Business Analyst

Open to a new challenge?

Do you enjoy shaping products and services which positively impact people?

Are you looking for empowerment to deliver for some of the most important services in the UK?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We're an independent UK technology consultancy specialising in designing, building and running user-centred digital and technology solutions that make a positive difference to people's lives.

The role

You'll already be working as a business analyst in your current role.

You'll work with our clients to help them achieve their business goals.

You'll work with other disciplines such as developers and user researchers to solve complex and interesting problems.

You'll create relationships with stakeholders to understand what they need, then translate these into the requirements of the project.

You'll ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards and procedures while working on client.

If you take more of a leadership role on projects, you may be more suited to our senior business analyst role.

Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel.

Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.

Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.

Essential experience

To succeed in this role, you need experience of working as a business analyst. You'll need to show how you have:

• Applied business analysis techniques to solve problems in a methodical and considered way
• Elicited and managed business requirements using different methods
• Presented complex information in a way that is easy to understand
• Built effective working relationships within cross functional teams and across business stakeholders
• Shared knowledge and best practice with BAs and other disciplines
• Planned and managed your own workload to achieve the objectives of your project
• Experience working in UK central government, delivering services to GDS / UK Service Standard guidelines.
• Working in agile delivery teams
• Demonstrated experience or knowledge in agile delivery management and/or product management

As well as business analysis skills, there are essential core skills you'll need to be a great consultant. You'll need to show how you have:

• Contributed to improving ways of working within teams
• Positively challenged decisions or solutions you don't agree with

In the interview, we'll ask you questions that demonstrates this experience. We'll also ask you questions based around these topics.

Salary

Inside IR35 - from £380 per day

Where you'll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We'll make any adjustments to help you.

Want to know more?

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We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.