Senior Business Analyst

Salary: £47,181- £51,356 per annum

Grade: M

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Location: Selby, North Yorkshire

Do you enjoy analysing problems, identifying opportunities, and delivering practical solutions?

Do you want to see your work have a positive impact and bring improvements to public services in North Yorkshire?

Are you passionate about driving change?

Would you like to be working at the centre of a major local government transformation programme?

At North Yorkshire Council we are looking to recruit a Senior Business Analyst to join our Business Analysis team with the Transformation service, to help identify, develop, and deliver positive change across all council services.

The role is hybrid working with a combination of home working, together with minimum 2 days per week in an office base at one of our local transformation hubs at Northallerton, Harrogate, Scarborough and Selby.

Within this role you will:

• Work with a wide range of stakeholders across the Council to identify opportunities for change.

• Develop and present cases for change to senior management and Council partners.

• Manage and undertake a range of analysis activities to further define opportunities, benefits and action plans.

• Use your analysis to develop options and make recommendations.

• Review the impact and success of initiatives, to assess and quantify to what extent benefits have been realised.

• Be part of a supportive and dedicated Business Analysis team who are committed to delivering positive change.

• Directly manage a small team of Business Analysts and support them throughout their development.

Within the Transformation directorate we place people at the heart of what we do, and Business Analysts are a valuable component of this service to help make sure the change initiatives and opportunities progressed are right for North Yorkshire Council and North Yorkshire citizens.

Further Information

Learn more via our Transformation Campaign Page.

For further information about this vacancy or to arrange an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Rob Jones – robert.jones@northyorks.gov.uk

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Key Dates:

Closing Date: Sunday 16th August 2026

Interviews: Thursday 27th August and Friday 28th August 2026

Key Documents:

Job Description.pdf

Total Rewards Brochure

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.