Business Analyst

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council is recruiting a Business Analyst to join the Transformation service, helping identify opportunities and deliver practical changes across council services. You will work with stakeholders to analyse problems, develop cases for change and define benefits realisation.

The role is hybrid with home working and a minimum of two days per week in the Harrogate office, offering a chance to impact public services in North Yorkshire.

Qualifications

• Experience as a business analyst or equivalent in the public sector.
• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders to identify opportunities.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders across the Council to identify opportunities for change.
• Develop and present cases for change to senior management.
• Manage and undertake analysis activities to define opportunities, benefits and action plans.
• Understand customer interests and requirements throughout analysis work and project lifecycles.

Job description

At North Yorkshire Council we are looking to recruit Business Analysts to join our Transformation service, to help identify, develop, and deliver positive change across all council services.

Our Business Analysts work with a wide range of stakeholders to analyse problems, identify opportunities and deliver practical solutions. They solve problems, identify improvements and are passionate about making public services more effective and efficient.

If you enjoy analysing problems and want to see your work have a positive impact and bring improvements to public services in North Yorkshire - this could be the role for you!

The role is hybrid working with a combination of home working together with minimum 2 days per week in an office base at one of our local transformation hubs at Northallerton, Harrogate, Scarborough and Selby.

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 a supportive and dedicated Business Analysis team who are committed to delivering positive change.

Within the Transformation directorate we place people at the heart of what we do, and Business Analysts are a valuable component of this service to help make sure the change initiatives and opportunities progressed are right for North Yorkshire Council and North Yorkshire citizens.

Further Information

Learn more via our Transformation Campaign Page.

Key Dates:

Closing Date: Sunday 27th September

Interviews: w/c 5th and 12th October

This role is being advertised across multiple locations, you only need to apply once for the location which is most convenient for you as your base office.

Company: North Yorkshire Council

Salary: £39,481-£48,738 per annum

Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Sector: Regeneration and Local Economies

Sector: Business

Job Role: Analyst