Senior Business Analyst

UK Parliament

Working at the UK Parliament offers a unique and rewarding career at the heart of the UK's democratic system.

With a wide range of roles available, our impartial colleagues enable the day to day running of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Joint Departments. Together, we make Parliament happen.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:

• 30 days' annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year).
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Access to training and development.
• Flexible working.
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.

Introduction

The Property and Asset Strategy team lead the strategic development of an integrated property and asset management approach for the estate, managing the lifecycle of the buildings, day-to-day corporate property management and providing advice to the Project Delivery and Maintenance groups.

Property and Asset Strategy has a core of expert in-house technical staff providing continuity, direction and support to colleagues, consultants, and contractors, and represents the estate with key external bodies.

The Role

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will join our Property and Asset Strategy team to lead cross functional analysis to support strategic decision making. You will join a multi-disciplinary team of professionals to provide business analysis services to support the corporate property portfolio and asset management strategy of the Parliament Estate to ensure that the intended outcomes and benefits are delivered to our customers. A key aspect of this role is the ability to work within a complex and challenging environment, managing ambiguity, and leading and facilitating collaboration with others to deliver high quality situational business analysis.

You will contribute to the continued success of the Business Analyst community within Strategic Estates, with opportunities to promote and strengthen the Business Analyst profession throughout the built environment.

The ideal candidate will use business analysis skills to bring innovation, creativity and problem solving to all aspects of their work. You will build strong relationships to develop a large network of connections across a diverse and inclusive organisation and build trust with colleagues and business users.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead and deliver high level cross-functional business analysis, investigating, analysing, and communicating complex business problems and opportunities for strategic and tactical decision making.
• Work with both Houses to support our property portfolio and asset management process and reporting development, ensuring innovation through facilitating business teams in 'art of the possible' thinking.
• Verification of inputs / outputs to sew systems and identifying any gaps.

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Experience of influencing and persuading at strategic / operational levels in a challenging and complex stakeholder environment, owning stakeholder relationships to ensure consensus is achieved.
• Experience of applying business analysis skills to provide excellent quality, cross-functional analysis, appraisal and options to obtain clear and high-quality business decisions which deliver efficient and effective outcomes.
• An understanding of:
  • Experience of delivery within a multidisciplinary team; can demonstrate collaborative and innovative working while balancing changing priorities.
  • Understanding and supporting cultural change within a complex organisation and developing best practice whilst upholding the values of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Next Steps and Additional Information

Application Form - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit an application providing evidence against criteria 2 and 4 in the job description. Please use this section to demonstrate why you think you would be suitable for this post, referring to the criteria listed as essential in the job description and give examples of relevant skills and experience.

• We recommend that you structure your answers using the STAR or CAR method. Each answer should not exceed 500 words.
• Please do not write single answer sentences as failure to demonstrate how you meet what is being asked will result in your application not being considered

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.