Business Analyst - Cheltenham, United Kingdom - Security Cleared Jobs

Description

Business Analyst

Location: Cheltenham - 3 to 4 days onsite

Duration: 12 Months

Clearance: Applicants must currently hold the highest level of UK Government security clearance "Green badge". This position does not support UKSV/MOD clearances.

Grade: SFIA 3/4

Role Description

The role of the Business Analyst is to support project teams to develop and implement appropriate methodologies for projects. The role holder must be able to communicate well with clients and accurately understand their requirements, as well as being able to work effectively with project teams to deliver collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Skills and experience

• A working knowledge and demonstrable experience in all or some of the following areas:
• Exemplary stakeholder engagement and management skill
• Experience facilitating workshops with wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to build strong and lasting relationships with clients at all levels in a business environment
• Communications planning and implementation
• Requirements Definition & Management skills
• Visio – process modelling
• Atlassian Suite – Confluence and JIRA
• Leadership and Reporting
• Experience of waterfall and agile deliveries
• Experience of preparing affected business areas for transitioning to new ways of working
• Experience of guiding stakeholders through business transformations
• Beneficial to have LEAN, Six Sigma or other business improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Analysing processes and operations, using appropriate tools and techniques to identify improvements in accordance with client objectives this will include workshop facilitation to engage people gathering inputs to your analysis and sharing ideas and conclusions
• Succinctly articulate methodologies and approaches
• Baseline business performance and follow through to benefits realisation
• Write engaging project summary reports for clients to enable change implementation
• Preparing reports and presenting to a range of client stakeholders
• Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders in technology-led transformation programmes, across strategy, business design and change management.
• Analysing complex problems, designing innovative solutions and communicating them effectively to a wide range of audiences.
• Delivering transformational change, with awareness and knowledge of business change models, tools and techniques.
• Works iteratively with stakeholders, to identify potential benefits and available options for consideration, and in defining acceptance tests.
• Facilitates scoping and business priority setting for change initiatives of medium, size and complexity.
• Contributes to the selection of the most appropriate means of representing business requirements in the context of a specific change initiative, ensuring full traceability from Front Door Request to the work delivering the requirements.
• Identifies the impact on business requirements of interim (e.g. migration) scenarios as well as the required end position.
• Work alongside suppliers and delivery team members to deliver to required timescales and agreed quality.
• Provide knowledge transfer to other team members.
• Contribute to lessons learned and process improvements.

As an individual

• Have delivery experience either as a Business Analysis or comparable role
• Be self-motivated and confident, with strong people skills
• Be able to gain client trust and identify opportunities for adding further value to the client relationship
• A passion for developing technically, professionally and behaviourally.
• A collaborative team-player who delivers great results and operates to high standards and business ethics.
• An ability to deal with competing tasks and operate successfully even when under pressure.
• A strong emotional intelligence with ability to flex your style to suit different stakeholders.
• You'll be confident and self-assured, putting forward your views and conversing effectively with senior stakeholders.

These are business-critical positions and we are looking to arrange interviews as soon as possible. To be considered please apply directly or contact me via email at