Business Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties will include:

• A Business Analyst leads on analysis in small to medium size projects and supports larger and more complex projects:
• Analyse and understand business problem and opportunities
• Identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures
• Identify and escalate risks and issues as they arise.
• Undertake research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
• Identify and elaborate user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change
• Collaborate with the delivery squad to make decisions on prioritisation and minimum viable product by using analysis-led insights
• Ensure new products and services developed meet business and user needs, are aligned with organisational goals and take account of business and policy constraints
• Develop, coordinate and agree sign off the As-Is and To-Be business process and requirements.
• Undertake Stakeholder analysis and tailor communication to stakeholder needs
• Be active member of the UKHSA Business Analysis Community of Practice, sharing best practice.

This is not an exhaustive list.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience in requirements management using a broad range of analysis techniques
• Experience of defining and managing business and user needs and requirements.
• Ability to address conflicts, ensure traceability of requirements and facilitate prioritisation.
• Experience of identifying stakeholders, tailoring of communications to meet their needs and building consensus.
• Experience of working in Agile and in multi-disciplinary teams. Ability to adapt ways of working to fit with the squad delivery methodology.
• Experience of context, problem and option analysis. Has experience of defining problem statements and developing options and recommendations.
• Experience of undertaking process analysis and evaluation to identify business problems and to support process improvement.
• Experience of using Business modelling techniques and eliciting appropriate information to create effective models
• Experience of developing business scenarios and acceptance criteria to support Testing.

Selection process

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your behaviours, experience and technical skills.

Stage 1: Application & Sift

You willbe requiredto complete an application form. You will be assessed onthe listed9essentialcriteria,and this will be in the form of:

• an application form(Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
• a 1250wordsupporting statement.

This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledgeprovide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please beadvisedyou will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible). Please do not email us your CV.

HealthjobsUK has a word limit of 1500, but your supporting statement must be no more than1250words. We will not consider any words over1250words.

Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

• Meets all essential criteria
• Meets some essential criteria
• Meets no essential criteria

Only those meeting all essential criteria will be taken through to shortlisting.Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:

• Working knowledge and experience in requirements management using a broad range of analysis techniques

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview

You will be invited to a remote interview via MS Teams.

Behaviours, experience and technical skills will be tested at interview.

You will be required to prepare a 10 minute presentation as part of the interview. The title will be: "Managing the complexity of competing requirements (business, user and policy)".

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

• Making Effective Decisions (Lead behaviour)
• Communication and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Interviews dates are to be confirmed.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Location (Hybrid)

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London (Canary Wharf).

We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) on-site.

Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Eligibility criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

Security clearance level requirement

Part 1

Successful candidates must pass a basic Disclosure and Barring Security (DBS) check before they can be appointed.

Part 2

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Counter-Terrorism Check clearance.

For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years to obtain Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance. UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting at this higher level and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder / Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.

Salary information

If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.

Please be aware that the salary is based on the office location.

Senior Executive Officer (SEO)

£41,983- £48,128 (National)£44,148- £50,121 (Outer London)£46,310- £52,113 (Inner London)

For fixed term posts

For Temporary Appointments,if you are not currently a civil servant, you will take up the post on a Fixed Term appointment. You may be able to take this role up as a Secondment. If you are an existing Civil Servant, based outside of the UKHSA, you will take up the post as a loan which you will need your department to agree. You cannot take the post up as a fixed term. If you are an existing UKHSA member of staff, you will take up the post as either a level transfer or a temporary promotion as per the UKHSAs Pay policy.

Person Specification

Application form and supporting statement

• Application form and supporting statement

Behaviours

• Making Effective Decisions (Lead behaviour)
• Communication and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Presentation

• Presentation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Core HQs

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London (Canary Wharf)

E14 4PU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency