Job Ref: 213400697

Date: 2021-03-19 18:49:41

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Our renowned client is currently looking to recruit a Senior Strategy Manager on a permanent basis, offering an excellent package and potential to work from home.

The successful candidate will bring rigorous data analytics skills, business problem-solving abilities, and a dedication to professional development. We are looking for a candidate who will apply a fresh and innovative way of thinking and working, and who is motivated by being part of a team that makes a difference.

Key Responsibilities

* To plan and undertake research and analysis to assess the potential impact of market, government and competitor analysis, to help inform senior members of what the organisation's position on developments should be.

* To plan and undertake strategic research and analysis on other moderate sized workstreams or projects when required.

* As part of delivering the above:

* To support activities through rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis, including coordinating data gathering across the university when required.

* To present findings to senior team members with limited supervision as a subject matter expert

* Pro-actively help to shape the message for internal and external audiences

* To support the Strategic Opportunities and Insight Team on other activity as required, including supporting the organisation's external affairs activity through rigorous analysis.

Skills and Experience

Essential

Experience of strategy development informing decision making at a senior level:

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* Delivering sophisticated competitor / market analysis

* Planning and managing moderate-sized work streams on a day-to-day basis

* Developing high quality discrete outputs with limited supervision and presenting findings to senior level audiences as a subject matter expert

Strong strategic skills:

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* Ability to identify strategic questions and form hypotheses to guide own work in response to broad and ambiguous requests

* Understanding of analytical frameworks used in strategy development to structure thinking

* Ability to develop robust and thoroughly considered presentation slides in Microsoft PowerPoint format

Strong analytical skills:

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* Experience with financial and numerical analysis and financial and numerical modelling

* Advanced ability to understand and analyse data using Microsoft Excel

* Proven practice of qualitative research methods

Ability to manage a variety of communications with a wide range of stakeholders in a large and complex organisation including:

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* Engaging in discussion with both internal and external stakeholders and fielding questions on complex issues

* Articulating the message clearly, accurately and succinctly in both written outputs and in verbal reports or presentations

* Building a series of robust networks at varying levels across the university

* Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines both independently and within a team

* Discretion and ability to maintain confidential data

* A strong interest in social justice and a commitment to equality and diversity

* An upper second class undergraduate degree or equivalent

The annual salary on offer is £42,000 – £48,000 per annum with an extensive benefits package such as 33 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays per year, pension, plus many other benefits.

The role is based in Milton Keynes with flexible remote work available but there will be some requirements to be on site a certain percentage per week.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established organisation that offer a fantastic working environment and potential for development

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