Junior Business Analyst

The Sun; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization seeks a Junior Business Analyst to enhance platforms and product offerings. You will work closely with Product and Technology teams to translate visions into actionable requirements. Join a dynamic team focused on improving user experience and operational tools.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

25 days holiday

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full salary

Private medical insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Access to wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst.
• Ability to elicit requirements through various techniques.
• Experience in mobile app development is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work within an Agile product team.
• Engage in business analysis activities for media products.
• Partner with Product Managers to ensure high-quality backlogs.

Skills

Business Analysis

Agile

Documentation

Continuous Improvement

Tools

Mobile App Development

Job description

Role: Junior Business Analyst

Location: London

Contract: Permanent

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day. Its investigative journalism and exclusives continuously set the news agenda, holding the powerful to account and giving a voice to the voiceless.

In 2024 The Sun was crowned Newspaper of the Year at the London Press Club Awards as well as winning multiple awards for the Investigation of the Year, including at the Society of Editors’ Media Freedom Awards and Press Gazette’s British Journalism Awards.

The Sun reaches 19.9M digital users each month in the UK on Sun-owned platforms leading the mid-pop market, and 40M off-platform followers across digital off-platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook). It connects with audiences through a portfolio of highly engaged communities. 60% of Sun audiences are ABC1 with 40% of the audience also under 44 years old.

Team: The Sun comprises digital product teams that support the development and enhancement of The Sun Website, The Sun Mobile App, and Sun Membership. It’s an exciting time for us as we align workstreams to be more innovative and audience-focused.

The Sun websites and apps are critical to the continued success of the brand. We are an agile, cross-functional programme, working together to meet the needs of the business and our customers by improving the user experience, underlying platform, and operational tools for teams.

Role: We are looking for a Business Analyst to join The Sun team and work closely with Product and Technology teams to translate product visions into requirements and solutions that can be successfully delivered. This role is integral to enhancing our platforms and product offerings for our valued consumers.

As a Business Analyst, you will be at the heart of our most exciting initiatives, ensuring alignment between business goals and technical implementations.

Day to day you will:

• Work within an Agile product team comprising engineering (including QA), product management, project management, UX&D, and data science disciplines.
• Engage in business analysis activities to develop and improve widely recognised media products that support both immediate and long-term business needs.
• Partner with Product Managers to ensure backlogs are of high quality, with clear content, visibility, and an understanding of business value.
• Perform in-depth analysis on prioritised initiatives, breaking them down into well-defined epics and user stories with clearly outlined business value.
• Coach development teams on structuring and formatting quality requirements and stories, promoting self-sufficiency and avoiding acting as a translator or scribe.
• Ensure feedback is provided to teams and business stakeholders on the value created when stories are delivered.
• Actively research best practices and strategic directions within the industry, sharing insights with the team.
• Contribute to and maintain high standards of business analysis practices.

What we are looking for in you:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, spanning from supporting product discoveries to delivery.
• Ability to elicit requirements through various techniques (e.g., workshops, interviews, shadowing) and create comprehensive documentation, including functional specifications, user stories, and use cases.
• Experience facilitating conversations to scope, outline potential solutions, and prioritise options based on business value or required outcomes.
• Experience in mobile app development and familiarity with leading App Stores is highly desirable.
• Encourage and establish efficient and effective ways of working across stakeholders (including third parties, where applicable) to ensure clear accountabilities and a shared understanding of opportunities and next steps.
• Maintain a positive attitude and contribute towards creating a collaborative, open, and trusted working environment.
• Comfortable managing your own and the team’s workload in response to changing business requirements and priorities, while maintaining focus on the business strategy and cost of delay.
• A believer in continuous improvement, always looking for ways to enhance processes and outcomes.

If you believe you have the skills and passion to succeed, even if you don’t meet every requirement on the list, we encourage you to apply. We value potential just as much as experience and are eager to hear from individuals who are enthusiastic about learning and growing with us.

At News UK, we know the value of working together, which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate, innovate, and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about what’s required for your role.

At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
• 25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
• Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.