Description
Senior Strategic Analyst - (Strategy/MI/Data/Economic/Business Planning)6 months
Inside IR35 - £500 - £525 per day
Location - London, Bristol, Manchester with remote working opportunities
Jumar require the services of a Senior Strategic Analyst to work within a central Government organisation, you will lead a team which delivers strong analysis on organisational management information as part of performance management, business planning and reporting, as well as delivering any additional, non-standard corporate reporting and planning projects.
The Role
- Lead on performing corporate analysis for departmental processes such as performance management and business planning
- Lead the coordination and production of the Outcome Delivery Plan, working with colleagues internally and across wider Gov and Digital, Data and Technology function as necessary
- Offer reasonable and professional scrutiny to the plans and intended delivery of teams during business planning, and provide assurance on the deliverability upwards based on your conclusions
- Assess the delivery, financial and economical ambitions of teams and business cases during fiscal events, such as the Spending Review, and offer strategic advice upwards on whether they are achievable and based on sound methodologies
- Establish a strong benefits realisation function within the department to evidence the delivery of tangible savings and benefits for government and the general public
- Work closely with the Delivery, Portfolio & Assurance team to understand the performance and risk in-year and ensure alignment of delivery with long-term missions and strategy
- You will be also responsible for providing ad-hoc analytic support to the wider business, be it economic analysis and modelling assessing the viability of new projects or evaluating the benefits realisation for existing programmes.
About You
You will have strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills, and enjoy working in a collaborative manner. They will be experienced in performing high quality analysis swiftly, writing official papers, and in dealing and communicating with senior stakeholders, as well as adapting their analysis and communication for audiences of varying seniority.
In this role you'll require:
- Knowledge of the government green book principles and experience in applying them in practice.
- Experience in performing high quality analysis swiftly in a fast-moving, high-profile environment
- Experience writing and producing analytical papers/reports for a senior audience
- Experience in presenting their work and findings to a group of stakeholders, using a range of technologies and methods to do so
- Experience of balancing changing priorities and dealing with ambiguity, prioritising resources even where hard choices are required
- Have the ability to work well as part of a team and line manager/coach staff in line with the Brilliant Civil Service values and the Civil Service Leadership Statement
- It is desirable that the successful candidate have some level of qualification or experience in economic analysis