Technical Business Analyst at Ministry of Justice, London, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) priorities include improving public safety and reducing reoffending by reforming prisons, probation and youth justice, and building a justice system which makes access to justice swifter and more certain for all citizens whatever their background. Project professionals in the MoJ help to improve the government's ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

Role Purpose

The Enforcement Improvement Programme (EIP) is delivering four interdependent areas of change through a single integrated programme:

• Direct Opal change beyond Release 1
• Opal Optimisation
• Common Platform (Enforcement)
• Single Bank Account

The programme is in its Foundation / SOBC phase and must establish clear baselines, scope boundaries, dependencies, delivery routes, and credible options. A dedicated Technical Business Analyst is required to convert currently high xe2 level strategic direction into structured, evidence xe2 based analysis that enables informed decision xe2 making, supports business case development, and underpins costed delivery scenarios.

This role provides specialist capability that cannot be met through existing resources, whose focus is mobilisation, governance, operational input, and business case coordination.

As a Technical Business Analyst, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Define and document detailed business and technical requirements across Opal, Common Platform and Single Bank Account workstreams.
• Conduct structured analysis to distinguish between core EIP scope, quick wins, linked activity and BAU/service-led improvements.
• Translate service and operational needs into traceable, prioritised, testable requirements.
• Produce high xe2 quality 'As Is' and 'To Be' process maps, including business process flows, data flows and technical interfaces.
• Map system, data and payment flow dependencies across Opal, Common Platform and Single Bank Account.
• Validate and document quick win requirements, including backlog analysis, boundary testing and assumption validation.
• Support triage of what belongs in core EIP scope versus quick wins, service-led improvements or dependent programmes.

Essential:

• Proven experience delivering complex digital business analysis within multi xe2 system or multi xe2 programme environments.
• Demonstrated capability in process mapping, requirements definition, technical interface analysis, and cross-system dependency mapping.
• Experience working on major government, justice or enterprise xe2 scale transformation programmes (highly desirable).
• Ability to operate in ambiguous, early xe2 phase programme environments and convert high xe2 level strategy into structured, actionable analysis.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of cost modelling inputs, sequencing and modular delivery approaches within SOBC/BC processes.
• Expertise with standard BA tools (e.g., BPMN, process modelling tools, backlog management platforms).

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

The Ministry of Justice 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. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Ministry of Justice 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 exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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.