Job Introduction
Are you an experienced Business Analyst? Do you enjoy working on a variety of projects?
We are actively seeking two experienced Business Analyst to join one of the UK’s largest housing providers, who over the last few years has developed a new digital platform putting us at the forefront of the industry.
We are looking for someone to manage digital projects to enable us to continue to modernise and transform our business to meet customer expectations. We are looking for two experienced Business Analysts that have worked throughout the full end-to-end project lifecycle, ideally within Agile environments.
Main Responsibility
As a Business Analyst you will be the link between the customer, IT development teams and key vendors, interpreting client requirements and translating them into requirements. You will work as part of a central project team and work with all levels of stakeholders to ensure the solution is understood by all concerned parties and changes effectively scoped, defined and implemented to the required high standards expected by our customers.
Our culture of innovation means your ideas on how to improve our service will be welcomed. This role will be both challenging and rewarding. You will be highly motivated, enjoy thinking strategically and challenging yourself to solve complex problems. You will also enjoy finding new ways of doing things and are comfortable explaining recommendations.
If the idea of being part of a team which is committed to making a real impact is of interest, then we’d love to hear from you!
To apply for this role, please upload your CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should contain specific examples from your own experience demonstrating how you meet the essential knowledge, experience and skills in the Role Profile. In particular we ask that you focus on:
- Examples of stakeholder management
- Examples of delivering IT or digitalisation projects
Please note these positions are 12 month fixed term contracts and are office-based two times a week. Due to the urgency of the role the advert may close earlier should we receive a high volume of suitable candidates.
Applications for this role close on Monday 3rd July at 23:59
Applicants shortlisted to the second stage will be sent a presentation brief prior to the interview which you will be asked to deliver within your interview.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have thorough Business Analysis experience, excellent communication, facilitation, and documentation skills. You will be self-starting and independent in the delivery of assigned tasks and small projects.
A solid track record of relationship management, running and facilitating workshops, process mapping and business requirement gathering, writing user stories, acceptance tests and documenting technical requirements is essential for this role.
Excellent presentation, communication and effective consulting skills are vital.
What’s in it for me?
As part of our team, you will have access to professional qualifications and career opportunities across our Notting Hill Genesis business. You will also receive a generous holiday entitlement of 25 days, rising to 27 days after 2 years of service. You will also receive a simply health cash plan to help cover the costs of your everyday healthcare expenses (eg opticians, dentist, physio), generous pension scheme, and enhanced maternity pay and leave / shared parental leave options / paternity leave and access to our employee assistance programme for confidential support.
This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route (SOC Code 2135)
Benefits
In return we offer:
· Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
· Generous pension scheme
· Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - we offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
· Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
· Health cash plan
· Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance and much more
· Interest free loans: season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan and training loan
· Cycle to work scheme
· Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online, please contact our HR team via jobs@nhg.org.uk to discuss your requirements.
About the Company
Notting Hill Genesis is now one of the largest housing associations in London and the south east. We own and manage more than 66,000 homes and employ around 2,000 staff. We provide homes across a range of tenures and are committed to continuing to deliver housing that is affordable to all. Our roots reach back to the 1960s when our legacy organisations were established by local people who shared a similar vision – to house west London’s working poor, providing them a home from which to build themselves and their families a secure future.
Our people
We value our people and both respect and celebrate their differences. We’re proud to say that our colleagues come from different backgrounds, with varied outlooks and are from all over the world. We encourage and are committed to diversity. We know that when people with varied experiences and unique points of view come together, it makes us a stronger organisation and more able to help the wide range of residents that we serve. We want all our colleagues to bring their full selves to work in a culture and environment based on respect and fairness, regardless of role, background or ability.
Our pledges
We are proud signatories of the G15 group’s diversity pledge to encourage more diversity in the boardroom and at senior level. The pledge on ethnic diversity commits NHG to reflect the ethnic diversity of the communities we work in at all levels and particularly at senior managerial, leadership and board levels.
We have under-representation of ethnically diverse colleagues at this level and are keen to fill this gap. We welcome applications from everyone. For this role, we especially encourage ethnically diverse candidates to join us and be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, equality of opportunity and provides a place for you to grow your career.
We are also a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer and have signed up to Harry’s Pledge. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation
To find out more about Diversity and inclusion at NHG, please visit our website.
