Senior Business Analyst (Workforce)

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; West Kirby; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Holiday entitlement 29–34 days

Flexible and hybrid working

Employee Assistance Programme

Westfield Health Programme

Bike to Work Scheme

Professional qualifications & e.g.学习

Job summary

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst (Workforce) to drive workforce transformation and organisational change. You will partner with leaders and Corporate Development to understand workforce requirements and help design future structures and operating models.

You will gather and translate workforce data into actionable insights, challenge traditional ways of working, and support across multiple projects to deliver customer-focused and

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst, Workforce Analyst, Organisation Design Analyst or similar role.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret workforce data.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience gathering, documenting and validating business/workforce requirements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and Corporate Development to understand workforce requirements.
• Support design/implementation of organisational structures and Target Operating Models.
• Gather, analyse and document workforce-related business requirements.
• Assess people impacts of organisational change initiatives and transformation programmes.
• Use workforce data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for decision-making.
• Map current and future workforce processes, roles and capabilities.
• Support workforce planning activities including resource modelling and capability assessments.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure workforce solutions align with business objectives.
• Contribute to successful delivery of organisational change initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Workforce data analysis

Requirements gathering

Job description

*Previous applicants need not apply*

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced and insightful Senior Business Analyst (Workforce) to play a key role in delivering workforce transformation and organisational change across the business.

In this role, you'll work closely with leaders, Corporate Development, and business functions to understand workforce challenges, analyse current and future workforce requirements, and support the design and delivery of sustainable organisational solutions. You'll be instrumental in helping the LCRCA achieve its organisational design and workforce planning ambitions.

Working at the heart of design programmes, you'll gather, analyse and translate workforce and business requirements into actionable recommendations, ensuring people, processes and structures are aligned to future organisational needs.

You'll have the opportunity to influence strategic workforce decisions, challenge traditional ways of working, and help create more effective, customer-focused and efficient services.

• Partnering with business leaders and Corporate Development to understand workforce requirements and objectives.
• Supporting the design and implementation of organisational structures and Target Operating Models.
• Gathering, analysing and documenting workforce-related business requirements.
• Assessing the people impacts of organisational change initiatives and transformation programmes.
• Using workforce data and insights to identify trends, risks and opportunities that inform decision-making.
• Mapping current and future workforce processes, roles and capabilities.
• Supporting workforce planning activities, including resource modelling and capability assessments.
• Challenging existing ways of working and identifying opportunities to improve organisational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure workforce solutions are aligned to strategic business objectives.
• Contributing to the successful delivery of key organisational change initiatives.

About the Person

You will have experience working as a Business Analyst, Workforce Analyst, Organisation Design Analyst, or in a similar role, with a good understanding of workforce planning, organisational design, operating model development and change management principles.

You'll bring strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret workforce data and translate findings into clear, actionable insights, as well as experience gathering, documenting and validating business and workforce requirements.

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills are essential, along with the confidence to influence and engage with colleagues at all levels.

You will be comfortable working across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and will take a collaborative approach to your work, with a genuine passion for delivering positive outcomes for colleagues, customers and the organisation.

If you're passionate about workforce transformation, organisational design and using data-driven insight to shape strategic decisions, we'd love to hear from you

This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact during a period of significant organisational transformation. You'll work alongside a high-performing cross-functional team, helping to design the workforce of the future and ensure our organisation has the people, structures and capabilities needed for long-term success

About the organisation

The Liverpool City Region is world-famous for its history, culture and creativity. A place of firsts, it is the birthplace of modern railways, public health and international trade. Now, our economy is being transformed once again, changing the world through world-leading innovation in health and life sciences, digital and creative, and advanced manufacturing - growing an economy already worth £35 billion a year.

The Combined Authority plays a central role in catalysing this innovation-led economy. We are seizing the unique opportunity to use our devolved powers and funding to create wealth and prosperity for all our 1.6 million residents and the whole UK - investing in our economy, people, place, transport and digital infrastructure. Our vision is for the Liverpool City Region to be: The best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business - where no-one is left behind.

Staff benefits

• Local Government Pension Scheme contributions between 5.5% and 12.5%
• Generous holiday entitlement of 29 days rising to 34 days after 5 years service, as well as bank holidays and the option to buy 10 additional days
• Free travel around Liverpool City Region with an All-Zone Metro card worth £1,450 per year plus All Zones Off Peak Trio ticket for your spouse or partner
• Flexible and hybrid working
• 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family and Free counselling service
• Automatic enrolment to our Westfield Health Programme
• Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, and professional qualifications including paid membership fees and even a £1k interest free learning loan for any non-job-related learning

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have declared that they: have a disability, are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, are care experienced (whether through foster care, residential care, supported living, kinship care, live-in care, home care or adoption), are a member of a reservist or have close family links to a member of the Armed Forces as we are under-represented by people from these communities.

To be considered under one of these schemes, you must indicate your eligibility in the relevant section of the application form. In addition, you must clearly demonstrate in your application how you meet the key essential criteria listed above.

Applications that do not include this evidence will not be considered under the guaranteed interview schemes.

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa