Role: Principal Business Analyst

Location: Oldham (Hybrid)

Salary: £78,000

The role

Proud to be partnered with a multi-award winning Housing Association who is now looking got a Principal BA to to lead and continuously develop the Business Analysis function, ensuring high-quality, consistent and user-focused analysis that supports organisational priorities and service improvement. The role will foster strong collaboration across operational, digital and corporate teams to enable effective, evidence-based decision making and successful delivery of change initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership to the Business Analysis function, embedding best practice in requirements management, service design and process improvement.
Work collaboratively with service leads, digital teams and stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into clear, deliverable requirements.
Lead early-stage scoping, options appraisal and development of business cases to inform investment decisions and ensure value for money.
Develop and maintain enterprise-wide process architecture and documentation standards to support transparency, consistency and continuous improvement.
Champion structured approaches to change, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and transformation priorities.
Provide professional leadership, coaching and quality assurance to Business Analysts across the portfolio.
Promote a culture of learning, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
Ensure effective resource planning and stewardship of public funds.
Stay informed of evolving best practice in business analysis, digital delivery and public service transformation.

Key Outcomes

Clearly defined, evidence-based requirements aligned to organisational objectives.
Improved and standardised processes that enhance service delivery and user experience.
Strong governance and assurance across change initiatives.
A high-performing, collaborative Business Analysis function that supports organisational transformation.

Essential:

Significant experience in a senior Business Analysis leadership role.
Proven ability to shape and deliver complex change programmes within structured governance environments.
Strong experience in business case development, options appraisal and benefits realisation.
Experience working across multidisciplinary teams in Agile and/or traditional delivery models.
Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation and influencing skills.
Strong analytical, written and presentation skills.
Degree-level education (or equivalent experience) and relevant professional Business Analysis qualification.

Desirable:

Experience within public sector or regulated environments.
Experience supporting digital transformation or cloud adoption initiatives.
Accreditation in process improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean) or enterprise architecture frameworks.

Leadership & Accountability

Accountable for the effective delivery and continuous development of the Business Analysis function.
Responsible for medium-term planning, performance management and professional standards within the discipline.
Operates with a high degree of autonomy within agreed strategic direction.
Builds effective internal and external partnerships to support organisational priorities.

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Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

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