Title: Senior Business Analyst Salary: £57,077 Location: Waterfront House, Beeston Permanent About Us Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living. We are recruiting a permanent Senior Business Analyst to sit within the Strategy, Projects and Performance team. This role will work on corporate projects with a wide range of stakeholders including Property, Development, Technical and Customer Services teams. The Senior Business Analyst role will deliver and support their team to deliver analysis work for highly complex and high-profile projects, supporting large strategic change at MTVH. A key focus for the role will be to lead the MTVH Business Analyst framework. This is the framework that guides and governs how Business Analysts work at MTVH including templates, documents, process, tools and techniques. It also has the responsibility for creating and maintaining a Business Analyst community pulling together Business Analysts from all across MTVH. This role has direct line management of the team of Business Analysts within the Projects and Planning team and will support the corporate planning function in resource planning and the creation of Business Analyst work packages. What you'll need to succeed Expert knowledge and understanding of business analysis tools and techniques. An ability to clearly document business requirements and processes. You will need to be able to analyse data and requirements to provide insight and recommendations. Proven experience in large and complex organisational wide change projects. Excellent communication skills and the ability to foster good working relationships with a wider range of stakeholders as this role works cross functionally. You will have experience of dealing with senior stakeholders and Executive Sponsors. You will have experience with building and developing a business analysis framework. This includes templates, documents, processes and a Business Analyst community. Proven experience as a line manager, being a mentor and role model for team members. You will need to either have direct or relatable business experience and an affinity to the work of social housing. What you'll get in return Youll be working in a fast-paced environment where you can benefit from our comprehensive in-house training to continue developing your skills. We offer excellent benefits, including: 28 days annual leave plus public holidays and an additional Belief Day, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days leave Healthcare cashplan Matched contribution pension scheme (up to 9%) Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave Salary sacrifice schemes and season ticket loans Life assurance scheme Paid volunteer days Plus lots of voluntary benefits including cash back and discounts from high street names What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if its the ideal job for you, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Our promise All employment decisions at MTVH are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race or religion, sex or sexual orientation. We are proud to have been recognised by Disability Confident for our commitment to disabled people and those with long term health conditions by providing fair and equal opportunities for all applicants enabling them to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship. Whats in it for you? Our benefits include:- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities An additional Beliefs day once a year to have an extra a day off Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9% Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year Life assurance cover 3 x your salary Cycle2work scheme Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too Tenancy deposit interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation About us We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH. Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document Our promise Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively Serving people better every day to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme. We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others wellbeing. We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what were doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:- Gender Ethnicity LGBTQ Disability Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. ADZN1_UKTJ