Business analyst - Strategy, Planning and Performance - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ

When it comes to Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), we’re constantly looking to improve the way we work. That’s why we need a business analyst for our Strategy, Planning and Performance team. With your talents, we can develop our processes and ultimately, our overall performance, which could make all the difference. Join us and do your bit to keep the country safe.

Our Strategy, Planning and Performance (SPP) pillar is a diverse and multi-skilled team that sits at the heart of the CT Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ). It ensures that CTP has effective strategies, policies, and plans in place, along with the capabilities it needs to keep the UK and its interests protected.

As a business analyst within SPP, you’ll take on a vital role, where you’ll undertake analysis and design to ensure that CTP’s business architecture aligns with its strategic direction and core products, for example Baseline and future operating models. It means reporting to a senior analyst and conducting research and analysis to continuously assess problems and opportunities. You’ll then make recommendations to help us improve and advance.

It's a varied role where you could be you could be designing, developing, and maintaining core business architecture artefacts one day, and contributing to change initiatives the next. Whatever the task, you’ll bring high-level skills, enabling you to undertake the review and assurance of business design activity and outputs so they’re in tune with strategic requirements.

To join us, you’ll need a good understanding of all levels of business analysis and design (conceptual, logical, and physical) including formal methodologies. We’ll also be looking for proven experience developing business operating models and reviewing and enhancing business cases and detailed design documents. If you have great stakeholder management skills and a good grasp of the CTP network too, we’d like to hear from you.

In return for your efforts, you can expect a rewarding role, a competitive salary, a Civil Service pension, and excellent career development.

Job summary

The Strategy, Planning and Performance pillar within CTP is aligned to the government’s CONTEST (Counter-terrorism strategy) and other national security strategies. We set out clear, strategic direction, ensuring that CTP targets its investment on the right things. We deliver and assure this by establishing clear implementation plans with performance metrics that are monitored and delivered through effective governance structures.

Business analysts undertake a vital role within the pillar undertaking analysis and design activity to ensure that CTP’s business architecture aligns to strategic direction and core products, such as baseline and future operating models. Reporting to one of the managers in the Planning and Design team, this role will conduct research and analysis to continuously assess problems and opportunities, and make recommendations to help organisations improve their processes, systems and ultimately their overall performance.

Key tasks 

You will be required to do the following:

• undertake design activity to develop and maintain core business architecture artefacts, such as future blueprint, baseline operating model, service catalogue
• work closely with change initiatives, complete analysis, and high-level design in support of assurance activity to identify strategic requirements, strategic alignment, and dependencies
• undertake the review and assurance of business design activity and outputs, ensuring alignment to strategic direction, and core products
• assist in the development and maintenance of the CTP business planning cycle, ensuring the articulation of a coherent, consistent, and up-to-date design methodology
• represent the pillar and by extension CTPHQ at key strategic meetings and boards both within the CTP network
• work closely with all other CTHQ pillars including, Change, Strategic HR, Finance, Data and Analysis as well as the CT Policing network and key stakeholders
• continuous engagement and analysis of clusters of capabilities to support leads with the identification of problems and opportunities in line with strategy

Additional information

• no accommodation provided
• successful candidates may also be entitled to reasonable excess travel fares, this would be subject to prior consultation

Vetting

This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post; with a willingness to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) once in post, if required.

Additionally, this material is of particular sensitivity to the UK and its distribution must be restricted to UK nationals. In approved circumstances dual nationals (of which one element is British) may also be granted access. However, in the event that potential conflicts of interest cannot be managed the post holder will not be able to see the intelligence material and will not be able to perform their duties.

For the purpose of safeguarding national security and in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002), applicants who do not hold or acquire Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) or Developed Vetting (DV) clearance and meet the nationality requirements cannot be offered the post.

Confidentiality agreement

Applicants should also be aware of the need to sign a confidentiality agreement on taking up the post.

Our employee commitments

Counter Terrorism Policing aims to create an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere and culture and an environment where all our people feel a strong sense of belonging and are able to reach their full potential. Where any group or individual can be and feel respected, supported and valued to fully participate and contribute to our mission of 'Working to keep people safe from Terrorism'.

Inclusion, diversity and equality is at the front and centre of our approach to make the composition of Counter Terrorism Policing more representative of the communities we serve. As Counter Terrorism is rooted in Local Policing, to tackle today’s complex policing challenges, applications from across all communities are therefore essential and encouraged. Counter Terrorism Policing as a network is committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

Counter Terrorism Policing is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working arrangements, including part time working or job share. In addition, this role may be done in an agile manner. In the first instance, please contact us to discuss how such arrangements could be accommodated where applicable.