business analyst London, England
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The Government Commercial and Grants Services (GCGS) team works across two key Government Functions, the Commercial Function and the Grants Management Function. We deliver best in class digital, data and analytical solutions to drive meaningful services with cutting edge technology and data driven insights, enabling greater efficiencies and more integrated ways of working across c.£172bn of government grant funding and c.£50bn of procurement spend.
Part of the Government Grants and Commercial Directorate, GCGS is a fast paced and exciting place to work. The team is leading the way through use of digital tools to increase efficiency and effectiveness of grants and contract administration, while simultaneously improving data completeness and accuracy.
Through our collective efforts we have delivered true value to the public and we are excited to be taking the next steps in our journey. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and implement services that will make a huge difference to communities across the UK. We can’t wait to hear from you!
This is an exciting time to join the team as the work shifts into delivery against the Cabinet Office priority to strengthen national security and will drive improvements through the team’s data, systems and analytics work.
The Senior Business Analyst G7 role will sit within a new team of data and digital experts reporting to the G6 Programme Director.
Working collaboratively, the team will drive improvements to an existing service in MVP state called Spotlight Confidential. It aims to provide Economic Crime and National Security due diligence checks for users within the government grants and commercial landscape.
This role will require development of strong working relationships internally with existing GCGS digital and data teams supporting the existing Spotlight service. It will require engagement with data owners in government and elsewhere; and with external digital delivery partners. The Ministry of Defence are a key partner and wider stakeholders are within the existing national security landscape.
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Key deliverables and jobholder responsibilities will include:
- Undertake requirements analysis to understand the needs of stakeholders and devise solutions to mitigate their risk;
- Identifies improvements needed, explore options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures.
- Identifies and elaborates user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change.
- Analyses and understands a business problem or opportunity. Informs tactical decision making and helps to define longer-term strategic plans.
- Quantify potential business benefits and shape the benefits management plan with colleagues.
- Develops acceptance criteria to ensure requirements can be tracked to develop functionality.
- Work closely with stakeholders from HEO to Deputy Director level.
- Present findings, outputs and recommendations to senior stakeholders, managing sensitivities in the results and maintaining good relationships with these stakeholders to facilitate future work.
- Lead on the design, development and testing of new solutions.
Person specification
Who you are
We’re looking for people with strong communications skills, both written and verbal, who can work in matrix-managed teams and a diverse stakeholder environment. Ideally you will have experience working in a demanding, high profile agile environment and understand what it takes to make projects succeed. How you work is as important as what you deliver.
Essential criteria
You will have demonstrable skills and experience of:
- Agile Working Skills: You apply agile methodology to your work and can help the team decide the best approach.You have an Agile Foundation level certificate or higher.
- Business Analysis: You can advise on the best business analysis approaches to investigate and assess complex business problems and opportunities and inform both tactical decision making and strategic plans.
- Requirements Definition & Management: You can advise on the approach to requirements definition and management for complex change initiatives and ensure requirements traceability throughout their life-cycle. You can coordinate and review the prioritisation of requirements and engage in the negotiation of solutions to help meet business objectives and user needs.
- Stakeholder Management: You can communicate with stakeholders at all levels, focusing on user and business needs. You can develop or apply communication strategies to build relationships and work to resolve conflict where required.
- Process Management: You can lead on modelling business processes at varying levels of complexity, including use of systems analysis, and identify opportunities to improve business performance. You can lead the analysis, design, prioritisation and implementation of process changes, and support business process testing and usability evaluations.
- Ways of Working: You can collaborate effectively with other DDaT professions within a multi-disciplinary delivery team and assess the effect of proposed solutions on users.
Desirable Skills and Experience
This is not necessary but would be ideal if you:
- Have worked in a Government digital team.
- Have experience of working within the national security/ counter fraud/ economic crime landscape previously; OR
- An understanding of government grants and/or other financial tools in government (i.e. procurement or loans).
What we value:
Respect, collaboration and trust are at the core of our culture. We trust each other to do our best work. We believe in our mission and work for the whole population. We can only do that by being an inclusive and diverse organisation.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Successful candidates may be asked to do a presentation at their interview. Details will be provided individually when booking the interview
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.
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Application process
At application stage candidates will be assessed on your CV, behaviours, past experience, and statement of suitability. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
In your 500 word statement of suitability please detail why you are a great fit for the role, with reference to how your previous roles and experience meet the essential and desirable criteria.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be undertaken using the lead Behaviour, Changing and Improving. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Selection process
At interview stage you will be assessed on the following behaviours: Changing and improving, Working Together, and you may be asked to do a presentation. Details of the presentation will be supplied when booking interviews.
Expected timeline (subject to change)
Expected sift date – w/c 19th of June
Expected interview date/s – w/c 29th of June
Interview location - Online via Google Meet
Reasonable adjustments
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
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If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.
Please note that this role requires a minimum of SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible. Candidate must be willing to undergo DV clearance while in post.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
A reserve list will be held for a period of 9 months, from which further appointments can be made.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply, but will only be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at [email protected]. For further information on the Recruitment Principles. and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.
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