A local Council has an ongoing Transformation Programme and requires a Temporary Business Analyst to assist with the delivery. The role sits within the Programme Management Office and will focus on redesigning services to improve provision.

Job Title: Temporary Business Analyst

Rate: £350 p/d

Location: Remote initially then based in Bedfordshire

The candidate should have a strong background in the practical application of recognised Business Analysis and Project Management techniques, preferably acquired across local authority or public sector bodies.

This postholder will:

• Create a range of documentation such as process maps, customer journeys, business cases, functional specification and implementation plans.
• Organise and facilitate workshops with business and technology stakeholders.
• Analyse existing workflows and service operations to identify how services can reduce cost of delivery and improve outcomes.
• Promote outcomes-focussed design across user experiences, business processes and service delivery models.
• Use data and key metrics to support recommendations and evaluate the impact of proposed solutions.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders of all levels to clarify requirements, assess the feasibility of proposed solutions and document how a proposed solution would meet a given business requirement.
• Be able to challenge stakeholders and suppliers, understand recommended solutions to ensure they meet the business requirements, and to review and understand technical documents from internal and third-party suppliers.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Scope, prioritise and plan business analysis activities across the project identifying and defining outputs, dependencies, resource estimates, stakeholders, risks and timescales.
• Undertake analysis to inform strategic and operational decision making considering multiple perspectives (People, Processes, Technology), processes, systems, services and stakeholders; and the interaction between these acknowledging and resolving conflict, identifying risk and mitigation.
• Prepare and facilitate highly effective business engagement with all stakeholders to define and communicate business process change, rationale, drivers and efficiencies of a proposed change.
• Enable constructive stakeholder management through strong relationship building and managing expectations.
• Contribute to the development of business cases and supporting documentation including business requirements specifications, process maps, functional specifications, options appraisals, outline business cases (including costs-benefits analysis), high level implementation plans and risk mitigation strategies.
• Research and make recommendations on business technology systems to inform decision making.

If this opportunity is of interest, please apply immediately and email Jamie.mackinlay@1st-executive.com to find out more.