Senior Business Analyst at Department for Work & Pensions, Leeds/Remote, 12 Months, £Contract Rate

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employmentIncrease saving for, and security in later lifeCreate a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of childrenDeliver outstanding services to our customers and claimantsDeliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity..

 

Description:Senior Business Analyst to analyse and produce a report on the Azure Health Data Platform end to end.A senior business analyst has a good understanding of strategic arenas and leads large or complex projects:Develop best an analytical report underpinned by factual unbiased evidence.Drives and owns stakeholder engagements and relationships.Engages with the business analyst's community of practice.Agile workingExperience in working in agile environments.Experience in working in and with ambiguity.Focused on delivery.Can bring identify and compare the best processes to deliver.Help teams and stakeholders to visualise the story being told / developed.Business analysisAdvise on the approach to identify, investigate, analyse, and communicate complex business problems and opportunities within a project or programme of work.Inform tactical decision making and help to define longer-term strategic plans.Recommend the approach to options analysis, feasibility assessment and operations, and can quantify potential business benefits.Ensure the proposed solution aligns with business goals and objectives, and business and user needs, and achieves the required outcomes and expected benefits.Business modellingLead on the delivery of an analytical review and report of the health data platform end to end.Manage the effects of proposed changes.Business process improvementIdentify opportunities to improve business performance, within a project or programme.Lead the analysis, identification, design, prioritisation and implementation of process and business changes to improve business operations and services.Assess the feasibility of changes and recommend new approaches.Support the implementation of proposed business improvements.Business Process TestingIdentify opportunities to improve business performance, within a project or programme.Lead the analysis, identification, design, prioritisation and implementation of process and business changes to improve business operations and services.Assess the feasibility of changes and recommend new approaches.Support the implementation of proposed business improvements.Methods and toolsBuild capability in methods and tools, ensuring they are adopted consistently and used effectively.Requirements definition and managementAdvise on the approach to requirements management within a project or programme.Define the most appropriate requirements management life cycle methods and ensure the requirement can be traced in the design, build, test, tender and evaluation phases.Co-ordinate and review the prioritisation of requirements and engage in the negotiation of solutions to help meet programme objectives.Stakeholder relationship management (Business Analysis)Lead on communicating with stakeholders, clarifying needs and commitments through consultation and consideration of consequences while focusing on user and business needs.Develop or apply communication strategies to build relationships, using informal and formal channels to engage with stakeholders at all levels and resolving conflict where required.System analysisLead the identification and analysis of IT system capabilities, developing models and system requirements.Use systems analysis to support a deeper understanding of how processes and systems work, and to identify gaps.Work with other digital professionals to design and develop system and user interfaces, identify gaps in functionality and assess the effect of proposed software changes on users or the organisation.Testing (business analysis)Recommend the value of testing and apply the relevant tools and techniques to ensure test validity.Advise on business scenarios and develop acceptance criteria to ensure requirements can be traced to develop functionality.Review prototypes, test plans and test outcome reporting.Experience as a Senior BA in: • A government change programme • A discovery and test and learn teamDisability Confident

 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.Armed Forces CommitmentDWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.