ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

4 job(s) at ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
09/06/2026
Full time
Royal-Borough-of-Greenwich is looking for a Business Analyst to enhance digital services for residents. This role involves working closely with multidisciplinary teams to address issues in services, redesigning user interfaces, and employing AI to optimize council operations. Key responsibilities include mapping service journeys, analyzing data, and developing actionable insights. This permanent position offers hybrid work arrangements, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development.
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
09/06/2026
Full time
Job Reference: royalgreenwich/TP/1789/900 Number of roles: 1 Type of role: Permanent Main Location: Woolwich, London Closing date: 19/06/2026 Job Category: IT / Digital Region / Division: The Woolwich Centre Directorate: Resources Job Introduction Role: Business Analyst Job Term and Hours per Week: 1x Permanent, 35 hours/week; 1x 2 year fixed term, 35 hours/week Salary: Between £45,750 to £49,056 per annum Royal Greenwich is a vibrant borough, with a rich history and diverse community. We're proud of the work we do to serve our residents and are investing heavily in digital services to create a happier, healthier, and more connected borough. Join us as a people focused digital, data and technology expert in a new team that improves services for residents and makes our borough truly digital. What You'll Do As part of our Product team in Digital and Customer Services, you'll lead and support multidisciplinary teams to identify problems in services and products, and design and implement solutions through in house development and third party suppliers. Improve our social housing repairs journey Redesign our resident facing website from scratch Provide wrap around support for residents tackling poverty Help waste collection teams manage their work Employ AI and automation to improve council services Improve the journey for adult social care users You'll work closely with council service teams to understand their products, services and data. You'll translate users' pain points and stakeholder priorities into clearly defined problems to solve, analyse findings, and articulate recommendations, products and outcomes that deliver better services for residents and staff alike. You'll visualise service journeys, map current and future state processes, and use data to quantify problems and model impacts on residents and the council. You'll project benefits and rationale for investing in new processes or technology, helping teams prioritise the areas where they can have the greatest impact. You'll report to a Senior Business Analyst and play an active role in the Business Analysis Community of Practice, working closely with other disciplines to develop product practices and codify ways of working in our team. Who You Are You have experience leading work in multi disciplinary teams and taking responsibility for analysis throughout product and service transformation lifecycles. You are an analytical, user centred, data driven individual who eagerly uncovers root causes, documents and communicates issues, and sources appropriate solutions. You possess deep knowledge of business analysis tools and techniques, and use appropriate applications to synthesise information and evidence. You use analysis methods to develop actionable insights that spot opportunities for service improvement or product development. You ideally have demonstrable knowledge of modelling and measuring the financial and non financial impact of products, services and proposed changes throughout project lifecycles. You can monitor outcomes after delivery to enable teams to iterate and improve. You are passionate about developing your skills and supporting others in the team, and you are a supportive member of the Business Analysis Community of Practice. You Should Be We are looking for people who share our values and principles of our team. We put people first We are practical optimists We value team over individual star We are open We learn by experimenting We are motivated by purpose These values are important to us and foster an environment that promotes knowledge, empathy, equality and skill sharing. They align with the wider values of the Council. Diversity Statement We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, culture and religion. As a Disability Confident employer, disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. What We Offer 28 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), rising to 31 days after five years of continuous local government service Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, one day in office per week Mental health support, including an external counselling service Learning and development opportunities, including a thriving community of practice, mentoring and training Staff networks for mental health, LGBTQ+ support, racial equality and more Vouchers for free eye tests Annual season ticket loans Childcare voucher scheme Cycle to work scheme, including indoor cycle storage and showers
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
30/05/2026
Full time
Job Introduction Role: Head of Advice & Benefits - maternity cover Salary: PO10 - £84,042 - £89,274 (pay award for 26/27 pending) Standard working week: 35 hours Start date: 1st August 2026 - 12 month fixed term contract Location: Hybrid Working, office at The Woolwich Centre, Woolwich, SE18 6HQ Interviews: Expected to be scheduled Monday 22nd June We are looking for an experienced and strategic leader to join us as Head of Advice & Benefits (maternity cover), leading our ambitious Advice & Benefits Service. This is a high impact senior role where you will drive our borough wide approach to financial inclusion, advice services and highly performing benefit assessment functions. You will play a key part in preventing financial hardship, reducing poverty, and ensuring residents can access the support and entitlements they need-before crises evolve. You'll lead a large service with a strong senior management team in place, working across council teams and with partners including the NHS, DWP and the voluntary sector, to deliver a modern, integrated and resident focused system of support. What you'll be doing Provide strategic leadership for advice, welfare rights and welfare policy across the borough Deliver the Greenwich Supports Strategy, driving early intervention and coordinated, multi agency support Shape and lead a borough wide financial inclusion model, maximising income and benefit uptake Oversee key services including: Welfare rights and money advice Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support Discretionary and crisis funds Benefit assessment and recovery Lead on service modernisation and digital transformation, using data and insight to improve outcomes Manage significant budgets and ensure strong financial stewardship and value for money Build and maintain strong partnerships across health, housing, government and the voluntary sector Provide visible leadership to a workforce of up to 100 staff (including 6 direct reports) You can find out more about our Greenwich Supports strategy here: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/greenwich-supports-strategy About you Significant experience in a welfare related role Strong understanding of social security legislation and/or policy A proven track record of strategic leadership and service transformation Experience managing resident facing services, large teams and substantial budgets The ability to build effective partnerships and influence across organisations A passion for reducing inequality and improving residents' financial wellbeing You'll be collaborative, forward thinking and committed to delivering high quality, equitable services for diverse communities. This is a maternity cover position, looking to start from August 2026. Diversity Statement Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
30/05/2026
Full time
Royal-Borough-of-Greenwich is seeking a Head of Advice & Benefits for a maternity cover starting August 2026. This senior role involves strategic leadership over financial inclusion services, overseeing key welfare services, and managing a large team to improve resident support. The candidate must have significant welfare experience, a strong background in social security policy, and a commitment to reducing inequality. The role offers hybrid working, with the office located at The Woolwich Centre, SE18 6HQ.