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Job title: Business Analyst
Team: Data, Digital and Information Technology (DDIT)
Location: Glasgow or Edinburgh
Salary: £44,276
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Grade: 6
Duration: Permanent
Closing date: 31 May 2023
Job ref no: R00417

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s national economic development agency. It works with partners in the public and private sectors to find the best opportunities to grow Scotland's economy in creating more quality jobs and a brighter future for all.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to join our team to help support and deliver change projects and process improvement activities.

Passionate about making a difference, you’ll support Scottish Enterprise to transform how we work and how we deliver services.

You’ll be self-motivated and resilient, with the ability to use your own initiative to tackle complex challenges and to influence and embed change.

You will be a team player, working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and internal and external stakeholders to achieve a shared goal.

You’ll have strong problem-solving abilities, with a strategic mindset and a keen eye for detail.

You’ll have experience of process modelling, tools and techniques to capture as is business process and make recommendations for improvements and new ways of working.

Your skills, abilities and experience should include:

• Experience translating and analysing business requirements and priorities into a well-formed business case for change and proposing solutions that meet business needs
• Experience leading and facilitating the capturing of business change (process and service) requirements from senior stakeholders and sponsors
• Experience analysing data to identify root-cause issues
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Experience in process mapping and analysis
• Knowledge of change management approaches
• Confidence in challenging and improving organisational processes where these impact productivity
• You’ll be educated to SCQF Level 8 or have relevant skills and experience working as a business analyst at a senior level

Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have:

• Experience using Process modelling, data modelling tools and libraries
• Experience in project management
• Experience of delivering digital and data transformation

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means constantly learning, challenging the status quo and asking questions that get us thinking, evolving and changing how we work.

Although you can choose to work from home or from any of our offices in Scotland, we believe in the power of collaboration, so you'll need to visit our Glasgow office at least twice a month.

The position comes with excellent benefits such as flexible working, 43 days annual leave and a final salary pension.

If successful, you'll gain access to the following benefits:

• Membership of the Scottish Enterprise Pension and Life Assurance Scheme – a pension based on your final pensionable salary, flexible retirement options and generous life assurance cover
• Up to 43 annual leave days a year (including public holidays) with the opportunity to buy additional holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• A health cash plan
• Our Employee Retail Benefits Scheme
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme

If you're interested in this role, please complete your application form by 31 May 2023.

Interview dates

• First round interview (on Teams): 12 June 2023
• Second round interview (on Teams or in our Glasgow or Edinburgh office): 19 June 2023

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they can best deliver their role in support of our corporate plan.

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

Apply now to keep building your future with us

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process but throughout employment with us.

We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion, Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).