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Description
Are you someone with a background in Operational Analysis, Operational Research or Supporting Government Approvals looking to take the next step in your career and lead a team/department?
Department: Operational Analysis
Location: Bristol
Description
Are you someone with a background in Operational Analysis, Operational Research or Supporting Government Approvals looking to take the next step in your career and lead a team/department?
Join a Growing Team
Sagentia Defence has a track record of success, as a trusted partner to customers within highly regulated Government programmes. As a result, we are looking for a new Head of Operational Analysis to lead our team of analysts.
The Head of Operational Analysis will grow a team around them, and alongside other departments, to set strategy and deliver multi-disciplinary support to some of the most complex Government programmes.
The Operational Analysis team uses modelling, analysis, domain knowledge and approvals expertise to provide the evidence to make better decisions, in support of our customers within the defence and space sectors. In particular, we:
* Undertake research to analyse the benefits of new equipment, approaches or technologies
* Provide the evidence to support Government procurement decisions
* Work with customers and stakeholders to improve policy, strategy and planning
Key Responsibilities
As the Head of Operational Analysis, you will be responsible for:
Vision and Strategy: Setting the vision and strategy for the department in collaboration with the other department leads. Ensuring that it is then communicated across the Company and aligned with the wider Sagentia Defence vision and strategy.
Team leadership: Motivating, coaching and managing the performance of team members. Leading team meetings to share knowledge, co-ordinate activities, pursue opportunities and address issues.
Resource Management: Allocating consultants to projects and accounts in support of the business, working with the Account Leads to successfully meet demand.
Capability Development: Developing and maintaining Operational Analysis service offerings aligned to account demand signal and collaborating with other departments to ensure services are coherent across the business. As the Head of Operational Analysis your focus will be developing:
* Operational Analysis
* Approvals Assurance
* Decision Support
* Modelling and Simulation
Training and Development: Identifying and setting up training courses for members of the department based on their training needs. Coaching people on the use of Operational Analysis tools and techniques. Collaborating with other Department Heads to ensure recruitment, training and performance reviews (including promotions) are coherent across the business.
Business Development: Supporting Account Leads by writing technical approaches within bids and presenting to prospective customers. Collaborating with Account Leads to identify need for new capability across all our customers.
Technical Assurance: Working on projects, providing technical guidance and review to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.
Recruitment: Working with the talent acquisition team to attract new people to the business through networking and thought leadership and ensuring a smooth candidate experience
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
You will be someone with experience in leading a team in an Operational Analysis discipline, with expertise in analysis, modelling or support to Government Approvals. You should have a positive, flexible and self-motivated attitude, and be keen to develop yourself and others within the team. They will have experience in:
* Delivering Operational Analysis, Approvals Assurance, Decision Support and/or Modelling and Simulation in a consultancy context.
* Writing analysis documentation (e.g OASP, COA) or business cases.
* Capability Development of new tools and techniques.
* Providing technical guidance and reviews to ensure project deliverables are of a high quality and meet customers’ expectations.
* Leading multi-disciplined teams in a consultancy setting.
* Working within public sector with knowledge of government processes.
* Managing a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.
* Developing employees and teams through internal and external training.
* Mentoring employees across all grades.
* Contributing and leading successful bids/technical proposals.
If you are interested in applying for this role, candidates must have:
* An existing right to live and work in the UK.
* Either hold a current SC clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check (SC level) upon starting their employment with the company.
* To gain SC clearance you will normally need at least 5 years’ UK residency.
* Degree level qualification or relevant experience
Benefits
Alongside a competitive salary you will also have a comprehensive benefits package including employee assistance programme, private healthcare and profit share scheme.
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* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
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