Senior Business Analyst

NHS England

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Job summary

Within Data and Analytics our vision is to be the leading data services provider for health and social care across England through creating innovative and high-quality data products and services that give our customers the knowledge and capabilities required to deliver the best outcomes for citizens.

Main duties of the job

The emphasis on the role of a Senior Business Analyst is on working on complex projects while leading others and offering guidance. You will bring your existing Business Analysis skills and experience to the role in order to:

Work with Customers, Managers, Architects, Developers and other fellow Professionals to deliver against challenging objectives.
Bring the benefits of Business Analysis to the full lifecycle with responsible involvement during business case creation, requirements, design, development, test, implementation and operational review. This may involve being responsible for a Business Analysis workstream within a project, programme or service.
Typically work on multiple assignments of varying scale and complexity.
Manage more junior Business Analysts.
Work within rigorous project/programme/service frameworks requiring a professional and delivery-focussed consultancy outlook.
Be a thought leader in Business Analysis practice
Be part of NHS Digital's Business Analysis Profession with opportunities to interact with NHS Digital's family of Business Analysis Professionals distributed across the organisation.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

Date posted

25 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year (exclusive of London Weighting)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-TD-D&A-6633671-E

Job locations

NHS England Location in Leeds or London

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

This advert has attached Assignment Briefs/ information relating to roles currently vacant. However, please be aware that this recruitment may also be used to fill other positions that become vacant after the time of advert, for which Assignment Briefs or team information are not available. This will be limited to roles where the competencies to be assessed and requirements for the role are appropriately similar.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

In-depth knowledge of business modelling techniques and experience in obtaining input from and communicating modelling results to senior managers for agreement.

Experience

Essential

Experience of using established consulting activities and techniques including facilitating stakeholder groups for eliciting stakeholder requirements.
Experience of establishing and maintaining a data structure using data analysis and data modelling techniques.
Experience of reviewing requirements and specifications, defining test conditions, designing and creating test scripts and mapping back to pre-determined criteria and recording and reporting outcomes.

Skills

Essential

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

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification / experience

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

In-depth knowledge of business modelling techniques and experience in obtaining input from and communicating modelling results to senior managers for agreement.

Experience

Essential

Experience of using established consulting activities and techniques including facilitating stakeholder groups for eliciting stakeholder requirements.
Experience of establishing and maintaining a data structure using data analysis and data modelling techniques.
Experience of reviewing requirements and specifications, defining test conditions, designing and creating test scripts and mapping back to pre-determined criteria and recording and reporting outcomes.

Skills

Essential

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

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification / experience

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.