Nesta drawing in skills and experience from different teams where relevant - including ensuring the use of appropriate research methodologies.
• Effectively engage and collaborate with stakeholders outside of Nesta to secure their input or support on our projects or work.