Business Analyst
Post Title: Business Analyst
Contract type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Rank/grade: Grade E
Salary: Starting Salary £40,910 plus £6,710 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Change Portfolio Office, Corporate Services Directorate
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: Guildhall Yard East, London (Hybrid)
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff Member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities and long-term conditions, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
The Change Portfolio Office has the exciting yet challenging role of overseeing programmes, projects and change initiatives that make up the City of London Police’s portfolio of change, these vary greatly from organisational design, delivering technological advances to national projects and programmes. We are focused on delivering change to meet the future needs of the business and to achieve the ambitions of our Policing Plan.
Key to the successful delivery of this portfolio is the ability to deploy analytical skills, professionalising the team and driving a culture of continuous improvement across the force.
About the role
City of London Police have an ambitious change portfolio focused on delivering transformational change to meet the future needs of the business and to achieve the ambitions of our Policing and Corporate Plans.
The Change Portfolio Office oversees the programmes, projects and change initiatives that make up this portfolio. Our work ranges from smaller departmental changes to force-wide programmes and projects as well as implementing national programme changes into the force.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be:
- To work with a range of customers to identify requirements using appropriate tools and techniques including interviews, document analysis, requirement workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, case studies. Scenarios, business and statistical analysis, task and workflow analysis.
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, translating both high level and low level information into formats that will inform business decisions. Distinguish user requests from the underlying business needs.
- Interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements. Use plain English to translate customer technical and business requirements.
- Work with stakeholders to analyse information needs and functional requirements to deliver documentation that sets out customer requirements for delivering a specific set of outcomes.
- Develop and evaluate options papers and feasibility studies across a variety of topics. Undertake cost benefit analysis of options and prepare fully costed business cases.
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have experience of:
- IIBA foundation qualification or equivalent or relevant experience.
- A range of business analysis tools and methods
- Excellent research and analytical skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills with the ability to deliver workshops, events and talks.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact: joanne.weller@cityoflondon.police.uk
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, to be held week commencing Monday 16th June 2025
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Benefits:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 (delete as appropriate) days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit: