Business Analyst - ERP project
Job introduction
Looking for a new challenge and wanting to build on your IT career?
Have you had significant previous experience working on an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system or project?
Then we would love to hear from you!
At Brighton & Hove City Council, we are looking to replace a number of our business-critical back-office systems with a new ERP solution. This includes our current HR staff management, recruitment, procurement, finance accounting and payment (including online) systems. To do this, we have a new opportunity for a project manager within IT & Digital.
The role will be hybrid working with the option to work from home for some of the time. Please note that the successful applicant will be expected to attend the Brighton & Hove offices as and when needed at the discretion of the service and needs of the role.
Interview date: Week commencing 12th December 2022
For an informal discussion, please contact Seán Hallinan or Phil Williamson for further information - sean.hallinan@brighton-hove.gov.uk or philip.williamson@brighton-hove.gov.uk
This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy.
Fixed term for: 12 Months.
About the role
As the Business Analyst, you will be joining the ERP programme at an exciting time to help deliver the procurement stage. You will be working with SMEs from the service areas (HR, Finance, Procurement and Welfare, Revenues and Business Support - WRBS) to complete process value stream maps analysing the current state of our processes whilst working alongside the wider programme team.
We are looking for an individual who is dynamic, change and process focused. You’ll be continuously building good working relationships and will be engaging and influencing a variety of stakeholders, at all levels. Joint working is essential to us successfully delivering solutions, which in turn helps improve our services to support citizens in our vibrant City!
Help facilitate change and make a difference by working with us to support business transformation using digital solutions, to ensure that the current and future needs of the council are met.
The role is varied and accommodates a person who is keen to understand and map how council services work now and can confidently recommend how they can improve by using technology. The successful candidate will be joining a friendly, welcoming and supportive Change Delivery team of business analysts and project managers as well as working with the wider programme team including service areas, SMEs & other IT&D colleagues.
We offer the following benefits:
- Flexible working with possibly an option to job share, work part time or term time only
- Continued professional development with supported training to enhance your core skills
- Join the early stages of a major transformation programme with an opportunity to learn, influence and make a significant contribution in shaping the direction of this work
- Hybrid working arrangements where staff will have the option to work from home for some/most of their time
- Work within a public sector environment knowing you can make a real difference to both the citizens and workforce within Brighton & Hove in the value your work will be delivering
- Be supported individually and as part of a wider and friendly IT & Digital Team
Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Company information
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Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).