Business Analyst
| Posting date: | 13 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £37,300 to £44,191 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National pay locations: Manchester, Sheffield, £37,300 - £39,911 London pay locations: Croydon, £41,300 - £44,191 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 404702/3 |
Summary
Home Office Digital, Data and Technology designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.
You will help to develop and enhance stakeholder relationships in order to facilitate collaboration. You will be expected to draw on expertise of more senior colleagues to help you develop technical specifications and plans.
A Business Analyst will receive direction from more senior business analysts on task-based delivery but will be responsible for the output. You will make sure outcomes are aligned with the service vision and business strategy by connecting the current and future business models and delivering to the future business architecture strategy or plan. You will also be involved in supporting and informing product iteration, evolution and optimisation.
Main Responsibilities will include:
- Developing knowledge of key Business Analysis skills (e.g. requirements, engineering, workshops facilitation, process mapping etc) and understanding of BA resources/templates/best practice guidance.
- Developing breadth and depth of understanding of a variety of project approaches and software engineering lifecycles (e.g. agile, waterfall, incremental).
- Developing techniques and knowledge around developing acceptance criteria which are scenario-based within processes that support thorough testing.
- Understanding and defining the problem to be solved and ensuring strategic decision-making supports business outcomes as well as user needs.
- With support, identifying service and process improvement opportunities, contributing to the implementation of proposed solutions.
- Setting up and supporting workshops to enable requirements to be identified and clarified.
- Drafting requirements/user stories as required to support the delivery of features.
- Evidence gathering to support analysis of the business needs including user feedback sent in as the product progresses through its lifecycle.
- Supporting the production of periodic performance measures to inform stakeholders and drive discussion around the required service.
You will also be expected to carry out the following day to day activities:
- Collaborate with other professions within the scope of delivery to develop understanding of the value of each role in a multidisciplinary team.
- Support business process testing, execute test scripts under supervision and understanding the role of testing and how it works.
- Evidence gathering to support building any required business case and benefits realisation.
- Work towards a BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.
Working Pattern
This role is available on a full-time basis with the option of compressed hours working.
We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work part-time; however, part-time opportunities cannot be guaranteed and are subject to the requirements of the role and business. Candidates wishing to work part-time should notify the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made, to explore whether this can be accommodated at your selected location.
Travel
Occasional travel may be required to other Home Office locations.
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