Business Case Specialist

**Title**:
Business Case Specialist

**OVERVIEW**
- The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) model was mobilised in 2019 with the purpose of transforming major project delivery at the Sellafield nuclear site. _
- The partnership brings together KBR, Jacobs, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, _

**OVERVIEW**
- The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) model was mobilised in 2019 with the purpose of transforming major project delivery at the Sellafield nuclear site. _
- The partnership brings together KBR, Jacobs, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Altrad Babcock and Sellafield Ltd to deliver a 20-year pipeline of major infrastructure projects to support the decommissioning of Sellafield and to create a clean and safe environment for future generations._
- In delivering its pipeline of large-scale infrastructure projects, PPP is creating opportunities for its people, supply chain, economy and communities._
- KBR’s rapidly growing nuclear team of teams is working at the forefront of the UK’s nuclear space on some of the most exciting new-build, defence and decommissioning programmes. _
- KBR was recently named a “Great Place to Work-Certified” company in 2023, an honour that underscores the company’s commitment to being a UK employer of choice for people who want to do work that matters_

**BUSINESS CASE SPECIALIST**

Location: Cumbria, 2 / 3 days per week on site with travel to opposite site Warrington potentially once per month

The role is part of the PPP support to the Digital Asset Management (DAM) programme within Sellafield. The PPP support to DAM is an integrated project team with members from PPP and Sellafield’s asset management capability.

The DAM programme is a site wide delivery improvement programme supporting Sellafield’s improvement requirements, the programme aims to address a number of issues with Sellafield’s asset management arrangements with a targeted outcome of: “An integrated information line of sight from the asset through to the enterprise that integrates activities across the asset lifecycle, removes the burden of paper-based work processes from our teams and engages everyone in the use of modern digital technologies to inform decision making”

**Role Responsibilities**:
Main duties include:
The Business Case Specialist will be responsible for:

- Leading the planning, development, drafting, and overseeing the production of Business Cases.
- Responsible for ensuring the business complies with organisational and Sellafield requirements.
- Business cases will provide evidence base for intervention required, appraisal for possible delivery and activity options, and roadmap for financial and commercial management.
- Engage with the stakeholder community to understand requirements and build consensus on the business cases, drawing on SME expertise where possible.

Specific:
The post holder will be responsible for:

- Generating modelling analysis and creating support material to allow the project to make informed decisions and develop Business Cases, and specifically the Financial and Economic Cases
- Working with stakeholders to establish ‘as is’ baseline and the ‘to be’ position; the deltas and key options for consideration capturing benefits, risks, and key sensitivities.
- Influence, inspire and effect change in the way projects and programmes are delivered and governed
- Produce insightful analysis to inform change: focus on ‘value add’ areas
- Drive savings through proactively identifying opportunities for efficiencies and managing benefits
- Capture Sustainability and Social Value, and the measurement/reporting thereof
- Critically assess and make informed recommendations, identifying the main options and rationale
- Responsible for (establishing) and managing the options appraisal process
- Drive the management of all reporting relating to Options, an reporting with clarity and confidence through either written or verbal presentations
- Prepare reports on outcomes from the Return on Investment and options appraisal outputs, ensuring that management reports routinely inform and support a wide range of strategic and operational investment decisions
- Assist in fully implementing, utilising and maintaining a Return on Investment view, including links to the Benefits Realisation process
- Work with the wider team to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of resources
- Supporting the development of other colleagues, through informal training and skills transfer sessions

**Experience, Skills and Knowledge**:
Essential:

- Proven analytical and sceptical mindset with an ability to model solutions to complex problems.
- Experience of delivering the Business Case analysis for complex projects and programmes including:

- Ability to challenge and influence to ensure that requirements align to scope to deliver planned strategic programme outcomes
- Understanding of Green Book, and experience in business case development to justify investment and make the case for