UK Health Security Agency

Senior Business Analyst

The closing date is 25 August 2025

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join UKHSA as a Business Analyst within our Data Product Development (DPD) division which is part of the Digital and Data Directorate of the Chief Data Officer Group. The DPD division have responsibility for providing strategic and operational oversight of the development of data products such as dashboards and platforms both for use within the UKHSA and externally. This will include internal products to support health security activities as well as high profile external products such as public dashboards. Key products of note are the UKHSA data dashboard, Local Authority Data Access Platform (LADAP) and the Power Bi Centre of Excellence.Our flagship product is the UKHSA data dashboard, which builds on the hugely influential COVID-19 dashboard, and presents data on COVID-19, as well as Other Respiratory viruses, Outbreaks, Syndromic Surveillance, Antimicrobial resistance, Weather and Climate Risks, Blood borne illnesses, Childhood and vaccine preventable disease, Environmental hazards, Healthcare associated infections, Invasive Bacterial infections, Vector and Vector-borne diseases.As a Business Analyst in Data Product Development, you will work in an agile environment with colleagues in our product, user-centred design and data development teams, work closely with key stakeholders, identifying and elaborating user and business needs to enable effective development of dashboarding capabilities to meet both internal and external needs.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an experienced business analyst and will play a key role in the identification, analysis, and delivery of requirements for Data Product Development whilst working in an Agile way. The Senior Business Analyst work closely with stakeholders and aligned professions including Product Management, User Centred Design, Project Management, and Data Analysis. Main duties include:

  • Identify, investigate, analyse and use excellent communication skills to explain complex business problems and opportunities, analyse business goals, objectives, functions and processes, using relevant information and data to support the definition of requirements for developing dashboard capability.
  • Conduct options analysis, assess feasibility and operational impact of options that will align with Data Product Development objectives.
  • Identify, analyse, challenge and validate business and user requirements for the UKHSA data dashboard, as well as internal dashboards where appropriate.
  • You will develop and maintain the Features Catalogue for the UKHSA Data dashboard, ensuring that new requirements that have been identified, validated with users, and taken to build are accounted for.
  • Work in an Agile way, identifying and comparing the best processes or delivery methods to use.

For a full list of the main duties and responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

About us

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£54,416 to £68,344 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

919-CG-308423-EXT

Job locations

Core HQ

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf)

E14 4PU


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Senior Business Analyst in Data Product Development, you will identify, understand and explain business and user requirements for the UKHSA data dashboard, and internal dashboarding capabilities where appropriate. You will obtain and document requirements for new datasets and features to be included on the UKHSA data dashboard, and for internal dashboards where appropriate. You will translate business problems and user needs into a set of detailed requirements to deliver value and outcomes. This will mean working closely with internal and external stakeholders to understand their business processes, architecture, structures and needs. This role involves working on complex projects, managing stakeholder relationships, working independently and having a good understanding of the work area.

Essential criteria:

  • Proven experience as a Business Analyst, working on highly complex and technical projects and business process improvements.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Has experience of discussing requirements with diverse user groups to establish deliverables.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Proficiency in business analysis tools and techniques, in particular process modelling and technical requirements elicitation.
  • Experience of Agile working and able to identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes
  • Experience of Business modelling and able to lead on the modelling of processes, systems and data at varying levels of detail or complexity across a project or programme
  • Experience of Business process improvement, including identifying opportunities to improve business performance, leading the analysis, identification, design, prioritisation and implementation of process and business changes to improve business operations and services.
  • Experience of requirements definition and management; key responsibility for eliciting, analysing and validating business requirements and user needs, using the most appropriate and effective methods whilst ensuring the requirement can be traced in the design, build and test phases.

Desirable criteria:

  • Experience of working as a Technical Business Analyst
  • Experience of working with Data Products
  • Experience of Systems analysis.
  • Methods and tools. You can select and use the most appropriate tools and techniques to support the planning, analysis, development, testing, implementation and improvement of systems and services

Selection Process Details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Stage 1: Application & Sift Success profiles

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 8 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

  • Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
  • 750 word supporting statement.

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application form and supporting statement will be marked together.

Longlisting:In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

  • Meets all essential criteria
  • Meets some essential criteria
  • Meets no essential criteria

Those that 'meet all essential criteria' will progress to Shortlisting.

Shortlisting:In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the following essential criteria:

'Experience of requirements definition and management; key responsibility for eliciting, analysing and validating business requirements and user needs, using the most appropriate and effective methods whilst ensuring the requirement can be traced in the design, build and test phases.'

Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications / large amount of successful candidates

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.

Please do not exceed 750 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview

Success profiles

You will be invited to a remote interview.

Behaviours and Technical Skills will be tested at interview.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

  • Changing and Improving (Lead Behaviour)
  • Seeing the bigger picture
  • Delivering at pace
  • Managing a quality Service
  • Working together

You will also be asked to prepare and present a 510 minute presentation. The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8th September. Please note, these dates are subject to change.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).

Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Senior Business Analyst in Data Product Development, you will identify, understand and explain business and user requirements for the UKHSA data dashboard, and internal dashboarding capabilities where appropriate. You will obtain and document requirements for new datasets and features to be included on the UKHSA data dashboard, and for internal dashboards where appropriate. You will translate business problems and user needs into a set of detailed requirements to deliver value and outcomes. This will mean working closely with internal and external stakeholders to understand their business processes, architecture, structures and needs. This role involves working on complex projects, managing stakeholder relationships, working independently and having a good understanding of the work area.

Essential criteria:

  • Proven experience as a Business Analyst, working on highly complex and technical projects and business process improvements.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Has experience of discussing requirements with diverse user groups to establish deliverables.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Proficiency in business analysis tools and techniques, in particular process modelling and technical requirements elicitation.
  • Experience of Agile working and able to identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes
  • Experience of Business modelling and able to lead on the modelling of processes, systems and data at varying levels of detail or complexity across a project or programme
  • Experience of Business process improvement, including identifying opportunities to improve business performance, leading the analysis, identification, design, prioritisation and implementation of process and business changes to improve business operations and services.
  • Experience of requirements definition and management; key responsibility for eliciting, analysing and validating business requirements and user needs, using the most appropriate and effective methods whilst ensuring the requirement can be traced in the design, build and test phases.

Desirable criteria:

  • Experience of working as a Technical Business Analyst
  • Experience of working with Data Products
  • Experience of Systems analysis.
  • Methods and tools. You can select and use the most appropriate tools and techniques to support the planning, analysis, development, testing, implementation and improvement of systems and services

Selection Process Details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Stage 1: Application & Sift Success profiles

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 8 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

  • Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
  • 750 word supporting statement.

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application form and supporting statement will be marked together.

Longlisting:In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

  • Meets all essential criteria
  • Meets some essential criteria
  • Meets no essential criteria

Those that 'meet all essential criteria' will progress to Shortlisting.

Shortlisting:In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the following essential criteria:

'Experience of requirements definition and management; key responsibility for eliciting, analysing and validating business requirements and user needs, using the most appropriate and effective methods whilst ensuring the requirement can be traced in the design, build and test phases.'

Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications / large amount of successful candidates

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.

Please do not exceed 750 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview

Success profiles

You will be invited to a remote interview.

Behaviours and Technical Skills will be tested at interview.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

  • Changing and Improving (Lead Behaviour)
  • Seeing the bigger picture
  • Delivering at pace
  • Managing a quality Service
  • Working together

You will also be asked to prepare and present a 510 minute presentation. The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8th September. Please note, these dates are subject to change.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).

Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

Person Specification

Application form and supporting statement

Essential

  • Application form and supporting statement

Behaviours

Essential

  • Seeing the bigger picture
  • Changing and Improving
  • Delivering at pace
  • Managing a quality Service
  • Working together

Technical

Essential

  • Presentation
Person Specification

Application form and supporting statement

Essential

  • Application form and supporting statement

Behaviours

Essential

  • Seeing the bigger picture
  • Changing and Improving
  • Delivering at pace
  • Managing a quality Service
  • Working together

Technical

Essential

  • Presentation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Core HQ

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf)

E14 4PU


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Core HQ

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf)

E14 4PU


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Resourcing Support

Carmelita Goodwin

carmelita.goodwin@ukhsa.gov.uk

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£54,416 to £68,344 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

919-CG-308423-EXT

Job locations

Core HQ

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf)

E14 4PU


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