Job summary
PLEASE NOTE WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES
We areseeking a highly motivated and proactive Senior Business Analyst to join our team and support DHCW's migration to the Cloud.
In this role, you will deliver comprehensive analysis and provide strategic recommendations to key partners and stakeholders. Your excellent communication and organisational skills will ensure that the transition to the Cloud aligns with stakeholder expectations and broader organisational objectives.
You will be responsible for presenting complex technical concepts in a clear manner, as well as efficiently managing, tracking, and communicating the anticipated benefits of the initiative.
Main duties of the job
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is an expert national body and part of NHS Wales. We work in partnership with NHS Wales colleagues and other key stakeholders to provide national digital and data services which support the delivery of health and social care in Wales. Modern health and care services depend on good digital tools, data and information. DHCW runs or works with more than 100 services and delivers major national digital transformation programmes to support this. In addition, DHCW provides expert advice in relation to cyber security and information governance. We give frontline staff the digital tools which help them provide safer and more efficient care. We are also giving patients and the public digital tools to better manage their own health and wellbeing, empowering people to live healthier lives. We put people at the heart of what we do, working to the highest standards to deliver quality and make digital a force for good in health and care.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Guides teams in visualising goals, managing workflows, and aligning efforts with MVP, priorities, and defined scope
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Leads complex modelling of systems, data, and processes across varied project and programme scales, ensuring change impacts are well-managed
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Engages in ongoing research into emerging business analysis tools and methodologies, promoting efficient, innovative, and effective practice
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Guides teams in visualising goals, managing workflows, and aligning efforts with MVP, priorities, and defined scope
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Leads complex modelling of systems, data, and processes across varied project and programme scales, ensuring change impacts are well-managed
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Engages in ongoing research into emerging business analysis tools and methodologies, promoting efficient, innovative, and effective practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
- Practitioner of Agile working with multi-disciplinary teams.
Desirable
- Understanding and knowledge of health service terminology and information requirements
Experience
Essential
- Experience of applying a variety of analytical techniques to highly complex information and quantifying result integrity based upon assessment of sources and techniques applied.
- Experience of process analysis, assessment and change including financial, cultural, technological, organisational and environmental factors. Further experience of establishing customer requirements and identifying how these map to process requirements.
- Expertise with the application of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools; experience of the implementation of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools as well as the enhancement of their application.
- Highly experienced in influencing and negotiation skills including critical questioning and innovative thinking.
Desirable
- Experience of benefits management and realisation.
- Demonstrable evidence of being able to produce detailed designs and document using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
Skills and Attributes
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
- Practitioner of Agile working with multi-disciplinary teams.
Desirable
- Understanding and knowledge of health service terminology and information requirements
Experience
Essential
- Experience of applying a variety of analytical techniques to highly complex information and quantifying result integrity based upon assessment of sources and techniques applied.
- Experience of process analysis, assessment and change including financial, cultural, technological, organisational and environmental factors. Further experience of establishing customer requirements and identifying how these map to process requirements.
- Expertise with the application of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools; experience of the implementation of Business Analysis techniques, methods and tools as well as the enhancement of their application.
- Highly experienced in influencing and negotiation skills including critical questioning and innovative thinking.
Desirable
- Experience of benefits management and realisation.
- Demonstrable evidence of being able to produce detailed designs and document using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
Skills and Attributes
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
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.
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.
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).
