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Business Analyst

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Umbrella Rate: £27.30/hr (Inside IR35)

Step into a dynamic and rewarding career as a Business Analyst with this innovative and forward-thinking company. This is your chance to play a pivotal role in driving business improvement and process optimisation within a high-energy environment. With a focus on collaboration, cutting-edge tools, and impactful projects, this company offers you the opportunity to grow professionally while making a tangible difference. This position is a maternity cover contract, running until May 2026, and is confirmed inside IR35.

What You Will Do:

• Analyse complex data using advanced software and systems to deliver actionable insights.
• Collaborate with internal and external engineering teams to raise SAP orders, track costs, and report on status alignment.
• Lead process improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities for efficiency and implementing necessary changes.
• Act as the first point of contact for support requests, resolving process issues and ensuring smooth operations.
• Assist with meetings, reporting, and managing process metrics to support the company’s business objectives.
• Provide overall project support, contributing to the success of process and business improvement opportunities.

What You Will Bring:

• Proven experience in customer-facing roles, managing multiple stakeholders and balancing competing demands.
• A track record of driving process improvements and implementing changes effectively.
• Strong skills in producing high-quality reports and metrics, with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in systems such as SAP and RADs, along with intermediate to expert-level skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Exceptional organisational and communication skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks under tight deadlines and work independently when required.

In this role, you will contribute to the company’s mission by ensuring operational excellence and supporting business planning in a fast-paced environment. Your ability to turn around tasks quickly and effectively will be key to meeting the demands of this busy and impactful area.

Location:

This role is based in Gaydon, a hub of innovation and collaboration in the heart of the UK.

Interested?

If you are ready to take on this exciting Business Analyst opportunity and make a real impact, don’t wait! Apply today to join this company’s journey of excellence and innovation.

This role is INSIDE IR35. Unfortunately we cannot progress candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

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Join a Global Strategy Powerhouse — Senior Strategy Assistant | Rentokil Initial | London (Hybrid) | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Shape the future of a $7bn business. Drive growth. Deliver impact.

Rentokil Initial, a FTSE 100 leader in Pest Control and Hygiene & Wellbeing, is looking for a Senior Strategy Assistant to play a pivotal role in our global growth journey. With a focus on data-led strategy and cross-regional collaboration, you’ll help steer the business through strategic transformation across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific.

If you're driven, analytical, and ready to work at the heart of a $7bn portfolio, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

In this high-visibility role, you'll work closely with the Group Head of Strategy and other senior leaders to:

• Support regional strategy planning across Pest Control and Hygiene & Wellbeing – with a focus on the North American market.
• Lead data analysis and insight generation to uncover trends, opportunities, and risks.
• Manage complex projects , building roadmaps and tracking milestones for strategic delivery.
• Act as the bridge between internal stakeholders and external partners such as consultancies and research agencies.
• Contribute to the design and rollout of strategic capability training , helping shape how we think about growth globally.

Requirements

• A self-starter with a strong grasp of strategy frameworks and models.
• Experienced in handling and presenting large datasets – ideally with proficiency in SAS, SQL, or similar .
• A sharp thinker who can spot insights that influence business decisions.
• Confident communicating across functions, from frontline teams to senior leadership.
• Highly organized, with strong project management skills and a passion for execution.
• Educated to degree level in Business, Economics, Data Science , or a related discipline.

• A global platform to build your strategic career in a FTSE 100 company
• High-impact projects that shape multi-billion-dollar business units
• Exposure to international markets and senior leadership
• Ongoing learning and development, including strategy training frameworks
• Hybrid working model with potential for international travel

If you’re analytical, ambitious, and excited about shaping the future of a global leader, we want to hear from you.

Apply now and become a key player in Rentokil Initial’s strategic evolution.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Hybrid working
• Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme
• 23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in service benefit
• Healthcare
• Free parking

At Rentokil Initial, our customers and colleagues represent diverse backgrounds and experiences. We take pride in being an equal opportunity employer, actively encouraging applications from individuals from all walks of life. Our belief is that everyone irrespective of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs, has the potential to thrive and contribute.

We embrace the differences that make each of our colleagues unique, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can be their authentic selves and feel a sense of belonging. To ensure that your journey with us is accessible if you have any individual requirements we invite you to communicate any specific needs or preferences you may have during any stage of the recruitment process. Our team is available to support you; feel free to reach out to ( ) if you need anything

Be Yourself in Your Application! At Rentokil Initial, we value innovation, but we want to see the real you! While AI can help with structure and grammar, make sure your application shows your true passion and understanding of the role. A personal touch will help you stand out.

HOURS:  37.5 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 8.30am–5.00pm

SALARY:  Salary dependent upon experience, plus annual bonus opportunity

LOCATION:  Hybrid. Office based potentially in Leeds, Teesside, or Nottingham with an opportunity for home working

REPORTS TO: Associate Director / Senior Consultant

BACKGROUND

Sewell Group is a multi-disciplined group of companies operating across the North of England. As a family business, it has a long and illustrious history dating back to 1876. Alongside its retail division, which operates 13 fuel and convenience stores across East Yorkshire, Sewell Estates is a collective of built environment businesses made up of Sewell Investments, Sewell Construction, Sewell Facilities Management, Illingworth and Gregory, Community Ventures, and Shared Agenda.

At the heart of the business’ vision and strategy is delivering value for the communities it serves, promoting opportunities by employing local people and investing in developing talent, as well as giving back to communities and supporting the regional economy through commissioning the local supply chain.

Sewell pride themselves on their commitment to support, train, develop and reward employees. In return, they ask that their employees work hard, live the company behaviours, and have some fun along the way. Culture is a massive part of the day-to-day life at Sewell and its people follow core principles of being Positive; Professional; Customer Focused; Team Players; and Always Doing the Right Thing.

In 2021 the Group was recognised as one of only 18 businesses across the country in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity – the most prestigious accolade for UK businesses. We have also featured in the Top 100 Best Companies to work for list six times, including being placed in the Top 50 large companies to work for in 2022.

Community Ventures is seeking talented individuals to join the team.  We provide healthcare strategy, strategic estates advice, business case services and programme/project management solutions to a wide range of customers across the UK. The Team is also contracted to provide management services to ten Lift Co business across the north of England managing a £250m health and social care portfolio. 

ROLE OVERVIEW

This is an exciting development opportunity for someone looking to enhance their existing knowledge and experience of estates planning and advice, working as a key member of a growing team.

Community Ventures’ vision is to be the consultant partner of choice to our customers and our mission is to achieve excellence in our advice and our solutions, delivering long-term added value to public services. 

Our current workload spans local, regional and national advisory roles for all aspects of the health sector – primary, community, acute and mental health - as well as support to local authorities and other public sector organisations. 

We are looking for someone who will embrace the complexity and breadth of this role, and who relishes the challenge of working creatively to understand and help solve our clients’ estate problems.

You will possess excellent communication and facilitation skills to harness and build positive relationships, whilst being able to put forwards alternative points of view and respectfully challenge.

You will primarily work alongside and in support of our senior consultants, delivering estates advisory services to customers right across our portfolio, but will also lead on specific elements of work/your own projects as your experience develops, as well as helping to nurture your graduate and junior colleagues.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

STRATEGIC ESTATES ADVICE

• To work as part of a team to provide advice to our customers and partners as required (e.g., options appraisals, feasibility studies, estates strategies, PIDs, Business Case authoring, workshop facilitation, space utilisation, other research), either solely, as part of the wider team or with external advisors as needed.
• Liaise with external clients and stakeholders to create new strategic estates opportunities for Community Ventures in line with the business plan, working with colleagues, partners and shareholders.
• Appoint contractors and advisors to support delivery.
• Effectively manage multidisciplinary teams.
• To professionally represent Community Ventures at external meetings and events.

CLIENT/CUSTOMER LIAISON

• A significant proportion of this role is client facing - acting as the consultant/ professional on our strategic advice commissions- presenting our offer to the client and ensuring the timelines and quality of our delivery.
• Promoting and presenting a professional personal and company brand in all dealings.
• Developing and nurturing successful and rewarding relationships with colleagues and the supply chain.
• Listening and understanding the client’s needs and developing new client relationships.
• Ensuring a working environment exists where complete client satisfaction is at the forefront of every team member’s mind.

GENERAL

• Support the production of board reports and performance reports against the business plan KPI’s.
• Spotting opportunities for continuous improvement of our tools, processes, and systems.
• Understanding and mitigating risk to the business.
• Support Community Ventures in the pursuit of new opportunities and business development as required.
• Provide information to support the Director and Associate Directors with workload planning and forecasting.
• Leading on your own strategic internal projects suited to your skills and expertise – in the past this has included quality management, implementation of new software etc. 

Requirements

As well as exhibiting a polite and approachable attitude, displaying plenty of energy, initiative, professionalism, commitment and a strong team ethos, the suitable person will have the following:

ESSENTIAL

• Hold a formal degree qualification (or 3+ years relevant experience)
• Experience in contributing to/delivering the preparation of estate strategies, and Business Cases in accordance with the HM Treasury Green Book guidance
• Experience of working within public sector, health, social care, and/or education sectors
• Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals
• You will be resilient and have the credibility to engage with a wide range of local and regional stakeholders
• The ability to work both as a team member in a busy working environment, as and unsupervised at times
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• The ability to learn and work with new technology and software
• Good decision-making skills
• A good level of knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, in particular Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Have effective and efficient time management skills
• Awareness of the importance of confidentiality
• Have a thorough approach/high levels of attention to detail and accuracy
• Be able to implement new and improved ways of working
• A full, valid UK driving licence and own transport

DESIRABLE

• Experience working in or around healthcare service planning and/or service change programmes
• Healthcare planning and strategy experience
• Formal Better Business Cases qualification
• Membership of an appropriate professional body
• Understanding of current national healthcare policy, strategic direction and objectives and national programmes
• Working knowledge of LIFT, PFI, Procure 22 or other related frameworks

Community Ventures is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer an appropriate enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be required for the successful candidate of this role.

Benefits

• Salary dependent on experience
• Annual bonus opportunity
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High street & retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 work scheme
• Technology scheme
• Paid parental leave and sickness absence
• Free use of the Coyle Health Gym
• Click here to view all of our employee benefits

About Low Carbon

Low Carbon is a purpose driven company that creates large-scale renewable energy in the global fight against climate change. Our mission is to protect the planet for future generations while delivering positive returns for our communities and investors. Our goal is to produce as much new renewable energy as possible while limiting our own environmental impact. We do this by developing, investing in, and operating large-scale renewable energy projects across the globe.

Our partnership with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) is enabling us to accelerate the deployment of large-scale renewable energy and underpins our ambition to transform the global energy sector from fossil fuels to zero carbon.

All of us at Low Carbon know that trust is a vital component of the climate fight. We are a long-standing certified B-Corporation, a reflection of our fundamental ethos to balance the needs of the environment and society with our bottom line.

We are extremely proud of the highly professional and talented team at Low Carbon.  We have built a positive learning culture that incorporates respect, trust, collaboration, and a shared passion to combat climate change.  It is an open, friendly and supportive environment, and we are proud to say we work here. As we grow, we are committed to increasing diversity in the team, and continuing to foster an inclusive environment where we can learn from each other.

Role Description

This 10-12 week full-time internship is designed to provide hands-on experience in strategy development, working on some of the most complex and impactful decisions in the business.  

With support from our Director of Corporate Strategy, you will have the chance lead on in-depth market research and analysis and develop recommendations addressing 1-2 key strategic questions, including those relating to market and technology focus.

Key Responsibilities

• Support on strategy development through analysing the energy context and the implications for the future shape of Low Carbon
• Drive the analysis of new markets, technologies, customer segments or other opportunities to evaluate strategic fit and develop an investment thesis.
• Help communicate the strategy work through providing high quality, information and engaging presentation(s) and report(s)

Person Specification

• A friendly, approachable and professional manner
• An excellent communicator who builds trusted relationships with people at all levels
• Energetic, reliable, adaptable and used to using their initiative
• Highly organised, great attention to detail and a focus on getting things done
• Be an enthusiastic and committed team player with a ‘hands on approach’ to problem solving

Skills & Experience

• Relevant work experience in renewable or low carbon energy, infrastructure, investment, banking and/or strategy consultancy
• Demonstrable experience and understanding of strategy tools and techniques, particularly around evaluating new markets and opportunities
• Leading projects from inception to conclusion with limited guidance, delivering solutions for complex issues
• Strategic thinker with the ability to fully understand emerging changes to the operating environment and how these can be used to improve business results
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communicator, with the ability to influence decisions
• Graduate qualification (BA minimum)
• MBA viewed favourably (but not essential)
• Excellent Excel & strong PowerPoint skills

Our Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 26 days holiday + your birthday off (pro-rata for the duration of your internship)
• Lots of office social events
• Working in newly fit-out offices in Central London
• Get to work with an experienced, talented team of renewable energy professionals
• Be a part of a dynamic, entrepreneurial mission driven culture
• Make your unique contribution to the fight against climate change