Business Analyst

Guinness; Oldham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Guinness Partnership in England is seeking a Business Analyst to join its Business Analysis Practice in Oldham. This full-time, permanent role offers hybrid working, blending office days with home working flexibility.

You will drive improvements by taking projects from discovery to operational acceptance, manage requirements through the delivery lifecycle, and collaborate with stakeholders across waterfall, iterative and agile environments to achieve the best outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering in waterfall/iterative/agile environments.
• Ability to manage requirements across the full software delivery lifecycle.
• Strong business process modelling and process improvement track record.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from discovery through to operational acceptance.
• Manage requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and manage business requirements.
• Support evidence-based decision making with data analysis.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Requirements management

Analytical thinking

Facilitation

Communication skills

Education

BCS Diploma (Partial)

IT/Business degree

Tools

Office 365

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join our Business Analysis Practice. This is a full-time (35 hours per week), permanent role based at our Oldham office, with hybrid working that combines office‑based days for collaboration with the flexibility of working from home.

What we are looking for

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst who is passionate about driving improvement and delivering successful change. You will have a proven ability to take projects from initial discovery through to operational acceptance, building strong relationships with stakeholders and ensuring business requirements are clearly defined and managed throughout the delivery lifecycle.

You will be comfortable working across waterfall, iterative and agile environments, using your analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to support evidence‑based decision‑making. Most importantly, you will enjoy collaborating with others, challenging constructively, and helping teams achieve the best possible outcomes.

Key requirements

• Proven track record of working autonomously as Business Analyst on a range of projects from initiation through to operational acceptance.
• Experience of requirements management through the full software delivery lifecycle.
• Experience of business process modelling methods, with a proven track record of delivering quantifiable process improvements through the application of different techniques.
• Significant Business Analysis experience and prior coverage of delivering in waterfall/iterative/agile methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; experience of using data to enable evidenced based decision making.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively lead, facilitate and provide constructive challenge.
• Excellent written, numerical, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 tools.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Desirable skills

• Experience of Cloud Adoption projects and programmes.
• Experience of core housing and/ or property maintenance business processes.
• Proficient in the use of software delivery and collaboration tools.

Essential Qualifications

• Partial (or working towards) BCS Diploma in Business Analysis.
• IT or Business related degree or relevant professional experience.

Desirable Qualifications

• Process re‑engineering/improvement accreditation.

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re‑invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.