Business Analyst

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Wales; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Business Analyst for a fully remote role in the UK. This position involves working with agile teams to analyze business needs, define user stories, and improve digital services for the public sector. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in digital transformation and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Enhanced pension contributions

28 days annual leave plus public holidays

Flexible Working Policy

Discounted gym membership

Group income protection

Group critical illness protection

Qualifications

• Experience in digital transformation and public services.
• Strong communication skills and adaptability in agile environments.
• Experience leading workshops and managing diverse stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Investigate business problems and capture requirements.
• Engage stakeholders to define user stories.
• Identify opportunities for business process improvements.

Skills

Business process improvement

Communication

Stakeholder relationship management

Systems analysis

Job description

Business Analyst

Salary: £45,864-53,890

Location: Fully Remote Position (UK)

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment is the exclusive recruitment partner for the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) and is supporting them to recruit a Business Analyst to work across multi-disciplinary agile teams to investigate business problems, capture requirements, and support the delivery of effective digital solutions. You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders to understand their needs, define user stories, and contribute to the development of high-quality services in line with Digital Service Standard for Wales.

CDPS supports the public sector in Wales to design and build better public services, which meet the needs of those who use them. They are funded by the Welsh Government and are supporting them to meet the outcomes in the Digital Strategy for Wales. They strive to be bold, collaborative, transparent and optimistic and to keep people at the heart of everything they do.

Yolk Recruitment & CDPS are committed to creating a diverse workforce at CDPS and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. They embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, culture, or religion. They are a Living Wage employer and a Disability Confident employer. They are committed to flexible working - with no core hours. Many of their staff work part-time or flexible hours, and their chief executive officers' job-share. Applications from people who want to work flexibly are welcomed.

All staff at CDPS work remotely with 2 annual all person get togethers as well as the opportunity to work collaborative and meet up with teams in person.

What the Business Analyst will be doing

• Agile working: You can help teams to manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work and adhere to agreed minimum viable product (MVP), priorities and scope.
• Business analysis: You can apply structured approaches to identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities, within a defined project. You can analyse business goals, objectives, functions and processes, using relevant information and data to support the definition of requirements. You can work with limited direction to complete tasks and defined outputs linked to the project.
• Business modelling: You can model various elements of the business with limited direction. You can understand the effect of potential changes and how business processes, systems, structures, data and roles and responsibilities interact with one another.
• Business process improvement: You can work with limited direction to identify opportunities to improve business performance within a defined project.
• Stakeholder relationship management: You can work under limited supervision to communicate with stakeholders clearly and regularly, clarifying mutual needs and commitments through consultation and consideration of impacts while focusing on user and business needs.
• Systems analysis: You can identify and analyse IT system capabilities.

What the Successful Business Analyst will bring to the team

• Expertise in digital transformation, business process improvement, and data, with a track record of successful implementation in complex environments
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams and stakeholders to embrace change
• Ability to communicate between the technical and non-technical
• You will have experience of working in highly adaptive, agile environments where you have undertaken analysis of organisations, processes and systems.
• You will have worked with the business, and suppliers, via running workshops, investigated detailed lines of enquiry with individuals and teams, and interacted with staff at all levels.
• You will have managed your own workload and be comfortable working on your own initiative with minimal guidance within the parameters set.
• Experience working in a government organisation or on public service services

Here's what you'll get in return

The successful Business Analyst will be rewarded with the following:

• Salary of £45,864 to £53,890
• Enhanced pension contributions - 7% contribution by the employer
• Generous holiday entitlement: 28 days' annual leave plus public holidays
• 37.5-hour week for all full-time team members
• Flexible Working Policy
• Flexible benefits: buy and sell annual leave, discounted gym membership and OpenLearn (free learning from the Open University)
• Group income protection - a replacement income if an employee is unable to work because of a long-term illness or injury.
• Group critical illness protection - financial peace of mind for our employees by paying a tax-free lump sum of £100k when diagnosed with a defined critical illness.

Think this one's for you

If you think this Business Analyst opportunity is for you then please apply online. You will need to supply and up to date copy of your CV as well as a supporting statement detailing how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.