Job Description

Interim Business Analyst

Local Government Reorganisation - East Midlands

£450 - £500/day

Initial 6 months

An East Midlands council is strengthening its LGR programme team ahead of key transition milestones and is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to help shape the move to a new unitary structure.

This is a genuine opportunity to work at the centre of one of the biggest changes in local government for decades. You'll be joining a growing programme team with visibility across the full reorganisation.

The role:

• Map as-is services and processes across councils in scope for reorganisation
• Support design of the Target Operating Model and day one readiness planning
• Gather and document requirements across workstreams including finance, customer services, digital and HR
• Produce options appraisals, gap analyses and process documentation for programme boards and senior stakeholders
• Support workstream leads with impact assessments and benefits mapping
• Work across multiple authorities, building relationships with PMO, service managers and transformation colleagues

You'll need:

• Recent UK council experience essential
• A solid track record of business analysis within transformation, shared services or reorganisation programmes
• Strong process mapping and requirements gathering skills (Visio, BPMN or similar)
• Confidence engaging senior officers and elected members
• The ability to work at pace across ambiguous, politically sensitive territory
• LGR, unitarisation or shadow authority exposure a strong advantage, but strong council transformation experience will be considered

Details:

• £450-£500 per day, outside IR35
• Hybrid working, typically 2 3 days on site
• Initial 6 months, with strong likelihood of extension through to vesting day and beyond