Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 Hours Per Week - Flexible and agile working (by agreement). Though essentially Monday to Friday, 08:30am - 4:50pm
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Grade G - £35,235 (Level one) rising to £37,938 (Level four )per annum
Location: Harvey Road, NG8 3BB
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About The Role
As a Business Analyst, the post-holder will support in scoping, designing and delivering projects through expert knowledge and high-level business analysis skills. They will support business change analysis, redesigning processes as appropriate and manage the associated dependencies and risks, embedding best practice. They will support shaping the structure of business change, remaining engaged throughout development and implementation to capture requirements, manage change, improve organisational capability, validate the solution and prepare the business for implementation. The main scope of this role will involve supporting a wide range of transformation programme activities across Housing Services. This includes evaluating current service delivery models, identifying opportunities for operational improvement, and contributing to the design and implementation of more efficient, customer-focused processes. The post-holder will play a key role in enhancing data quality and governance, supporting cultural and structural change, and embedding sustainable improvements that align with strategic objectives.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Ability to matrix manage project managers and other disciplines working on projects within the directorate to ensure that programmes and projects are delivered to the agreed outcomes.
- Working knowledge of a wide range of business process analysis and design techniques, including the use of modelling and collaborative tools.
- Ability to assist in analysing complex situations and make decisions leading to recommendations to positive action
- A developed experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders and partners, to efficiently deliver a range of projects that meet customer needs.
- Experience in the application of Project Management practical techniques to enable monitoring and control of multiple programmes and projects
- Ability to manage, communicate and implement positive service change
Please ensure you demonstrate clearly how you meet the 6 requirements in your CV & supporting document.
You can find the job description for this post here: https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/media/ertn1dka/jd-business-analyst.pdf
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information for applicants page.
Closing Date: Closing Date: 30 June 2025 (midnight) - Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: Week Commencing 14 July 2025 – Please note this is subject to change
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
If you have any queries about the role or the recruitment process, please contact us via email:
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About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
