Business Analyst
Job description
Are you passionate about delivering technology that gets the people of Greater Manchester moving?
Would you like the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects that enables around 3 million people travel sustainably around Greater Manchester?
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) are seeking a Business Analyst who can confidently work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a variety of different products. You be an excellent communicator and able to work with a wide range of stakeholders. You will be able to work closely with stakeholders using different techniques such as workshops or interviews, amongst others, to be able to understand their needs. You will be able to translate these into requirements or user stories that can be used by your team to progress delivery. You will be experienced in process mapping and be able to identify areas for improvement whilst providing justification for these changes.
You will be able to understand and manage complex requirements and collaborate with varying teams whilst building the relationships with other business areas to understand their current challenges and future aspirations. You will be self-motivated and able to work independently.
In addition to this, you will demonstrate the skills and experience in the following key areas:
- Ability to understands the Business Strategy and teams’ strategic objectives and how you can contribute to them.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of team practices.
- Solve and unblock issues between teams or departments.
- Identifies both functional and non-functional requirements
- Defines requirements standards and quality targets.
- Expert in a range of agile, waterfall and hybrid Business Analysis techniques.
- Responsible for ensuring that requirements are clearly understood and interpreted into signed off deliverables.
- Experience of coordinating and managing workshops with a range of stakeholders.
To apply please provide your CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria for the role. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
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About TfGM
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is responsible for delivering Greater Manchester’s future transport strategy and commitments. This is a busy and exciting time for us: under the devolution agreement and with Greater Manchester at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse, transport will play a vital role in supporting growth and prosperity in the UK’s largest regional economy outside London.
The scale of change, the size of the investment and the dedicated team we have in the business today make it an exciting place to work with a lot of scope to deliver first-class products and services and continue your own personal development journey. We have a dynamic working environment and a culture that collaborates, shares, continually learns, challenges and embraces better ways of doing things to continually meet user needs through technology and data.
The breadth of what we do is wide and varied, and we are innovating fast.
Salary and Benefits
This is a permanent role and comes with a salary of £46,935 - £51,392 per annum depending on experience. This is comprised of base salary plus market supplement, (£37,435 - £41,892 + plus MFS £9,500, the market supplement is paid monthly and reviewed annually).
Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a range of fantastic benefits, such as:
- 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid working options to support a culture of promoting good work/life balance
- Free bus travel within Greater Manchester
- Free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
- Generous pension scheme contributions
- Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling through apprenticeships
- Reimbursement of professional fees, w.essential to the role
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required.
We are a Disability Confident employer and offer support and reasonable adjustments as required. We also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme for candidates who declare a disability; are aged 24 or under who have previously been or currently are in care; are a carer as defined by within the Greater Manchester Carers Charter; and w.the Armed Forces was their last long-term substantive employer; w.they meet the minimum criteria for the role.
TfGM is an equal opportunities employer that cultivates and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Whatever your background and identity. We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds and are particularly keen to encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minority groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented within our workforce.
We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Applicants must be able to prove they have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Please follow this link to acceptable documents.
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