Job Description

The Chair will work in collaboration with the Director, staff and the committee.
The Chair ensures that the committee takes full account of the evidence in developing recommendations and considers the analysis and interpretation of the evidence prepared by the evidence review team. The Chair must therefore establish trust and mutual respect among members of the committee and give opportunities for all members to contribute to its discussions and activities.
The Chair will be supported by staff at NICE who will be responsible for overall project management, organising committee meetings, carrying out evidence reviews and economic analysis.
A Topic Adviser with specialist knowledge may also be appointed to the committee to support the Chair and NICE by providing clinical advice and contributing to the development of the scope and review protocols and the identification and review of evidence.
Interviews are scheduled for Thursday, 10 July 2025 PM, Monday, 21 July 2025 PM and Tuesday, 22 July 2025 AM and PM.
Main duties of the job
The Chair will contribute to the scoping, development and validation of the guidance. The successful candidate will be expected to:
Participate in activities relating to the recruitment of committee members
Participate in scoping meetings and a scoping workshop (where appropriate)
Attend all Committee meetings, held virtually (some meetings may be face to face in London or Manchester)
About us
NICE helps practitioners and commissioners get the best care to patients, fast, while ensuring value for the taxpayer. We do this by:
producing useful and usable guidance for health and care practitioners
providing rigorous, independent assessment of complex evidence for new health technologies
developing recommendations that focus on what matters most and drive innovation into the hands of health and care practitioners
encouraging the uptake of best practice to improve outcomes for everyone.
Details
Date posted
28 May 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
xc2xa31 to xc2xa3700 a session per session
Contract
Voluntary
Working pattern
Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
907-CM-7227778
Job locations
Virtual
Virtual
M1 4BT
Job description
Job responsibilities
Act in accordance with the principles of the NICE Code of Conduct
Participate in NICE committee Chairs training
Participate in the recruitment of committee members including shortlisting and interviewing applicants (virtual)
Work with the Topic Adviser and developer staff to develop the scope of the guidance
Help plan, chair and maintain the focus and smooth running of committee meeting
Agree draft agendas with NICE staff and ensure that committee meetings achieve their aims by keeping to the agenda
Ask for Declarations of Interest from committee members at each meeting, identify any conflicts and handle these as they arise in line with NICEs policy
Facilitate committee meetings to achieve consensus in relation to the evidence base, provide appropriate practice interpretations where possible and formulation of concise action-orientated recommendations.
Facilitate topic groups of committee members on specific questions as required.
Facilitate discussion at committee meetings about topic development and writing of recommendations, ensuring all members are involved in discussion and encouraged to express their views
Keep group discussion unified and avoid disruption by sub-conversations or dominance by any group members
Encourage constructive debate, without forcing agreement and prevent repetitive debate
Summarise the main points and key decisions from discussions at committee meetings
Assist in resolving concerns or disagreements between committee members
Work with the Topic Adviser and Topic Lead to ensure appropriate governance of committee meetings and topic materials, such as accurate sets of meeting minutes, recording and assessing the impact of declarations of interest, ensuring confidentiality, etc.
Sign-off all meeting minutes once approved by the committee
Work with the Topic Adviser, the Topic Lead and other members of NICEs topic team between meetings to ensure timely delivery of high-quality systematic reviews and health economic content
Take responsibility with the Topic Adviser and Topic Lead for quality assuring drafts of the guidance and contributing to the writing of the final guidance documents.
Represent the committee at other meetings (such as those organised by NICE and relevant medical Royal colleges), if required
Be a champion for the guidance after publication and undertake activities to promote its implementation, such as talking at press and professional conferences and publishing topic-related articles in accordance with the NICE publications policy. Job description
Job responsibilities
Act in accordance with the principles of the NICE Code of Conduct
Participate in NICE committee Chairs training
Participate in the recruitment of committee members including shortlisting and interviewing applicants (virtual)
Work with the Topic Adviser and developer staff to develop the scope of the guidance
Help plan, chair and maintain the focus and smooth running of committee meeting
Agree draft agendas with NICE staff and ensure that committee meetings achieve their aims by keeping to the agenda
Ask for Declarations of Interest from committee members at each meeting, identify any conflicts and handle these as they arise in line with NICEs policy
Facilitate committee meetings to achieve consensus in relation to the evidence base, provide appropriate practice interpretations where possible and formulation of concise action-orientated recommendations.
Facilitate topic groups of committee members on specific questions as required.
Facilitate discussion at committee meetings about topic development and writing of recommendations, ensuring all members are involved in discussion and encouraged to express their views
Keep group discussion unified and avoid disruption by sub-conversations or dominance by any group members
Encourage constructive debate, without forcing agreement and prevent repetitive debate
Summarise the main points and key decisions from discussions at committee meetings
Assist in resolving concerns or disagreements between committee members
Work with the Topic Adviser and Topic Lead to ensure appropriate governance of committee meetings and topic materials, such as accurate sets of meeting minutes, recording and assessing the impact of declarations of interest, ensuring confidentiality, etc.
Sign-off all meeting minutes once approved by the committee
Work with the Topic Adviser, the Topic Lead and other members of NICEs topic team between meetings to ensure timely delivery of high-quality systematic reviews and health economic content
Take responsibility with the Topic Adviser and Topic Lead for quality assuring drafts of the guidance and contributing to the writing of the final guidance documents.
Represent the committee at other meetings (such as those organised by NICE and relevant medical Royal colleges), if required
Be a champion for the guidance after publication and undertake activities to promote its implementation, such as talking at press and professional conferences and publishing topic-related articles in accordance with the NICE publications policy.
Person Specification
Ability to contribute to the work of the committee
Essential

• Experience in health or social care (as appropriate), either as a practicing health or social care professional, or working in or in association with the wider aspects of health or social care or the healthcare industries, or through engagement in or with health or social care as a patient, member of the public, user, carer or as an advocate
• An understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE
• Experience of chairing multidisciplinary committees with significant impact on health or care policy delivery or an equivalent field

Ability to understand and interpret multiple complex data sets
Essential

• Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information, as evidenced by relevant experience and/or academic qualifications

Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential

• Commitment to eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality and an understanding or awareness of the issues of inequality in health, public health and social care settings

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Essential

• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Experience of developing effective relationships
• Experience of communicating with a range of audiences at all levels

Ability to exercise judgement across a wide range of issues
Essential

• Implementation of organisational policies in relation to conflicts of interest
• Discretion in handling politically sensitive and confidential information

Person Specification
Ability to contribute to the work of the committee
Essential

• Experience in health or social care (as appropriate), either as a practicing health or social care professional, or working in or in association with the wider aspects of health or social care or the healthcare industries, or through engagement in or with health or social care as a patient, member of the public, user, carer or as an advocate
• An understanding of the social, political, economic and professional influences on NICE
• Experience of chairing multidisciplinary committees with significant impact on health or care policy delivery or an equivalent field

Ability to understand and interpret multiple complex data sets
Essential

• Ability to gather data, analyse, critique and synthesise complex information, as evidenced by relevant experience and/or academic qualifications

Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential

• Commitment to eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality and an understanding or awareness of the issues of inequality in health, public health and social care settings

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Essential

• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Experience of developing effective relationships
• Experience of communicating with a range of audiences at all levels

Ability to exercise judgement across a wide range of issues
Essential

• Implementation of organisational policies in relation to conflicts of interest
• Discretion in handling politically sensitive and confidential information