Job Application

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation with various locations across Scotland, is currently looking to recruit a Business Analyst on a permanent basis on a salary of £40,892 - £47,802/annum. This role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.

Responsibilities:

- To undertake the full range of business analysis activities across the organisation including requirements analysis and prioritisation, business process modelling, blueprinting, solution scoping and design, wire-framing, user acceptance test management, deployment/change management, benefits management, facilitate workshops, vendor and product evaluation
- To develop rigorous business cases and conduct robust options appraisals for a range of projects which may vary in scale from small functional systems to large organisation-wide platforms
- To elicit complicated functional and non-functional requirements through a variety of methods and then use these to define appropriate solutions
- To use industry standard analytical tools and techniques to investigate and document the organisation
- Understands the business needs, subsequent issues and data challenges of the stakeholders
- Identify areas of improvement to the business units by understanding their strengths and weaknesses and their potential to exploit technology if appropriate.
- Implement subsequent process improvements
- Responsible for the definition, documentation and management of business requirements to ensure all business needs are identified and prioritised
- To critically evaluate complicated information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts and decompose high-level and complex information into detailed documentation
- Develop detailed functional and non-functional specifications and proposed system designs in-line with customer requirements to ensure both user and organisational needs are met
- Create and document value adding business process models
- Manage user system testing (UAT) for projects
- Good understanding of ICT Project Management Methodology
- Manage all Business Analysis activities on small, medium and large projects
- Manage small to medium projects
- Lead both external and internal project resource to ensure timely delivery of work, that all stakeholder requirements have been met and that all project objectives achieved
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the business
- To proactively contribute towards the continuous improvement of ICT
- Create and present Business Cases to determine the viability or otherwise of proposed investments
- Conduct Business Process Capability Gap Analysis to identify areas for potential improvement
- Ensure projects identify and realise business benefits in line with the organisation's strategy

Essential Skills:

- HND or equivalent experience in a relevant ICT related subject
- Proven experience in a similar client facing role
- Strong analytical background
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Considerable experience in a range of analysis tools including process/Datamodelling, use cases, Case Tools, data flow diagrams etc.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Excellent Stakeholder management
- Excellent Presentation skills
- Extensive experience of working within waterfall or agile project/development methodologies
- Experience of working under tight deadlines and under pressure
- Ability to deal with people from various backgrounds and seniority
- Demonstrates a fair and ethical approach in all situations
- Demonstrates confidentiality
- Proactively supports change, adjusting approach to meet changing requirements
- Maintains a confident, controlled and focused attitude in highly challenging situations
- Works effectively with others
- Leads, involves and motivates others
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Committed and able to develop self, individuals, teams and others to improve organisational effectiveness
- Understands and applies relevant information to make appropriate decisions and create practical solutions
- Has an active awareness of environment to promote safe and effective working
- Leads others to achieve excellence by the establishment, maintenance and management of performance requirements
- Ability to prioritise own workload and work on own initiative
- Creates and implements effective plans to manage workload in line with organisational objectives and priorities
- Recognises the political impact of actions
- Evidence of representing management at internal/external events

Desirable Skills:

- Membership of a relevant professional body
- Certificate in Requirements Engineering
- Certificate in Business Analysis Practice
- Knowledge of benefits management methodologies

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Posted Date: 21 Mar 2024 Reference: JSV-52125 Employment Agency: Venesky-Brown Contact: Philip Griffiths