Location: Belfast
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Salary range: £44,039 (+ £4,875 salary supplement p.a.)
Contract: Interim 12 months (possible extension)
Working Pattern: Limited Hybrid

About the Opportunity
A respected public sector organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst professional to translate business requirements accurately into road maps, milestones, and user stories, apply complex business rules, and interpret regulatory documents. You will also support other staff of the IS Office by resolving technical issues and interacting with business areas.

Main Duties

• Build knowledge and understanding of two main areas;

1. Current IS technology base - infrastructure and software environments; and
2. Procedures.

• Assist in the running of IS Office related Project and Change Management projects
• Work alongside business units to assist in and improve the planning and delivery of ICT enabled projects. This will involve:
  • Assisting business units by providing support in the delivery of;
    • Innovative digital solutions;
    • Business improvement processes;
    • Change management;
    • Business mapping processes; and
    • Guidance on how to make effective use of existing IT solutions.

• Information gathering, analysis and regular review meetings with business units: identifying potential key business development opportunities;
• Participate in business modelling processes, being conversant with techniques covering the full range of modelling situations and have ability to gather insight from stakeholders and communicate modelling results clearly to them.
• Understanding and experience of software product life cycle especially the Agile development methodology;
• Providing business analysis of software development requests to support IS Application and Infrastructure teams to ensure that requests align with the vision, objectives and strategy of the organisation.
• Production of user stories in relation to software development requests and then working collaboratively with the lead software developers to finalise these stories from a user and technical point of view.
• Review design and requirements documentation in order to assist and support the end user in the testing of developed systems. Support the recording of these results and provide analysis and feedback to IS Developers.
• Manage and use feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure effectiveness of stakeholder management. Help develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Manage contracted equipment or services suppliers to ensure project timetables are met and services are being delivered to agreed standards via scheduled review meetings.
• Comply with the Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work policies and procedures.
• Manage information and records in accordance with established policies and statutory requirements.
• You may also be required to carry out other duties reasonably required of you.

Essential Criteria:
Applicants for the post of Senior Business Analyst must, by the closing date for applications, have:
(i) A primary degree, 2:2 classification or post-graduate qualification, in computing or information management related discipline*.
Applications will be considered from applicants with formal qualifications of an equivalent or higher standard to those stated.

AND

(i) Possess up to date PRINCE2 Practitioner certification
Successful candidates who do not have up to date PRINCE2 Practitioner certification will be expected to attain this within the first six months following appointment.

AND

1. At least 3 years' experience in each of the areas specified at a-c below;

OR

1. At least three GCE A-levels, grade C classification, in any subject.

AND

(iv) At least 5 years' experience in each of the following areas:

1. Managing, or assisting in the management of, complex** information technology projects delivered using a formalised project management approach.

1. Leading, or contributing to, the implementation of change programmes that impact across different key business areas within an organisation.

1. Anticipating and analysing problems to produce options and recommendations to senior staff and/or decision makers.

AND

(v) Current PRINCE2 Practitioner certification.

Successful candidates who do not have up to date PRINCE2 Practitioner certification will be expected to attain this within the first six months following appointment.

*NB Only those courses with a computing or information management content of 50% or more will be considered and applicants must give full details on the application form of how the content of the course meets this requirement.
** A complex information technology project is defined as a project with a total budget value greater than £200k and involving significant business change for a user base of 200+ users.