Business Analyst Manager (known internally as Senior Business Analyst) 12-month FTC, Full-time, maternity cover (37.5 hours) Beeston, Nottingham: £57,526 - £60,553 Farringdon, London: £61,152 - £64,749 About Us : Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that “everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well”; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living. We are recruiting a Senior Business Analyst to sit within the Strategy, Projects and Performance team. This role will work on corporate projects with a wide range of stakeholders including Property, Development, Technical and Customer Services teams. The Senior Business Analyst role will deliver and support their team to deliver analysis work for highly complex and high-profile projects, supporting large strategic change at MTVH. A key focus for the role will be to lead the MTVH Business Analyst framework. This is the framework that guides and governs how Business Analysts work at MTVH including templates, documents, process, tools and techniques. It also has the responsibility for creating and maintaining a Business Analyst community pulling together Business Analysts from all across MTVH. This role has direct line management of the team of Business Analysts within the Projects and Planning team and will support the strategic planning function in resource planning and the creation of Business Analyst work packages. What you'll need to succeed Proven experience of managing a team including through periods of change Expert knowledge and understanding of business analysis tools and techniques. An ability to clearly document business requirements and processes. You will need to be able to analyse data and requirements to provide insight and recommendations. Proven experience in large and complex organisational wide change projects. Excellent communication skills and the ability to foster good working relationships with a wider range of stakeholders as this role works cross functionally. You will have experience of dealing with senior stakeholders and Executive Sponsors. You will have experience with building and developing a business analysis framework. This includes templates, documents, processes and a Business Analyst community. Proven experience as a line manager, being a mentor and role model for team members. You will need to either have direct or relatable business experience and an affinity to the work of social housing. Interviews - MS Teams interviews will be scheduled from week commencing Monday 22 June