Calling all leaders in the business design space…

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to join our Design & portfolio delivery team, working alongside our Business Analyst Manager, you’ll shape, plan, lead and carry out analysis activity across workstreams and projects all the while being guided by business architecture and project objectives with business and user needs being at the heart of everything you do!

We’re really excited to have an opportunity to grow senior leaders in this space so its important for us to get this role right, so grab a brew get yourself comfy and have a read of what we’re after.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting Senior Management and Programme/ Project Managers with strategic analysis using appropriate analysis and investigation techniques .

  
  

• You’ll plan and lead Business Analysis for projects and workstreams providing end to end business and process design / delivery

  
  

• Assessing changes, performing impact analysis and be the business representative during the design and development phases of various project lifecycles.

  
  

• You’ll Identify and recommend better ways of working to the business, by investigating and analysing current business situations. Working alongside technical and information security colleagues produce and evaluate solution options, then select and communicate evidence based recommendations to stakeholders.

  
  

• By supporting the BA Manager to help shape, lead and drive the Business Analysis community you’ll also provide coaching/ mentoring and guidance to Business Analysis team members where required.

  
  

• You’ll elaborate the high-level business requirements during design/ development and ensure the needs of the business are being met through continual review of implementation.

  
  

• You’ll act as a change advocate and communicate the benefits of change positively to the business. Also you’ll regularly review and propose updates to methods and tools to support future change projects.

  
  

So, what do we need from you?

• Be an innovator, look for new and different ways to solve problems leveraging both existing and new to Yorkshire Housing solutions people, process and IT solutions.

• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills with the ability to articulate and confidence to challenge the status quo and ‘stuck’ perceptions

• Experience of acting as a lead designer/ analyst for a significant platform/ application implementation E,g, Salesforce

• Experience of assessing, reviewing and documenting existing and future solutions against requirements and making informed recommendations

• The ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and work with them to determine acceptable solutions

• Strong facilitation skills both face to face and remote including experience of leading (e.g) project steering committee/ project board

• Experience of using qualitative and quantitate investigation techniques & appreciation of Waterfall and Agile methodologies

• Previous exposure to a continuous improvement methodology with a history of leading and supporting successful projects

• Experience in developing or contributing to business cases and options appraisals

• Competency in Microsoft Office suite and process modelling tools

• Able to work flexibly, including undertaking travel within the Yorkshire region for meetings when required

Full requirements can be found in the attached Job Description.

What we’re all about

You might think of Yorkshire Housing as ‘just’ a housing provider, but we’re so much more than that. Yes, we own and manage nearly 20,000 homes (and counting) across Yorkshire and make it possible for current and future customers to have a place they’re proud to call home, but we’re also all about making a positive difference in people’s lives.

We’ve got big plans to overhaul the traditional customer service offer, build new homes that are truly future-proof and empower our people through flexibility and freedom to do their best work.

Our investment in technology is a key pillar of our strategy and our Change team are working on exciting, complex and ambitious programmes to deliver a pre-emptive customer experience.

What’s in it for you?

In return, we are offering a salary of £61,200 per annum for a 35-hour week. 25 days annual leave (raising annually to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays.

But that’s not all. We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.

Our people’s health and wellbeing is one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.

So, now you’re really interested?

At YH, we’re actively building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role. If you need support with part of the application process please contact our recruitment team.

The fine print

This is an agile homeworking position, and you’ll be comfortable travelling to and within Yorkshire as required for the role.

The closing date for this advert is the 19th March 2023, but we may begin contacting candidates for interview prior to closing so please don’t miss the chance and apply asap!

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