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Business Analyst

Employer
RSPB
Location
Flexible in UK
Salary
£28,420.00 - £31,529.00 Per Annum
Closing date
31 Aug 2022

Job Details

Business Analyst - 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Reference: AUG20227816
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £28,420.00 - £31,529.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave

As the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, with a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers across all 4 countries of the UK, the RSPB has an ambitious programme of work transforming its approach to saving nature. Part of this is ensuring that we have the right structures, values and people in place to help us collectively perform at our best and respond appropriately to a rapidly changing world. As a result, we have recently initiated significant change programmes to transform our ways of working, embed equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation, and improve our culture.

Recognising that people are at the heart of delivering this, we have an exciting opportunity for a talented business analyst to join our Transformation team. Reporting to the Head of Projects and Programmes, the successful candidate will support a large integrated programme and project management team, joining a team of project professionals, including volunteers, who deliver organisational wide people and business change across the RSPB.

What’s the role about?

You’ll be responsible for delivering business analysis support and insight (e.g. requirements engineering, business process modelling, organisational design, etc.) to projects and programmes across the UK that will support the RSPB 2030 strategy. As an experienced and proactive business analyst you’ll be used to working independently at pace with a number of projects and programmes, interacting with stakeholders across the organisation and effectively communicating your analysis using the most appropriate approach.

The role can be performed remotely, with some occasional travel to RSPB offices when required. The role holder can be based anywhere in the UK.

We value and understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds within our workforce. We strongly encourage applications from members of minority groups and all sections of the community.

Key activities will include:

  • Supporting the RSPB Transformation team in delivering business analysis to support key people-centric projects and programmes. This includes, but is not limited to
  1. Requirements engineering,
  2. Business process modelling
  3. Organisational design
  • Working with stakeholders from across the RSPB, you’ll manage and maintain their support throughout your business analysis
  • Communicating and engaging with colleagues and stakeholders at a variety of levels. You will be confident in articulating your business analysis work in a number of ways and will be able to confidently engage Senior Management to drive and manage positive change
  • Supporting the project and programme managers in developing robust business cases

The ideal candidate will be:

  • An experienced and fully trained business analyst with a focus on people and business change, confident at delivering the full range business analysis support (e.g. requirements engineering, business process modelling, organisational design) across a range of organisation, workforce and leadership projects and programmes. You’ll be as happy working independently as in a larger team and will be confident at engaging stakeholders at all levels of the organisation using the most appropriate approach.

Essential skills, knowledge & experience:

  • Experience of delivering high quality, focused and insightful business analysis to support a range of projects and programmes
  • Experience of working with and influencing a range of stakeholders across an organisation
  • Experience of effectively communicating business analysis findings and results using the most appropriate media and approach (written, spoken, visual, etc.)
  • Experience of working within a standard project management framework e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, RSPB Project Management Framework
  • Experience of working independently and as part of a wider team

Desirable skills, knowledge & experience:

  • A business analysis qualification – e.g. ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis, BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis – or an equivalent level of experience
  • Experience of delivering business analysis for people and business change projects and programmes – although our projects sometimes have a digital technology element, our main focus is organisational, workforce and leadership transformation
  • Experience of working within an agile project management environment
  • Experience of managing a wider business analysis team, including volunteers and 3rd party suppliers/partners 
  • Experience of building robust business cases
  • Experience of contributing to and sharing of business analysis best practice

Closing date: 23:59, Wednesday, 31st August 2022
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from w/c 12th September.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer and this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies please.

Company

The RSPB (the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) is a large, national charity dedicated to the conservation of birds and other wildlife and the environments on which they depend. Founded in 1889, the RSPB has more than a million members, over 2,000 employees and 13,500 volunteers. RSPB’s UK headquarters are in Bedfordshire and it has an annual income of nearly £133 million.

RSPB carries out conservation work in many different areas. It runs a network of 200 nature reserves covering almost 13,000 hectares, which are home to 80% of the UK’s rarest or most threatened bird species. It works with farmers to identify wildlife friendly farming methods, researches bird populations and partners with international conservation organisations.

RSPB is also an advocacy organisation, lobbying the government on diverse topics such as planning, wind farms and economics. It has a UK headquarters, three national offices and nine offices in the English regions. Its million-plus members, 200,000 of whom are youth members, make it the largest conservation organisation in the UK. RSPB also has 150 local groups and more than 80 youth groups. It has a volunteer to staff ratio of 6:1.

The charity was founded in Manchester in 1889 as the Plumage League (initially as a campaign against the killing of birds for the fashion industry). It received a Royal Charter in 1904, becoming the ‘Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’. RSPB moved to its present headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire, in 1961.

One of the RSPB’s most popular activities, carried out for children since 1979 and for adults since 2001, is the Big Garden Birdwatch. The Birdwatch is an annual data collection of bird populations that takes place every January. In 2016, 519,000 people were involved, counting over 8 million birds. The Birdwatch enables RSPB to build a picture of garden wildlife across the UK. It has shown, for instance, that the sparrow population has declined by 60% since 1979.

RSPB also urges supporters to ‘make a home for nature’ in their gardens. Activities include creating feeding stations and homes for hedgehogs, providing flowers and plants for moths, creating habitats for frogs and toads and forming safe corridors from one garden to the next.

RSPB, along with sister organisations, Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, is part of The Climate Coalition. It argues that the effect of climate change on wildlife and wild places can already been seen and that increased flooding and rain from climate change will spell disaster for birds and wildlife.

RSPB is also a member of BirdLife International, a global partnership of conservation organisations that share common objectives.

RSPB is a major fundraising charity and spends around 90% of its income on conservation, public education and advocacy.

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Telephone
01767 680 551
Location
The Lodge,
Potton Road,
Sandy,
Bedfordshire
SG19 2DL
GB

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