Senior Business Analyst Jobs – Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA)

 

Job Title:    Senior Business Analyst

Organization: Uganda
National Roads Authority (UNRA)

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Head
Enterprise Architecture and Standards

 

About US:

The Uganda National
Roads Authority (UNRA) was established by the National Authority Act, No. 15 of
2006. UNRA became operational on 1st July 2008. The mandate of UNRA is to
develop and maintain the national roads network, advise Government on general
roads policy and contribute to addressing of transport concerns.

 

Job Summary:  The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for
acting in a consultative and mentoring role to business units and project teams
to identify, analyze and implement continuous process improvement and best
practices for all areas of the Organization. This includes facilitating
intermediate to complex process improvement efforts, data collection and
analysis of information and processes that impact achievement of enterprise
goals including financial, operational, compliance, and stakeholder
satisfaction.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Identifies
improvement opportunities and engineers solutions.  Contributes to the development of
implementation strategies, plans, control measures and success criteria.

·       
Conducts
feasibility studies to determine applicability of project idea to strategic
business need (i.e. cost-benefit analysis and business case development), as
well as assists in prioritization of projects and initiatives flowing into the
Process Improvement programs.

·       
Facilitates
process improvement meetings and workshops, including business process reengineering
sessions and brainstorming sessions.

·       
Creates
value stream diagrams / process mapping to document current and future state
business processes.

·       
Performs
detailed analysis of workflows and processes, as well as researches and
identifies benchmarking and best practice opportunities.

·       
Creates
project recommendation documentation involving strategies and plans to enhance
business processes and models for delivery to business units and process
owners.

·       
Conducts
and/or provides oversight of time studies and efficiency reviews.

·       
Provides
training, mentoring, coaching and leadership to peers, project team members and
organization on process improvement tools and techniques

 


Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
applicant for the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Senior Business
Analyst job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

·       
Three or
more years of relevant work experience in business process improvement,
including process design and re-design, data analytics, and process monitoring
and control, as well as the use of process improvement methodologies and tools
to eliminate defects and/or waste in products and processes, improve costs,
cycle time and customer satisfaction.

·       
Certification
in Business Analysis is an added advantage

·       
Basic to
Intermediate level of technical competency in business process mapping design
and modeling, as well as in process improvement methodologies and tools.

·       
Intermediate
analytical and creative thinking skills, including the ability to apply and
interpret intermediate to complex statistical analysis, competence in
collecting and analyzing data, organizing materials and developing appropriate
conclusions and recommendations.

·       
Strong
interpersonal and communication skills, including oral, written, facilitation,
mediation, collaboration and presentation skills, as well as the ability to
communicate effectively with and influence individuals at all levels of the
organization.

·       
Ability
to work independently as well to work effectively in a team-based environment,

·       
Ability
to effectively coach, mentor, and train individuals, as well as serve as a
subject-matter-expert, on process improvement tools and techniques.

·       
Intermediate
level of knowledge of MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
Visio.

 

How to Apply:

All qualified
candidates who wish to join the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) in the
aforementioned capacity should apply online.

 

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Deadline: 11th March 2021

 

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