Business Analyst role at Smile focusing on analyzing business needs and designing digital solutions. Join a collaborative team in driving innovation and enhancing client satisfaction.
About the role
- Join Elevate Programme as Grant Management Analyst in Belfast to help fund projects and protect public money. Develop operational and analytical skills while working on multiple grant schemes in a hybrid role.
Responsibilities
- Join the Elevate Programme and help fund real projects, protect public money, and keep decisions fair and evidence-based
- Work across multiple live schemes, learn the full grant lifecycle, and build strong operational and analytical skills
- Turn applications, evidence, and reporting into clear stories and recommendations
- Spot risk early and fix issues before they become challenges
- Improve how schemes run, so good applicants move faster and weak submissions get handled consistently
- Guide applicants through requirements and reduce back and forth through clear answers
- Assess applications against published criteria and funding rules, and document your rationale
- Write sharp assessment summaries for decision panels, including risks, gaps, and recommendations
- Track delivery against milestones and outputs, and chase what is missing
- Analyse recipient financial and performance reports, and test whether delivery matches commitments
- Run several grant processes at once, and keep them on track to deadline
- Identify delivery, financial, and compliance risks, and escalate with options and evidence
- Build strong working relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders
- Find process fixes that reduce risk, improve quality, and speed up turnaround
Requirements
- Recent graduates, early-career candidates, or professionals looking for a new challenge
- Clear writing and confident communication
- Strong analysis and attention to detail
- Ability to interpret rules and apply them consistently
- Sound judgement, with the confidence to escalate early
- A continuous improvement mindset
- Grant lifecycle experience in government or public-sector delivery is a plus
- Exposure to due diligence across different applicant types is beneficial
- Spotlight and or Creditsafe experience is brilliant but not essential as training will be provided
Benefits
- Performance review every 6 months and potential salary uplift at 12 months
- Ongoing training and development support through one-to-one coaching and access to award-winning trainers
- Health cash plan and cycle to work scheme
- Opportunity for conversion into a permanent role at 12-24 months
- Clear progression options into senior operational roles, specialist streams (compliance, risk, transformation)
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