Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst Location: UK Flexible Contract Type: 12 month fixed term contract (dependent on project requirements) Hours per week: 35 Salary: Up to £53,000 per annum, depending on experience (including Inner London Weighting of £3,344 where applicable)

How you’ll make a difference…

Are you passionate about driving change in the charity sector? Are you interested in using your business analysis experience and skills to help enable the British Red Cross to improve its marketing enabling us to help more people in crisis in the UK and overseas?

What you’ll be doing…

The British Red Cross has embarked on an ambitious transformation to build a sustainable organization and ensure we’re ‘Fit for the Future’ to deliver our 2030 strategy. As part of this programme of change, this role will help us transform the way we fundraise by helping us design a new target operating model for marketing – looking at our core capabilities and associated processes.

As Senior Business Analyst for the fundraising transformation you will help to bring clarity to the current fundraising operating model and help us make informed, strategic decisions regarding the design of the to-be operating model. You will work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders across fundraising and the broader organisation, synthesise the findings and bring rigor and challenge to ensure robust decision making. This is key to us achieving our bold ambition required to help people in crisis.

You will help us understand the current processes as well as resulting capabilities, capacity and enablers so that we can identify the key pain points and opportunities to deliver the future vision. You will be a key member of the team carrying out the organisational design for the new operating model.

You’ll be required to operate in a complex stakeholder environment at all levels of the organisation and you’ll need the experience and gravitas to work with and manage stakeholders at the most senior level.

This role might be for you if…

– You have substantial experience of creating and analysing clear organisational and business processes, understanding the ‘as-is’ state and conducting the relevant analysis to create the ‘to-be’ – You have worked on large, complex transformation programmes in a large and geographically dispersed organisation – You can demonstrate experience of stakeholder management in a complex programme environment including influencing without authority and encouraging collaborative working to achieve programme aims – You have knowledge of recognised business process analysis and improvement methodologies and the ability to flex and adapt to in-house requirements and approaches – You have experience or knowledge of the not for profit /voluntary sector in which the British Red Cross operates then this will be advantageous, especially fundraising. – You have experience of marketing – Y ou’re passionate about operating in complex situations to drive clarity and insight – You’re passionate about driving change and transformations – You’re passionate about bringing together a wide range of stakeholders to extract insight and drive alignment through rich facilitation both face to face and remotely

(Please read the attached full Role Profile/ Job Description for more information about this vacancy including responsibilities and full person specification)

Closing date for applications is (23:59), Sunday 11th September, with interviews on the week commencing 19th September via zoom.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) • Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave • Up to 6% contributory pension • Flexible working policy

A little bit more about us…

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – we’re there when you need us.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are look ing for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.

Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to be yourself at work, and feel you’re in a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of w hich you can find on our website. As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.

If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738). Follow us on Twitter @RedCrossJobsUK and on Linked in – British Red Cross, to hear about our latest job vacancies.

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