Business Analyst at Allthorpe Consulting, Leamington Spa, £300-£500 per day

Pay: £300.00-£500 per day.

Job Description:

About Us:

At AllThorpe Consulting, we believe that meaningful change starts with purpose-driven people. As we enter an exciting phase of growth, we're seeking exceptional business analysts who are skilled consultants and passionate about making a difference. If you bring strong public sector experience and a commitment to ethical, impact-focused consulting, we'd love to welcome you to a team that truly consults with a conscience.

We are a mutually supportive and dynamic team that thrives on collaboration. While we work hard and tackle demanding projects, we prioritise balance and embrace flexible and hybrid working to allow you to get the work done while still having time to pursue your other interests and priorities.

Our Work:

We support public sector organisations in embracing technology to drive value and change, with a speciality in leading digital transformation in the criminal justice and policing sectors. Our team is often involved in the entire project lifecycle, from inception through to operational delivery and business as usual, allowing us to gain a wide variety of experiences along with the personal pride of seeing project realisation.

The Role:

We are seeking business analysts with strong public sector experience to work in a small team alongside client staff. Although much of the work will be performed from home, there will be some occasion for working on-client site in London. This is a full time role for up to 12 months. Core working hours are 9am to 5pm.

We are looking for three types of business analysts:

• Business Analysts (with experience in learning and training development ; required to design and develop training materials for new software systems and business processes and deliver training to relevant staff.
• Business Analysts (with experience in functional OR non-functional software testing ).
• Business Analyst (with strong user story and acceptance criteria development)

The ideal candidate will be a specialist or have experience in one or several of the following capability areas:

• Requirements capture and analysis using AGILE techniques
• Agile-based delivery using COTS products
• User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, use cases, user journeys
• Business process mapping and process re-engineering
• Target Operating Model definition and delivery
• Writing training material
• Writing and executing test scripts

Furthermore, the role will require you to:

• Design, prepare and facilitate engaging user workshops
• Lead client workshops, with confidence and impact to generate adoption
• Capture clear, accurate and comprehensive requirements
• Develop process designs and maps
• Identify ways of improving processes, through workshops with subject matter experts
• Identify and implement opportunities to analyse and optimise current processes
• Work with systems integrators and software developers
• Working to an agreed minimum viable product (MVP) based scope delivered using focused Agile Sprints
• Apply a digital understanding to the work and identify and implement solutions
• Work independently, innovatively and use the most appropriate tools and methods
• Identify issues and risks , with pragmatic mitigations
• Analyse and prepare test material
• Execute tests and capture results

With regards to knowledge, skills & experience, we require:

• Excellent verbal communication skills to confidentially and articulately present both on screen and in person to clients with the ability to make an immediate positive impression
• An articulate , organised and disciplined character
• Strong documentation ability allied to excellent written communication skills
• Experienced user of JIRA
• Hands-on and flexible approach to emerging requirements (“Can-do” attitude)
• Proven Business Analyst experience, ideally within the public sector
• Ability to demonstrate specific expertise in your chosen specialism(s)

Location

The role is predominantly home-based. However, we require candidates to be located within a commutable distance of London and allow for reasonable travel time to the client site for 2-3 times per month.

Start Date & Interview Process

We are aiming to fill this role as soon as possible. Screening interviews will take place via a 15 minute Teams call with the Managing Partner to shortlist candidates. This will then be followed by a competency interview of 30mins, and potentially a final face-to-face meeting or a final interview with potential team leads should we determine this necessary.

Please note that because of the nature of our work, successful applicants will be subject to a strict UK security check.

Job Type: Contract

Additional pay:

• Quarterly bonus

Benefits:

• Profit sharing
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Although the work will be predominantly home based, please confirm that you are able to commute to both Leamington Spa and London as required.

Education:

• Bachelor's (required)

Experience:

• Business Analyst: 3 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leamington Spa CV31 1ES

Reference ID: BA433

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: £350.00-£500.00 per day

Benefits:

• Profit sharing
• Work from home

Application question(s):

• Would you be able to travel to client site (London) one time per week?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leamington Spa CV31 1ES