Business Analyst

Are you driven by data, investment strategy, and sustainable economic growth? This role offers the opportunity to shape strategic investment decisions through research, analysis, and stakeholder engagement-supporting regeneration, promoting business development, and contributing to long-term economic impact.

The role:

• Identify and evaluate strategic commercial and investment sites, including those not currently on the market, for future development opportunities.
• Collect, manage, and maintain sensitive investment and business data to support effective client and project management.
• Develop performance monitoring frameworks and dashboards using research, surveys, and KPIs such as footfall, vacancies, and sentiment analysis.
• Conduct and analyse stakeholder surveys to influence investment decisions and meet funder requirements.
• Monitor investment trends and sectoral data to make evidence-based recommendations and support strategic planning, including employment land tracking.
• Manage internal and external funding processes, ensuring compliance with funder requirements through evaluations and verification checks.
• Build and maintain partnerships across sectors while promoting the area as an attractive investment location and providing high-quality, data-informed reporting.

The Person

As the successful candidate you will have the following background and experience:

Essential:

• Have a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject
• Extensive previous experience of undertaking research, collating data, analysing information, identifying issues, maintaining data systems, and making effective evidence recommendations
• Experience of developing and implementing data analyses, data collection systems and other strategies that optimise statistical efficiency and quality

What's in it for you?:

• An annual salary £42-43k
• Excellent annual leave allowance (35 days)
• Hybrid working
• The opportunity to gain experience working in a role at the forefront of public sector

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Meghan Hamilton, Senior Recruitment Consultant on 02896935508 or on email at m.hamilton@mcsgroup.jobs.

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.

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