Senior Business Analyst - ToM
Job summary
Working within our Target Operating Model team, reporting to Lead Business Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting Homes England's strategic transformation agenda as part of our Integrated Change Programme. You'll join a small but highly skilled and collaborative team, focused on shaping and delivering Homes England's future ways of working and Target Operating Model.
The team believe in creating an environment where innovation, challenge and collaboration thrive. They value diversity of thought and experience, encouraging colleagues to bring fresh perspectives that help solve complex business challenges and drive better outcomes across the organisation.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the future direction of a national organisation with a strong social purpose. Working closely with senior stakeholders across Homes England, you will support the design and implementation of strategic business transformation initiatives, helping to define future operating models, business capabilities and processes that improve organisational effectiveness and customer outcomes.
The role goes beyond traditional business analysis, offering the opportunity to work at a strategic level across business architecture and operating model design. You will lead discovery activities, facilitate stakeholder workshops and translate strategic objectives into practical, sustainable solutions that support long-term organisational change. Alongside delivering key transformation initiatives, you'll also contribute to the development of business analysis best practice across Homes England.
Job description
You'll be comfortable working in complex and evolving environments, bringing structure, insight and clarity where requirements or solutions are not yet fully defined. You will have significant experience leading business analysis activities on large-scale transformation programmes, including the design and implementation of Target Operating Models and future-state business processes.
Delivering transformational change requires resilience, adaptability and strong stakeholder management skills. You'll be confident engaging with and influencing senior leaders, constructively challenging existing ways of working and building consensus across multidisciplinary teams. Your decisions and recommendations will be informed by a strong understanding of organisational strategy, operational effectiveness and the wider impact of business change.
As an experienced Business Analysis professional, you'll have a proven ability to translate strategic objectives into business capabilities, process improvements, requirements and measurable outcomes. You'll enjoy working collaboratively, coaching others and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and inclusion. Whether working within Agile, Waterfall or blended delivery environments, you'll be motivated by the opportunity to shape meaningful change and deliver lasting benefits for Homes England.
Person specification
- Demonstrable experience leading business analysis on large-scale business transformation programmes, with experience supporting the design and implementation of Target Operating Models (TOM) and future ways of working.
- Proven ability to proactively analyse complex business problems, challenge existing processes and design future-state business processes aligned to strategic objectives.
- Experience working confidently and independently in ambiguous environments, providing structure, insight and direction where requirements or solutions are not yet fully defined.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders and build consensus across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience translating business strategy into actionable business capabilities, process improvements, business requirements and change outcomes, working across both Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches.
Benefits
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
Things you need to know
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How to apply?
To apply please follow the links to our careers page.
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Selection process details
For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.
Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.
Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
Nationality requirements
Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Name: Recruitment Team
Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Recruitment team
Salary range
- £51,076 - £59,570 per year