Senior Business Analyst

Posting date:	21 July 2025
Salary:	£42,848 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	03 August 2025
Location:	Swansea
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	414605/7

Summary

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to provide business analysis expertise to define and validate digital projects, products and services, ensuring they are aligned to DVSA’s strategic objectives.

The post holder will be part of one or more agile / scrum delivery teams within DVSA’s Digital Services and Technology Directorate; working collaboratively with Product Owners and technical colleagues (e.g. software developers, testers) to develop digital solutions that deliver value to customers and the business and provides the team all documentation.

If you're a seasoned Business Analyst who's ready to take their next step, or a Senior Business Analyst looking to take on a new challenge then we'd love to hear from you!

Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Department for Transport Careers

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Elicit, define, validate and manage requirements for projects, products and services (based on user needs) working closely with the Product Owner / Manager and development teams to create user stories ready for development.
• Identify and analyse problems and issues that may affect the successful delivery and continuous improvement of DVSA digital services.
• Demonstrate leadership by providing guidance to staff to support the delivery of objectives.
• Select and use tools and methods to establish, clarify and communicate the functional and non-functional requirements of system users.
• Communicate with all major stakeholders (internal and external) to achieve business objectives.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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