Senior Business Change Analyst
Salary: £48,474 to £52,504
Contract Type: Established Full Time
Hours/Working Pattern: 37 hrs
Weekend Working: No
Location: Northallerton based / day-to-day working location flexible dependent on activity/project needs
About the role
This is an exciting time at North Yorkshire Council as we bring together 8 district, borough and county councils to form the third largest unitary council in England. This council will be a significant player both locally and nationally.
At North Yorkshire Council we are looking to recruit a Senior Business Change Analyst to join our Transformation service, to help identify, develop, and deliver positive change across all council services; making a real change to people who live in North Yorkshire.
- Do you enjoy analysing problems, identifying opportunities, and delivering practical solutions?
- Do you want to see your work have a positive impact and bring improvements to North Yorkshire?
- Are you passionate about making public services more effective and efficient and would you like to be working at the centre of a major local government reorganisation and transformation?
- Does working for an organisation that places communities at the centre of its operation inspire you?
- Do you enjoy developing people and teams to succeed?
Then this role is for you!
As a Senior Business Change Analyst, you will be working in a pivotal role at the heart of transforming our new organisation to be an effective modern council.
This is a career enhancing opportunity. You will shape services by developing and embedding business change principles, ensuring that initiatives and opportunities progressed are the right ones for North Yorkshire Council, whilst delivering a great customer experience to North Yorkshire citizens.
Within this role you will:
- Work with a wide range of stakeholders across the Council to identify opportunities for change.
- Develop and present cases for change to senior management and Council partners.
- Manage and undertake a range of analysis activities to further define opportunities, benefits, and action plans.
- Understand and represent the customer interests, requirements and perspectives throughout analysis work and project lifecycles.
- Review the impact and success of initiatives, to assess and quantify to what extent benefits have been realised.
- Be part of the management team of a supportive and dedicated Business Analysis team, who are committed to delivering positive change.
If this describes you, we will welcome your application for the role of Senior Business Change Analyst.
Required Experience
- Senior level communication skills.
- Setting (and continuously improving) standards in business analysis.
- Managing & developing professional teams to deliver to those standards.
Essential Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of on-going commitment to CPD
- Relevant advanced qualification, e.g. BCS business analysis advanced diploma, Lean, Six-Sigma Green Belt (or higher), or equivalent demonstrable experience
Working at North Yorkshire Council
North Yorkshire really is a stunning, vibrant county with safe communities and excellent education. It is rich in heritage and culture, in a backdrop of outstanding natural beauty, vibrant cities, market towns, quaint villages, stunning rural and coast landscapes. We can also boast having three towns in the top ten of the UK Halifax quality of life survey.
We welcome and celebrate diversity and inclusion and the strengths that this brings to our communities and workforce. We aim to provide excellent and efficient local services enabling everyone to fulfil their potential. To do this we give everyone equal access to services and job opportunities. We heavily invest in the development of our employees, providing training and development to further enhance their careers.
As a North Yorkshire Council employee, you will have access to some great benefits, via our everybody benefit’s scheme, and our employee assistance programme, to assist with your health and wellbeing. You will also have access to our local government pension scheme, a generous plan for your retirement with the option to increase your monthly contribution if you so wish. For more information on the benefits, we offer please click the Total Rewards link below:
For further information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Gary Hughes at Gary.Hughes@northyorks.gov.uk
To apply for this position please click the “apply” button below or alternatively send your CV quoting which vacancy you wish to apply for to resourcingsolutions@northyorks.gov.uk by midnight on 8th February 2024
It is important that your CV is in word format and includes your full contact details (telephone, email, address), full employment history (name of employer, job titles, dates of employment and salary), full education history (qualification, grade, dates, and place of study), explanation of any gaps in employment. Your personal statement should outline your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria for the role as detailed in the person specification.
Key dates
Closing Date: 8/02/2024
Interview Date: Week Commencing 20/02/2024
Supporting Information
Job Description - Senior BCA.docx
Total Rewards
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