Role: Operational Analysis Consultant
Salary: from £35000
Location: South Coast Region
Intro
Sirius Analysis, we are a rapidly growing consultancy firm, renowned for our reputation and our keen ability to understand and meet customer requirements effectively. Our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality, end-to-end consultancy services, ranging from risk and investment analysis to P3M. We operate across multiple sectors, including defence, energy, and health. We are looking for Operational Analysis Consultant join our OA as we go through our next phase of growth,
The Role:
As an Operational Analysis Consultant, your role will be crucial in delivering informed, client-focused decision support across a diverse range of industries, including the UK MOD. You'll participate in projects that demand a keen ability to assess, analyse, and meet client-specific needs through thorough operational analysis, thereby fostering internal growth and enhancing our client relations.
Responsibilities will include:
* Delivering technical consulting projects.
* Building new relationships and maintaining current customer relationships.
* Applying OA methods to tackle real world problems, applying tools and techniques, and developing novel approaches where required.
About You:
The successful candidate will have experience in:
* Operational Analysis to support business decision making, policy development, and / or research, including both ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ techniques (problem structuring and modelling).
* Development and use of analytical methods and models.
* Building customer and stakeholder relationships.
* Supporting and leading authoring of technical reports and presenting to customers.
* Experience working with Defence Digital, DE&S, Dstl, Frontline Commands or UK Defence industry.
* Strong background in MS Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
* Experience in one or more of the following technical disciplines:
* Process and conceptual mapping (e.g. influence diagrams)
* Benefits analysis
* Wargaming
* Simulation (System Dynamics or Discrete Event Simulation)
* Designing and facilitating workshops (including MJPs)- Historical Analysis
* Knowledge of data manipulation and analysis languages (VBA, SQL, R, Python),
* Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Desirable
* Be a member of an appropriate professional body (such as APM, PMI) and have a desire for further professional development.
* The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level, or have equivalent relevant experience.
Other Requirements:
* Candidates must have an existing right to live and work in the UK.
* Candidates must be willing to undergo an internal baseline personnel security standard check prior to starting their employment with the company.
* Candidates must be willing and eligible to complete a United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) security clearance application to the Security Check (SC) level upon starting their employment with the company. To gain SC Clearance you will normally need at least 5 years' UK residency.
What we offer
We offer a combination of mentoring and internal and external training opportunities, with specialist sector organisations and inhouse courses. You will have exposure to subject matter experts and additional online learning packages.
The role comes with a competitive benefits package including pension (7% company contribution), additional holiday purchase options, private health care, life assurance and electric vehicle scheme.