Business Case Writer

Minimum Requirement:

Business case writing – Leads the planning, development and drafting, and oversees the production of business case. Prepared to challenge expert input, and is responsible for ensuring the business complies with organisational and Treasury requirements. Use lessons learned from similar projects to inform business case preparation.

• Business case support – Devise and provide guidance and advice to project teams on the requirements and development of business case, using organisational templates and HMT 5 case model.

• Business case governance – Present business case rationale to senior managers and project governance forums, work with key stakeholders to anticipate and mitigate issues and delays whilst engaging with senior management.

• Seeing the bigger picture – Ensures that all relevant organisational factors for change are incorporated within a comprehensive business case, and that there is a clear rationale for preferred option(s)

• Configuration management – Lead on adopting configuration management techniques to ensure that the business case retains validity throughout the project lifecycle, updating project sponsors as required.

• Benefits – Leads engagement with stakeholders to identify, define and quantify benefits, negotiating with stakeholders to agree the key benefits.

• Stakeholder management – Manage and engage with key stakeholders to support the production of business cases and ensure linkage with benefits realisation.

ESSENTIAL:

Solid experience in writing business cases

Excellent stakeholder engagement skills

Qualified PM ideal

Public sector background would be helpful