We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join an energetic team in the public sector. The ideal candidate will have a knack for technology and a passion for developing effective business strategies. Experience in housing / property would be very beneficial.
Client Details
The hiring organisation is a large and continually-growing public sector organisation known for its commitment to efficiency and sustainability.
Description
- Formulate and implement business strategies to improve organisational efficiency
- Analyse business processes and recommend improvements
- Coordinate with technology department to optimise business operations
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and propose solutions
- Prepare reports detailing business analysis findings
- Lead team meetings and workshops to facilitate knowledge sharing
- Ensure compliance with public sector regulations and standards
- Engage with technical team to support the development of the solution.
- Provide support to colleagues, sharing skills and knowledge.
- Develop your skills through continued learning and development.
- Triage of issues and responding to customer feedback to help inform priorities.
- Carry out gap analysis to understand the 'As'As is'is' and 'To'To be'be' state.
- Supporting with identifying processes for Business for improvements and produce process maps to document the business processes.
- Translating user needs into user stories, managing the story through design and development and contributing to agile ceremonies.
- Leading / mentoring other Business Analysts
Profile
A successful Senior Business Analyst should have:
- Proven communication and influencing skills
- Be able to evidence, with specific examples, being adept at managing challenging stakeholder relationships - Proactively and effectively.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multimulti-disciplinary team that includes technical experts and business end users.
- Experience in investigating, analysing, visualising, articulating, solving complex problems and concepts and making recommendations based on available information using Business Analysis Practice
- Experience of balancing multiple priorities and dealing with ambiguity.
- Experience of building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
- Experience of agile, working in a flexible, evolving environment that relies on high collaboration and iterative improvements.
- Experience of varied Microsoft Applications, JIRAJIRA and Confluence (ideally)
- Experience in capturing and managing user stories through to delivery (ideally)
Job Offer
- A competitive salary ranging between £50,000 and £60,000
- The opportunity to work in an exciting public sector role in Manchester
- Genuinely challenging, varied and interesting projects and programmes to work on
- Generous holiday leave
- A supportive company culture that encourages continual learning and development
If you're excited by the opportunity to influence business strategies in the public sector, we can't wait to see your application.