Senior Business Improvement Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Improvement Officer that could be the perfect next step for you! In this role, you'll have the chance to make a difference through delivering change that makes a real impact within our organisation. Join us in shaping the future and take your career to new heights!, Working as part of a team, as the Senior Business Improvement Officer, you will provide project management and/or business analysis expertise to support the implementation of business change, including identifying opportunities for efficiency, reducing costs and improving service delivery. You will be working closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders to design and deliver high quality business improvement and change outcomes within target timescales. This will involve working both independently and collaboratively to undertake a range of shaping, planning, reporting and analytical activity to discover relevant information about current service(s), provide input to new design models, assess options and draft proposals, track progress, and identify and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies in support of programme and continuous improvement delivery. You will provide detailed advice and guidance, including responding to queries and problems, and influencing and persuading individuals through the development of effective relationships in a challenging and complex environment., To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you have experience in project management, change management or business analysis and are looking for an opportunity to elevate your career.,

• Have a keen interest and background in business improvement and change activities, along with a positive can-do attitude, commitment, tenacity, and drive.
• Have experience of service redesign, transformation, and change management, demonstrating full analysis of the impacts of change including assessment of the financial and service benefits.
• Be able to assimilate complex information and establish credibility with a diverse range of stakeholders across all levels.
• Be able to provide significant analytical input through the use of data and support to assigned change initiatives, working both independently and collaboratively with colleagues to deliver outputs to a high standard and planned timescales.
• Be able to quickly establish favourable networks and build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Drawing on your expertise, you will influence and persuade others to embed operational change in a challenging and complex environment., We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
  
  To support your development in the role, you will be encouraged to undertake and complete a relevant Business Improvement apprenticeship.
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans