SYP - Business Analyst

Role: Business Analyst

Department: Business Change & Innovation

Location: Carbrook – Force HQ, Sheffield

Term: Fixed Term Contract / Secondment – Ending March 2021

Band: Band E

Salary: £29, 289 - £33, 771

Hours per week: 37 Hours per Week

Role Purpose:

Undertake demand analysis to inform future service design. Assist with the planning, implementation, management and monitoring of the delivery of projects. Undertake research and analysis, producing reports/recommendations as necessary, into issues affecting the project or programme they are working with, within specified timescales.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working within the department of Business Change and Innovation, the successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking demand analysis to inform future service design. They will assist with the planning, implementation, management and monitoring of the delivery of projects. The individual will undertake research and analysis, producing reports and recommendations of issues affecting the project or programme they are working with.
• The successful candidate will conduct research in respect of the forces strategic and delivery plans, programmes and projects. They will be expected to use a variety of methodologies, tools and techniques including business process mapping to review organisational demand and help identify service design improvements.
• The post holder will be required to run focus groups and in addition, will also attend meetings, liaise with internal customers, other force and external bodies such as government departments to facilitate the delivery of the project/programmes.

Skills and experience:

• Applicants will be required to meet the specialist knowledge outlined in the person specification, including experience of research, process design and analysis.
• In addition, you will be educated to degree level in an appropriate subject matter area or have equivalent work experience.
• There will be an expectation that the preferred candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to elicit, collate and assimilate information from customers and stakeholders.
• You will also have experience of using business improvement tools and techniques.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive polices to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service ( accessible 24/7)

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 3 years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

All tattoos and piercings must be in line with South Yorkshire Police’s Appearance and Standards policy. Tattoos visible on your face, neck, hands or head are not permitted. Any tattoos which could be deemed inappropriate or cause offence will also not be accepted. If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

Closing Date:

Sunday, 24th November 2019 @ 23.55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the HR Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about this post please, contact Ray Froggatt 07810 153 145, Jamie Smith 07646 983 914 or Graham Ambridge 07646 985 172. Please do not contact these numbers for an application form.

Further Information:

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For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities. For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:

http://nextgen.app.yhrn.police/sites/SYPIntranet/SA/Fairness/Web/Home.aspx

Apply for the role:

If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, please send your CV and expressions of interest of no more than 500 words outlining skills & Experience held against the CVF summary of Main Duties to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

Internal Secondments:

To apply for this post as a secondment you must have the support of your Line Manager. This should be sent via email to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk. Please ensure that in the subject of the email contains the Job title and closing date of the role.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.