Reporting and Analysis Advisor

Location: Snowhill - Birmingham

Salary Base salary: c£ £32,050 pa to £37,700 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities. 

As a Reporting and Analysis Advisor at HS2 you will be responsible for supporting the development, automation, delivery and integration of programme and corporate reporting to enable effective, data driven decision making across the programme. This is a permanent role. HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant.

About the role:

• To be accountable for supporting the development and analysis of programme reporting and data, identifying key trends, issues, insights, and common themes.
• To be accountable for supporting the aggregation of programme reporting and data to develop a comprehensive view of performance against baseline and forecast (incl. Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis) across Phase One, Phase Two, Corporate functions (Infrastructure Directorate, Land & Property).
• To be accountable for supporting the definition and formatting standards for key reporting, the assurance of quality and integrity of all Programme and Functional reports as they are submitted to ensure there is a consistent approach to data capture and analysis.
• To be responsible for ensuring the Projects and Programmes provide necessary information per the required timeframes to enable effective decision making.
• To be responsible for ensuring a robust reporting process is deployed consistently and complied with across the organisation.
• To be accountable for supporting the alignment of reports with the evolving client and business needs, proposing changes to the development and delivery areas as required and developing innovative solutions to automate and simplify reporting.
• To have responsibility for supporting the production of project programme level periodic reporting.

Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills:

• Ability to facilitate the integration of project scope and time and cost objectives and establishing a baseline plan for performance measurement through reporting.
• Ability to analyse and report on qualitative and quantitative data.
• Ability to use IT systems (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Outlook, internet, MS Access, etc.).
• Ability to produce clear communications which engage colleagues.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of trends and insight reporting in large infrastructure projects / programmes.

Types of Experience

• Experience in reporting and analysis across large complex programmes.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised, and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

“We review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications. To ensure your application is considered, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application. However, due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide individual feedback.”