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CRM Business Analyst

Permanent. Full Time. Hybrid working (minimum of 2 days per week in the office)

Location: This role can be based in any of our UK offices - Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Warrington

Salary: £41,783 per year for Cardiff, Edinburgh, Warrington. £46,666 per year for London (including London allowance)

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.

About the role

Reporting in to the Supporter Data Manager, the CRM Business Analyst will drive continuous improvement of the CRM solution through business analysis and automated testing, working collaboratively with the Supporter Data Manager and CRM Technical Lead to optimise efficiency and functionality.

The post-holder will engage with stakeholders and deliver strategic insights into As-Is and To-Be process models, data structures, and interdependencies, translating findings into concise agile requirements that enhance operational effectiveness.

Some of the main responsibilities of the CRM Business Analyst include:

• Proactively identify opportunities to optimise CRM system and articulate proposed solutions to the Supporter Data Manager and wide business users.
• Implement best-practice Business Analysis processes, tools, and methodologies to strengthen capability and drive meaningful change.
• Act as a mentor empowering and upskilling team members, embedding best practice business analysis and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• Critically evaluate risks through the requirements gathering process, collaborating with teams to develop effective solutions that ensure project success.
• Ensure the accurate translation of business requirements into actionable specifications, prioritising high-impact initiatives that enhance operational efficiency. • Provide key input and support for the continuous improvement of the Agile development process (SCRUM) by actively engaging in all ceremonies.
• Identify opportunities for how Dynamics365 can enable and improve business processes, ensuring technology solutions align with strategic objectives.
• Ensure Jira tickets are regularly updated to reflect accurate project progress.
• Extract and analyse data from multiple sources, applying SQL and other analytical techniques to inform decision-making. Build, configure, and execute automated test scripts to optimise performance and mitigate risks.
• Analyse and develop reporting requirements, providing key insights that strengthen the organisation’s business intelligence architecture. 

About you

Who we are looking for:

Essential:

• Significant experience or professional qualification in Business Analysis.
• Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst covering Agile requirements gathering and specification, data modelling and mapping, process re-engineering, and reporting.
• Developed communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Comfortable working with different stakeholder groups.
• Experience of applying industry standard process mapping techniques (e.g. BPMN, UML) to support process re-engineering.
• Experience of configuring and supporting the development of Dynamics365 CRM solutions.
• Experience of using automated testing tools such as EasyRepro.
• Creating end-user acceptance testing scripts, supporting the UAT process. Using SQL to extract data required to undertake analysis and investigation activities.
• Highly developed knowledge of Dynamics365 entity architecture.
• Applying different risk management techniques.
• Highly developed working knowledge of Jira.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Visio or other process mapping tools.

Desirable:

• Professional qualification in testing and experience of applying different test frameworks.
• Experience of Azure specific application development.
• Experience of writing technical documentation.
• Configuring and managing SharePoint sites.  

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams. 

We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity. 

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this. 

Dynamics 365 CRM Product Manager.

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Role: Dynamics 365 (CRM) Product Manager
Location: Can be based anywhere in England
Contract type: Permanent 

Our offer to you
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Hybrid, Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,100 employees and over 29,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future. 

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response & Nighttime Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

This is an exciting time of transformation with an opportunity to lead and mature the charity’s data maturity by leading a new data strategy. 

Job Summary
Sitting within the Product Management Team, the Dynamics 365 (CRM) Product Manager is responsible for the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including gathering and prioritising product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure revenue and product optimisation goals are met. The Product Manager’s job involves ensuring that the product supports the company’s overall strategy and goals. 

Forming and managing effective relationships with key business stakeholders, in particular Business Owners, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Engineers and IT Leads. Work with stakeholders to deliver the Product Roadmap by producing clear and manageable roadmaps and backlogs for delivery and communication.

Experienced in product management and agile methodologies you bring stakeholders together to solve problems and optimise product capabilities to enable the business to reach their strategic and operational objectives. You effectively matrix manage cross functional team members assigned to your product squad, liaising across multiple teams and functions to ensure engagement and successful product delivery against agreed business expectations and governance processes. 

This role is for D365 and Microsoft products within St John and therefore the applicant requires experience and knowledge with D365, CRM, Microsoft and associated architecture, tech stacks, processes and user support. St John are looking for a person who has demonstrable and proven experience working with Dynamics 365 to deliver CRM programmes with complex, multi-audience organisations with a disparate database and business requirements to support growth, integrations, data cleansing and unified consent management. Alongside this we would expect the role to lead on Microsoft platform management, supporting wave releases and the adoption of new features and functionality. 

About You
You will be educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C) inc Maths & English (minimum of 5), be Product Management certified/Agile Project Management / any other recognised Product mgt qualification, have demonstrable and proven experience of Microsoft Platform Management, have proven experience of D365 product management lifecycle: product vision, product roadmap, backlog management, feature and user story development, have demonstrable and proven experience of D365 Sales, Marketing and Customer Engagement, have experience of working in structured product team following defined governance standards relating to product roadmaps, resource management, issue management, change management etc & have the ability to translate complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience and gain the right level of buy-in and support.

About the Role

Essential responsibilities – all Product Managers

• Define the product strategy and roadmap in line with the organisation’s strategy and goals, and the DDaT transformation programme
• Create and manage timelines for delivering the product roadmap, planning new features and changes to the product that account for a range of factors such as risks and opportunities
• Be recognised as the expert in the business on the product, the industry and relevant technology
• Act as a leader for your product within the business and build relationships with business stakeholders
• Run cross functional squads to deliver product roadmaps without formal line management authority over squad members
• Ensuring that requirements, solution design and tests are documented and maintained for traceability across product releases
• Work with external third parties on transformation programmes and/or the design and support of product features
• Run and participate in product ceremonies (stand ups, sprint planning, reviews and retros)
• Gather and evaluate ideas and opinions from users and product stakeholders to prioritise the most valuable features for delivery
• Inspire and enthuse colleagues and users of the product
• Appropriate product governance and communication structures are implemented and maintained
• Monitor, report and improve product performance 

Essential responsibilities – all Employees 

• Engage, involve and empower St John People in problem-solving and improving the organisation
• Actively promote diversity and a variety of perspectives across the organisation
• Perform any other duties commensurate with these responsibilities, the band of the post and skills and qualifications of the post-holder
• Be able to work on your own initiative and be highly motivated to achieve both personally and within a team 

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

'St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role'.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.