Education Tech Business Analyst (Hybrid)

AQA Education; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bupa Health Insurance

Health Care Cash Plan

Life Assurance

Electric Vehicle Leasing

Job summary

AQA Education is seeking a Business Analyst in Manchester to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable requirements for technology teams. You’ll work across stakeholders and delivery partners to shape solutions that support the end-to-end assessment lifecycle.

You’ll engage across projects in an Agile/Hybrid environment, draft user stories and acceptance criteria, and help drive continuous improvement while ensuring high-quality documentation and effective testing processes.

Qualifications

• Experience turning business needs into clear requirements and user stories.
• Proven ability to work with stakeholders and delivery teams to drive outcomes.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and experience in Agile, Waterfall or hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and document business requirements with stakeholders.
• Translate requirements into user stories, specifications and process maps.
• Support design, development and implementation of technology solutions aligned to priorities.
• Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing including criteria and scripts.
• Maintain project documentation in Azure DevOps and SharePoint.
• Promote continuous improvement within the BA team and share knowledge.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Requirements gathering

Business process modelling

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile/Waterfall blend

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Job description

AQA Education is seeking a Business Analyst in Manchester to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable requirements for technology teams. You’ll work across stakeholders and delivery partners to shape solutions that support the end-to-end assessment lifecycle.

You’ll engage across projects in an Agile/Hybrid environment, draft user stories and acceptance criteria, and help drive continuous improvement while ensuring high-quality documentation and effective testing processes.