business analyst London, England
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Our Mission
At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission!
We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.
Our Inclusive Environment
We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.
We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.
We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. We will fully support candidates with a disability or long-term condition who require adjustments in our recruitment process.
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The team
We are a friendly, and supportive team who are passionate about Business Analysis and the value it can bring to the organisation. We care about the way we work, our well-being, the quality of our services and making a real difference to our customers. We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive working environment and actively encourage personal and professional development.
The role
As a Lead Business Analyst, you will be involved in developing the Business Analysis function within BEIS. You will be accountable for the quality, coverage and management of business analysis across programmes and projects. You will also mentor other members of the team, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge, tools and support to provide quality business analysis.
You will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of diverse and interesting projects which make a real difference to people’s lives, for example, the team are currently working on projects to provide financial help to households and businesses with their energy.
If you’d like to find out more about what it’s like to be a Business Analyst in BEIS please read our blog
The role aligns with the DDaT (Digital, Data and Technology) Profession Framework: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/business-analyst-2#lead-business-analyst
Read more about BEIS Digital on https://beisdigital.blog.gov.uk/ and find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNdJJem13o
Person specification
As a Lead Business Analyst, you will be involved in developing the Business Analysis function within BEIS. You will be accountable for the quality, coverage and management of business analysis across programmes and projects. You will also mentor other members of the team, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge, tools and support to provide quality business analysis. You will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of diverse and interesting projects which make a real difference to people’s lives, for example, the team are currently working on projects to provide financial help to households and businesses with their energy.
The role aligns with the DDaT (Digital, Data and Technology) Profession Framework: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/business-analyst-2#lead-business-analyst
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
You will have:
- Experience as a Business Analyst where you have applied -business analysis techniques to identify, investigate and communicate complex problems and opportunities to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Identified, documented and implemented business process improvement opportunities to enable activities to be carried out more efficiently, enhancing business outcomes.
- Experience of requirements definition and management including prioritising and documenting user needs and requirements .
- Experience of Agile working in a fast paced and evolving environment to enable rapid delivery.
- Built and developed stakeholder relationships at all levels of an organisation with experience of championing and negotiating the best outcomes for users and the business.
- Mentored other business analysts so they have the skills, knowledge and tools to work successfully.
Desirable criteria
The below are desired but not essential.
- An understanding of enterprise and business architecture and how it connects with business analysis.
- Used your business analysis and evaluation skills to direct the design execution and assessment of business process testing
Technical skills
To be assessed:
Business analysis - You can set the direction for business analysis within a programme of work, enterprise or wider sector. You can guide tactical decision making and influence the formulation of longer-term strategic plans in an evolving, complex and unpredictable environment. You can give colleagues the means and authority to make decisions about their approach to business analysis activities. You can ensure that the proposed solutions align with the organisational strategy and vision. (Skill level: expert).
Business process improvement - You can set the direction within a programme or enterprise to identify opportunities to perform business activities in alternative ways. You can lead the exploration of ways to improve process efficiency and enhance business outcomes. You can enable others to recognise the potential for change in potentially ambiguous and complex settings. You can oversee the implementation of proposed improvements. (Skill level: expert).
Requirements definition and management - You can direct the approach to requirements management. You can enable others to select and apply appropriate life cycle methods. You can influence the prioritisation of complex requirement sets, enabling long-term strategic decision making and short-term tactical fixes. You can ensure the proposed solutions align with the organisational strategy and vision. (Skill level: expert).
It is unusual that all candidates will meet all the desired criteria. If your skills and experience look slightly different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the Lead Business Analyst role and the team, we strongly encourage you to apply.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Business analysis
- Business process improvement
- Requirements definition and management
Benefits
BEIS offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need (from September 2021, depending on how the public health guidance evolves).
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Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please use your personal statement (in no more than 750 words) to explain how you meet the requirements for this role based on the job description.
Please note - the CV incorporated into the application form is for information purposes only and will not be scored.
Applications will be sifted on the personal statement
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour and technical based questions.
Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time.
Sift and interview dates
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift dates: w/c 26th June 2023
Interview dates: w/c 17th July 2023
Interview Location: MS Teams.
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.
Further Information
Existing BEIS recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Government’s announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles may be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be located in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest.
This post is advertised as a Permanent contract or Fixed Term for a period of 12 months.
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.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a disabled person 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
We are proud to be a disability confident leader, more information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that BEIS offers to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our candidate guidance document. A plain text version of the guidance is also available.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 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 https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
BEIS does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
BEIS cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. BEIS holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland 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.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [email protected]
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.
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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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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About Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy UK
CEO: Sarah Munby
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 1001 to 5000 Employees
Type: Government
Website: www.beis.gov.uk
Year Founded: 2016
