Senior Business Analyst at Ministry of Justice, London, 3 half months, £Contract Rate

On behalf of The Ministry of Justice, we are looking for a Senior Business Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 5 and a half month contract which is a hybrid role so does require occasional travel to any MOJ office location

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.

This Senior Business Analyst will work under the direction of the Deputy Director, Public Bodies Centre of Expertise (PBCoE), and will primarily be responsible for creating a process repository and prioritised backlog of improvements for the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ's) public bodies sponsorship and public appointments.

This work should surface and address pain points, process inefficiencies (such as duplication of work or rework) and opportunities for improvements, including through digitisation and automation.

As a Senior Business Analyst, your main responsibilities will be:

• Apply LEAN and or Six Sigma methodology to process elicitation and analysis, scoping and agreeing the business areas to be reviewed.
• Work with stakeholders to understand their perspectives, needs, processes and constraints, facilitating effective and efficient business process change.
• Understand the processes and activities that affect, and are affected by, PB CoE's work, and how PB CoE's services align with wider MoJ strategy and the rules governing public bodies sponsorship and public appointments.
• Own analysis and contribute to the definition of precise problems for investigation.
• Work with service owners and delivery managers to ensure requirements are effectively scoped, split and prioritised.
• Take responsibility for the quality and accuracy of business analysis artefacts, including business process repositories and improvement logs.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams, including business and technical colleagues, to develop maps of relevant problem spaces and end to end journeys.
• Contribute and advise senior leadership on the definition of success metrics and support mechanisms for monitoring the impact of business process changes - including quantifying and monitoring expected savings following improved process efficiency.

Essential Skills

• Extensive experience as a senior business analyst within central government
• Stakeholder engagement at all levels across the business
• Lean six sigma green belt experience and skillset
• Strong self starter with a proactive approach to all duties

Desirable Skills

• Organisational design and development experience is highly beneficial

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

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, MOJ 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.