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Business Case Assistant

Posted: 14/10/24
Recruiter:Radioactive Waste Management
Reference:10727
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Commercial, Project Control / Management, Safety
Salary:£4100 - £4500 per annum
Location:England, UK
Description: We are looking for a Business Case Assistant to join our team.

The Business Case and Sanction team works with the programme teams within NWS to obtain approval for NWS projects and programmes via business cases from central government.

The role holder will support the work of the NWS Business Case and Sanction team, in the planning, specifying and gathering of evidence/underpinning, and will author business cases where NDA is the final approving party.

Responsibilities

Present Business Case rationale to senior managers and programme/project governance forums, working with key stakeholders to anticipate and mitigate issues and delays whilst engaging with senior management.

Ensures that all relevant organisational factors for change are incorporated within a comprehensive Business Case, and that there is a clear rationale for preferred option(s).

Leads engagement with relevant stakeholders to identify, define and quantify benefits, negotiating with stakeholders to agree the key benefits.

The role holder will support the assurance and governance processes for NWS business cases by managing and co-ordinating the channels of comments generated through reviews of the business case, particularly in NDA keyholder review, for the Business Case Managers to respond to. The role holder will support preparation of governance and assurance summaries.

To support the Business Case Managers in the development of the Monitoring and Evaluation Forms as part of Post Investment Appraisal to report delivery against benefits contained within sanctioned business cases.

Support the development and maintenance of the Sanction processes and procedures within the NWS Management System.

Manage the team's communication needs, including preparation of blogs for the corporate intranet, arranging formal meetings and managing action logs for these meetings.

Coordinate and contribute to corporate target development as it applies to the team and reporting on progress against these targets.

Manage the information assets held by the team and leading on any data retention or reorganisation initiatives as they arise.

In addition, she/he will undertake other activities commensurate with their skills and experience as and when required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills are essential as the post holder will be expected to produce concise and persuasive verbal and written documents as well as engaging with individuals at all levels with credibility. It is possible that a successful candidate could have a background in a range of professional disciplines where skills are core.
  • Leadership, team working. influencing and motivational skills required, together with the ability to communicate at all levels.
  • Public sector experience, particularly of working within a high value programme forming part of a Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP)/Major Projects Review Group (MPRG) programme in UK government, is highly desirable.
  • Experience working within or supporting business case team is desirable.
  • Chartered membership status (or working towards it) in a relevant financial professional qualification.
  • Better Business Cases trained desirable.
  • Graduate with a good degree.


RWM T&C Grade only 8-6




Who are we?

Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK's nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.

Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world

If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you'll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms - scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory - to name a few.

We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place? to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
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We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.

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We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future


What's in it for you?

  • On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
  • Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
  • We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
  • learning and development support
  • payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Financial advice assistance
  • Flexible working
  • Extended family-friendly policies
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • We welcome flexible and agile working practices
  • Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment







Equal Opportunities

We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.

In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early.

If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email

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