Business Data Support Analyst
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Job Title: Business Data Support Analyst
Salary: £32,194 to £34,452 plus a Location allowance of £1,721. You will receive £32,194 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £34,452 will be via incremental progression.
Location: Lewisham
London doesn’t stand still and neither should we. Do you want to be part of a team that drives the Met to adapt and respond to the ever-changing needs of policing our capital city? Do you want to be at the heart of championing business design across large scale transformation? Are you a data analyst who can translate a corporate strategy or vision into operational capability? Can you help us ensure that changes we make are user focused, operationally deliverable and in the interests of the public?
If so, then the Transformation Directorate want to hear from you. We are running a campaign for a number of Data Analyst Officer roles to work in our Integrated Design and Delivery (IDD) function whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of the Met Police. You will be given a vast range of opportunities to get involved with making London the safest global city at a time of unprecedented change by improving the services we deliver to the people of London and improving the support we deliver to our employees.
About the team
The Business Design and Analysis team within IDD includes individuals with a diverse range of specialist skills and interests that we are seeking to enhance. The team seeks to transform how the Met operates as a business, supporting business data analysis within transformation programmes, providing advice and assurance as well as delivering more complex analysis. We translate strategic priorities into operational capabilities and deliver business data analysis activities to programmes and / or senior management in order to inform investment and business design decisions.
About the role
As a Business Data Support Analyst you will provide an essential role within Transformation, supporting operational effectiveness reviews across the MPS, in order to identify opportunities for efficiency and performance improvements. This role is about helping the different elements of business understand not only their current impact on user experience, value for money and performance, but also profiling how changes would affect those variables. The analytical outputs will directly enable the Met to lower crime rates, increase trust and raise standards. This information then needs to be presented in a clear, concise and accessible form.
Activities include
- Supporting and developing technical expertise in business data analysis, including service led demand and resource modelling to support and enhance business decisions
- Generating business analysis outputs and deliverables with focus on insights and visualisation that can support decision making
- Support the business analysis into programmes with specific focus on oversight, integration, development and assurance. Develop expertise in scenario planning, research, modelling and forecasting, stakeholder analysis and development of business cases
- Supporting activities to ensure integration of modelling and analysis across the portfolio / programmes and with other enabling functions
- Supporting the analysis of data from the programmes and the report of relevant strategic insights
- Extracting data and information from a range of MPS systems and databases
- Supporting the development of data analysis problem statements via definition of scope and objectives
- Supporting and contributing to aims of transformation directorate as a joined-up team
Please click on the below link to view an online candidate information pack that will you give you an insight into the Met, the competency framework we use which shapes our daily work behaviours, the application process and a host of other information, that will help inform and support your application:
https://sscl-innovation.com/MPScandidatepack/
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 07/06/2023.
Essential Criteria
- Background in computer science, statistics, mathematics or relevant quantitative/business field
- Ability to apply structured approaches to identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex data problems
- Curiosity and self-motivation to dig deeper into data and problems in order to uncover patterns, trends, and correlations
- Creative problem solving to develop solutions
- Experience of collecting and analysing complex quantitative and qualitative data
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence and challenge stakeholders
- An appetite to work in a collaborative team culture and an environment of coaching and continuous learning
- An appetite to work in a large and complex organisation
Desireable Criteria
Training in one or more aspects of data science, business analysis, business transformation and/or programme delivery such as BCS, MSP, PRINCE2 or Agile.
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
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