Business Analyst

Homes England; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Homes England, the Housing and Regeneration Agency, is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join the Digital Delivery team. You will help shape requirements, manage backlogs, and develop user stories in an agile environment while supporting projects that may use waterfall methodologies when required.

You will work with a cross-functional team to ensure digital services are modern, efficient and user-focused, contributing to governance and infrastructure improvements across Homes England.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst with delivering in agile environments.
• Experience managing product backlogs and developing user stories.
• Comfortable working on projects using waterfall methodologies when required.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Digital Delivery team to analyse business needs.
• Translate complex problems into practical digital and non-digital solutions.
• Define clear problem statements and evaluate options to deliver value.
• Support the development of others and share best practices within the BA community.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Backlog management

User stories

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Job description

Closing Date: 25/10/2026

Interviews will be held week commencing 26/10/2026

This is a Fixed Term Contract (FTC) / Secondment Opportunity until 31 March 2028.

About the role...

Working in the team with Michael our Lead Business Analyst, Ollie and Carol our Senior Business Analysts and our community of Business Analysts you will play a critical role in Digital Delivery. You will be joining our small but friendly team, which is committed to making positive changes for all our users. Michael believes in working in a Collaborative and flexible way to foster good decision-making and problem-solving within the team.

We believe that it’s critical that people continue to learn and develop, we align our roles to the Digital Data and Technology (DDAT) framework and have career pathways in place to ensure you will always understand your next step, and, we have a training plan in place to make sure that it happens.

We are looking for an experienced business analyst to join our team to help us meet our ambitions of ensuring Homes England has a strong basic infrastructure supported by good governance; and our digital services are genuinely modern, agile and effective drivers in the housing market.

This is an exciting opportunity in our business analysis profession making a real difference in our Digital Delivery team. These are exciting times in Digital Delivery at Homes England. We have a clear vision - to develop digitally enabled systems and services that work more simply for users - and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it.

About you…

As an experienced Business Analyst, you will be confident working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. You’ll bring strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships, challenge thinking and influence outcomes at all levels.

You will have experience working in agile environments, managing product backlogs and developing user stories, while also being comfortable working on projects using waterfall methodologies where required. You’ll be adaptable in your approach, able to switch between delivery styles and support different roles within the team when needed.

You’ll have a strong understanding of business processes and be confident identifying opportunities for improvement, translating complex problems into practical digital and non-digital solutions. Your analytical mindset will enable you to define clear problem statements, evaluate options and make recommendations that deliver real value.

You will also contribute to the wider business analysis community, sharing best practice and supporting the development of others.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer...

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Homes England equality, diversity and inclusion reports

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.