Business Analyst – Police Staff – SPP – Counter Terrorism Policing HQ

Counter Terrorism Policing; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A national security organization in London seeks a Business Analyst to enhance operational strategies. The role involves engaging with senior leaders to identify strategic issues and support organizational change. Ideal candidates should have experience in analysis and excellent communication skills. This role offers insight into the UK’s intelligence community and requires collaboration across various policing sectors.

Qualifications

• Experience in analysis and design within a business environment.
• Strong communication skills to engage with senior leaders.
• Ability to articulate strategic requirements and align with goals.

Responsibilities

• Engage with senior HQ leaders to understand issues and ambitions.
• Conduct reviews and assessments to develop CTP's operating model.
• Ensure alignment of organisational change activities with strategy.
• Assist in business planning and priority requirements understanding.

Job description

Business Analyst – Police Staff – SPP – Counter Terrorism Policing HQ

Contract type – Full Time, Permanent, Secondment

Location– London

Band – Band C

Job Summary

Counter Terrorism Policing HQ’s Strategy, Planning and Performance (SPP) Directorate is a multi-skilled, diverse, insightful and influential team that sits at the heart of CTPHQ. Operating in New Scotland Yard and CTOC (West Brompton), we work collaboratively with CTP colleagues in the HQ and across the network, to ensure that CTP has effective strategies, policies and plans in place, along with the capabilities it needs to keep the public and the UK safe.

Informed by CTP’s strategic approach, and contributing to the UK’s CONTEST Strategy and other National Security-related strategies, we set out clear strategic direction, drive CTP’s network delivery plan, deliver performance insights to inform decision-making, and run CTP’s principal governance structures. We cohere CTP’s positions on policy and legislation, while also navigating CTP’s organisational response to operational incidents and investigations. In addition, we support, advise and brief CTP’s senior leaders in their leadership of CTP while also engaging for CTP with partners, Government and internationally in support of our mission.

CTPHQ’s SPP Directorate is a hybrid of police staff and civil servants. The team is skilled, influential and inclusive, and is the ideal place for existing or aspiring professionals to make a real difference and develop a career in an operational policing environment. This position provides a unique opportunity to gain experience of the national CT Policing Network and wider policing, as well as how policing operates alongside the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) and Whitehall departments.

Business Analysts undertake a vital role within the pillar undertaking analysis and design activity to ensure that national strategy is effectively and pragmatically turned into meaningful organisational change delivery. Reporting to one of the Band B’s in the Planning and Design team, this role will play a key role analysing strategic issues and opportunities, and in turn making recommendations to help us improve our operating model and ultimately keep the public safe.

Key Tasks

The post holder will be required to do the following:

• Continuously engage with senior HQ leaders in order to effectively understand and identify issues and ambitions in line with CTP strategy
• Undertake reviews, assessments and other design activity to help develop and maintain our understanding of the overall CTP operating model
• Work closely with change initiatives, helping to ensure we focus on priority issues and ambitions and making sure we identify strategic requirements upfront to assist project teams
• Undertake the review and assurance of organisational change activity, ensuring alignment to strategic direction
• Assist in the development and maintenance of the CTP Business Planning cycle, ensuring that priorities requirements are well described and understood
• Represent the pillar and by extension CTPHQ at key strategic meetings and boards
• Work closely with all other CTPHQ pillars (of note: Change, Strategic HR, Finance, Data & Analysis), CT Policing Network and other key stakeholders

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