Senior Business Analyst
Job Description
This role is ideal for analytical thinkers who thrive in technical environments and are looking for a secure, meaningful role to kickstart the year.
As a Business Analyst your key responsibilities;
- Business Analyst
- Hybrid Working - 1-2 Days in Manchester
- 400 per a day inside IR35
- 6 Months initially
This role is ideal for analytical thinkers who thrive in technical environments and are looking for a secure, meaningful role to kickstart the year.
As a Business Analyst your key responsibilities;
- Champion User-Centred Design principles within a technical environment, ensuring all technical solutions are driven by user needs and research insights.
- Apply Government Design Principles (GDS) Standards to all deliverables, ensuring services pass GDS Service Assessments (Alpha/Beta/Live) and meet accessibility regulations.
- Collaborate with User Researchers and UX Designers to translate user journeys and service blueprints into actionable technical requirements and backlog items.
- Lead Agile ceremonies and processes within cross-functional teams, driving sprint planning, refinement, and retrospectives to maintain delivery momentum.
- Map and analyze complex public sector business processes (As-Is and To-Be), identifying bottlenecks and opportunities for automation or digital optimization.
- Bridge the gap between policy and technology, ensuring that digital solutions comply with legislative frameworks and departmental strategy.
- Drive process re-engineering initiatives, focusing on reducing operational cost and improving the citizen experience through technical innovation.
- Extensive experience working within central government or wider public sector bodies, with a deep understanding of the unique constraints, governance, and policy drivers.
- Proven track record of delivering digital services that meet the Government Digital Service (GDS) Service Standard. Experience guiding projects through GDS assessments (Alpha, Beta, Live) is highly essential.
- Expert knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) with the ability to lead refinement sessions and manage complex backlogs in tools like Jira and Confluence.
- Strong experience working within multidisciplinary UCD teams. You must demonstrate how you have worked alongside User Researchers and Content Designers to turn user needs into technical specifications.
- Advanced proficiency in mapping complex business processes (BPMN) and identifying opportunities for technical efficiency and automation.
- Ability to understand and document technical concepts (e.g., APIs, data migrations, system integrations) and communicate them clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage conflicting priorities in a political environment.
- 400.00/day