Senior BA - Transformation & Change Lead

Network IT Recruitment Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Network IT Recruitment Limited is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a 12-month fixed-term assignment in Birmingham with a flexible hybrid pattern (average 2 days in-office per week). You will shape change initiatives, partner with senior stakeholders and drive IT alignment with strategic objectives in a Higher Education transformation programme.

You will lead workshops, elicit requirements, map as-is to to-be processes, and apply best-practice BA methods such as stakeholder analysis, options

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business analysis within complex organisations, ideally Higher Education.
• Strong knowledge of business analysis methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with process improvement, organisational change, and benefits realisation.
• Familiarity with delivery approaches such as Waterfall and Agile.
• Degree and/or professional qualification in Business Analysis or equivalent experience.
• Exposure to user experience analysis and modelling techniques.
• Understanding of financial, cultural, and technological factors influencing change.
• Ability to champion a Business Analysis Centre of Excellence.

Responsibilities

• Building strong, strategic relationships across departments and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Leading workshops and visioning sessions to support strategic thinking and IT alignment.
• Analysing and documenting As-Is processes and designing To-Be processes to enable effective change.
• Applying best-practice business analysis techniques, including requirements elicitation, stakeholder mapping, and options appraisal.
• Supporting organisational readiness for change and ensuring benefits realisation.
• Promoting innovation by identifying new opportunities, methods, and technologies.
• Maintaining high standards of communication and collaboration across all levels of the organisation.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

Requirements elicitation

Options appraisal

Process improvement

Organisational change

Benefits realisation

Waterfall

Agile

UX analysis

Modelling techniques

Financial awareness

Education

BA degree in Business Analysis or equivalent

Job description

Network IT Recruitment Limited is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a 12-month fixed-term assignment in Birmingham with a flexible hybrid pattern (average 2 days in-office per week). You will shape change initiatives, partner with senior stakeholders and drive IT alignment with strategic objectives in a Higher Education transformation programme.

You will lead workshops, elicit requirements, map as-is to to-be processes, and apply best-practice BA methods such as stakeholder analysis, options