Business Planning Specialist

Job title: Business Planning Specialist

Company: Sovereign Housing Association


Job description: We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Corporate Strategy and People team as a Business Planner. This key role is designed to support the business to ensure all Directorates have clear outcome-focused, actionable and measurable strategies and plans in place aligning to, and delivering against, our ambitious Corporate Plan.Based from our offices in Basingstoke or Wembley, you’ll combine home and office working to ensure a positive work / life balance. There will be some travel required between these offices, so you should have access to transport and be happy to travel.It’s a really exciting time to join us as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England.The RoleReporting into the Head of Corporate Strategy and Performance, you’ll be responsible for supporting Directorates across the business to plan and develop their business plans and strategies. A key focus will be on enabling cross-functional working and greater collaboration across Directorates, supporting to build our maturity for business planning development and execution, and improving our overall approach so we can achieve our corporate objectives more efficiently and effectively.Our Corporate Strategy and People function plays a key role in developing, integrating and aligning our business strategies and plans across the organisation. Your role acts as a ‘critical friend’ supporting business leaders to develop their plans and objectives in service of our Corporate Plan.Responsibilities include:

• Working in collaboration with the Performance Management roles across the business to develop a rolling planning and review process that will ensure Directorates are regularly keeping their plans up to date and measuring their success in relation to the Corporate Plan
• Working with the Transformation team to ensure initiatives are aligned and delivering our Corporate Objectives, challenging and testing project assumptions to ensure that plans are realistic and achievable
• Working with the business, the PMO and our Change and Culture Consultants, to create visibility of change that’s impacting on other areas of the organisation, so we enable effective planning and maximise change adoption
• Working with the business to build understanding and capability in being able to measure progress towards goals and objectives
• Supporting the business in maturing our approach to strategy development, particularly with building plans collaboratively, ensuring they are evidence driven, clear and actionable, as well as being approved at the appropriate level
• Working with the business to build out their plans to deliver the corporate plan, undertaking strategic analysis to support with strategic solution design and options appraisal

What we’re looking forYou’ll need to demonstrate strong experience in a similar role, with experience in business planning to align organisational strategy and plans to corporate goals. You’ll have proven experience of business partnering and stakeholder management to support in planning processes as well as developing capability in strategy development and approaches to measuring success. You’ll also need:

• Experience in using best practice tools and methodologies, including SWOT, prioritisation, options appraisal, strategic alignment and conducting gap analysis
• Demonstrable experience in defining, implementing, and measuring strategic outcomes across a business
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to make sense of complex information and distilling it for others
• Strong presentation, listening and facilitation skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build trusted and credible relationships with key influencers across the organisation

What you’ll receive from usWe have some fantastic benefits on offer at SNG including:

• £450 flex-pot annually to put towards benefits of your choice
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working – we’re committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover
• Wide range of training courses available to support your career development

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and believe that diverse talent makes us stronger. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.It is a really exciting time to be joining SNG. If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!Job Description

Expected salary: £55000 – 63000 per year

Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire – London

Job date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:59:22 GMT

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