Junior Business Analyst

Job Description

Job title: Junior Business Analyst

Company: Methods Business and Digital Technology

Job description: Job Description:

Job Title: Junior Business Analyst

Location: Home-based (This role will require regular UK travel and at times need you to stay away from home)

Start Date: May (To be confirmed)

Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited

Since our establishment in 1990, Methods has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK.

Our mission is to improve and safeguard public-facing services. We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses – we have a customer-centric value system whereby we focus on delivering what is right for our clients.

We passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

The Junior Business Analyst is an entry level role, focussed on rapidly developing the skills and behaviours needed to be successful as a consulting Business Analyst. Through a structured development programme, over the first six-months the role will be supported through the BCS Foundation Certification developing a baseline understanding of the core skills, tools and techniques. Alongside this there will be shadowing and opportunity to deliver small client assignments under supervision and supporting more senior Business Analysts in larger deliveries, to develop experience in the practical application of the core skills, tools and techniques. The post-holder will be expected to work across the Change & Innovation Portfolio with a clear progression pathway to becoming a SFIA3 Business Analyst. This will include responsibility for supporting clients to deliver change successfully by undertaking a variety of business analysis tasks working under supervision and in multi-disciplinary teams. These responsibilities include applying analytical and problem-solving tools to help assess situations and understand problems and elicit, analyse and validate business requirements and user stories, contributing to the successful delivery of client projects.

Successful applicants will have an interest in the UK public services landscape and thirst for exploring different sectors. In addition to possessing good communication and engagement skills (written and verbal) they will have an interest in innovating with new techniques and technology to support the more efficient delivery of improved outcomes.

The role will be home based and will include some work on client sites. The Junior Business Analyst will initially focus on development of their career to be a Business Analyst, acquiring a detailed understanding of the wider Change and Innovation Portfolio offerings and develop a set of skills, competencies and knowledge to extend their contribution to other practices and their continued progression.

What our offer is to you:

Professional development

• A supported and structured Business Analysis development pathway for your early career

• Funded BCS Foundation Certification

• Lean Six-Sigma and Consultancy 101 training alongside LinkedIn Learning

• Participate and contribute to Communities of Practice development

• Maintain your own professional development plan

• Identify and undertake relevant training

What we need from you:

• Confidence in communicating and engaging with different individuals and stakeholder groups

• Good inter-personal skills, demonstrating the ability to relate to customers and other stakeholders in their own language

• Ability to interpret and extract information from a variety of sources, and create well presented, accurate, concise documentation, demonstrating attention to detail

• Excellent organisational/time management skills and the ability to work calmly and professionally at pace and under pressure

• Understanding of the basic principles of programme, project management, business analysis and change methodologies

• Ability to recognise team dynamics and how people work together

• Ability to support an open and collaborative environment to work in, be flexible, adaptable

• Aptitude for identifying innovative approaches to problem solving and/or devising inventive and creative solutions.

• How to apply skills gained from existing qualifications to the consultancy environment

• Ability to harvest, manage, analyse and manipulate data in a variety of formats

• Ability to write clear, accessible and persuasive reports

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite

What you will do:

• Contribute to the successful delivery of projects through the application of learning and accessing of colleague knowledge and experience that adds value to our clients

• Engage with clients to elicit information and analyse data sources to provide considered opinion

• Support the analysis and understanding user and business needs, including where material is drawn from multiple sources

• Support the mapping of processes and information flows into appropriate artefacts for communication with both stakeholders and the team

• Translate user needs into system functionality requirements

• Explore under direction, the internal and external situation and environment, eliciting and managing any non-functional requirement

• Manage requirements through their life cycle, ensuring traceability and supporting prioritisation with stakeholders

• Write clear and concise user stories with clear and testable acceptance criteria.

• Support Methods colleagues and other resources as appropriate to achieve client outcomes, resolving issues and escalating where necessary

• Manage mechanisms for knowledge transfer to client teams and foster collaboration across client and internal boundaries

• Support the development of new products and services and evolve existing products and services in line with market knowledge and company capability

• Support internal change projects by applying proportionate best practice approaches

• Contribute to project-related internal case studies and lessons learnt and help maintain the portfolio and company knowledge base

• Actively participate in relevant professional events to gain and share industry knowledge

• Support other team members through knowledge sharing and buddying where appropriate

Desirable skills and experience:

• Knowledge / experience of the public sector

• Knowledge experience of project environments

• Knowledge / experience of how Businesses operate (academic or experience)

Am I the right fit? We’re looking for:

• Resilience

• Strong collaboration and team working

• Commitment to learning and self-development

• Good Communication skills

• Genuine passion/commitment to improving public services

• A determined and tenacious approach to work

• A creative approach to problem solving

• Good listening and comprehension

• Great stakeholder management

Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.

By joining us you can expect

• A supported and structured Business Analysis development pathway for your early career

• Funded Business Analysis certifications

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience

• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society

• Strong, inspiring, and thought-provoking leadership

• A supportive and collaborative environment

As well as this, we offer:

• Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training

• Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme

• Social – office parties, pizza Friday and commitment to charitable causes

• Time off 25 days a year

• Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution

• Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance

• Life Assurance of 4 times base salary

• Private Medical Insurance

• Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Expected salary:

Location: London

Job date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 02:03:34 GMT

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