Business Analyst (x2) at Health and Safety Executive, London, 7.5 Months, £Contract Rate

At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job. Our mission is to prevent work-related death, injury, and ill health.

Our roots stretch back to 1833. The modern HSE is an independent regulator with a wide reach across many employment sectors. Using world leading science, we have helped protect millions of people from devasting injury and suffering through our diverse regulatory activities.

We concentrate effort on the most serious risks, targeting industries with the greatest hazards, and sectors with the worst risk management record. We hold people to account where we have to, and we are firm but fair when using our legal powers. We also provide support to businesses through free guidance and advice tailored to business needs. By giving them the confidence to manage risks sensibly, we boost productivity, support the economy, and contribute to a fairer society. We work hard to help maintain an effective regulatory framework, playing our part in providing proportionate and accountable legal requirements.

The world of work is always changing. We use science to understand these changes. And that understanding helps us all prepare for the workplaces of tomorrow... so Great Britain continues to be one of the safest and best places to work and do business.

As a Business Analyst, your main responsibilities will be:

• Understand and analyse user and business needs, ensuring outcomes are aligned with service vision and business strategy.
• Challenge constructively to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose. Facilitate collaboration and lead effective communication with all stakeholders to support design, build and delivery.
• Employ a range of tools and techniques to gather business and user requirements against the clear objectives articulated for the project.
• Determine the need and value of performing the activity based on the context. Evaluate requirements against the present state and the target state and identify opportunities to develop successful business requirements.
• Assist Business Improvement teams with identification of BAU enhancements and their solutions.
• Engage with policy and strategy to ensure business systems, workflows and processes contribute to the target operating model.

Essential:

• Strong BA experience
• Good at requirement elicitation
• The ability to facilitate workshops
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Any BA qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable:

• An understanding of Azure DevOps/Previous experience in Azure DevOps

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, HSE 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 / Commitment

HSE 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.