Technical Business Analyst - #2159634

Senior Business Analyst | 6 Months | £400/day inside IR35 | Leeds, 1 Day a Week

A Business Analyst seat on a central government programme, open today because the previous contractor moved on.

THE ROLE

A Tier 1 systems integrator is delivering one of the largest digital transformation programmes running in UK central government. You would sit in a multi-disciplinary agile team, running the workshops that get requirements out of people and writing them up so a delivery team can build from them.

One position, replacing a contractor who has moved on. It is available now rather than subject to a hiring round.

One day a week in Leeds. The other four are remote.

YOU WILL

• Lead workshops, interviews and focus groups to understand the business problem and what users actually need
• Translate that into structured requirements — epics, features, stories and acceptance criteria in INVEST format using GIVEN/WHEN/THEN syntax
• Produce data mapping, data flow mapping and process models including SIPOC to establish stakeholder consensus
• Own relationships across a diverse stakeholder set including policy, strategy and business operations, and make sure their needs shape the design
• Define test scenarios and conditions across the sprint cycle, working with testers and developers on defects and resolutions
• Identify process improvements as part of the modelling work, weighing risks, issues and benefits
• Support production of business cases and cost benefit analysis, and advise the Product Owner on the mix of epics, features and stories per sprint

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• UK central government delivery, on engagements of six months or longer. This one is not negotiable on this programme and the client sifts on it, so if you have not worked inside a department, an arm's length body or a devolved administration, this is not the role for you
• Experienced business analyst working inside agile delivery teams, alongside developers and testers
• Writing stories, features and acceptance criteria to INVEST principles using GIVEN/WHEN/THEN, applied on live delivery rather than learned on a course
• Data mapping, data flow mapping and process modelling, including SIPOC and story mapping
• Jira and Confluence as core working tools rather than something you have seen
• Stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences, including where the two disagree
• Able to join a live programme and contribute without a settling-in period

ADVANTAGEOUS

• Active SC clearance, or SC clearable
• Welfare, benefits, tax or other citizen-facing government services
• Coaching or supporting other analysts in a BA community of practice

WHY THIS ONE

The government requirement is the whole filter on this one. If you have it, you are competing against a much smaller field than the rate suggests.

The working pattern is the part most people miss. One day a week in Leeds and four at home, on a central government programme of this size, is unusually workable. If you are anywhere between Manchester and York it is a manageable week.

And it is open now. The previous contractor moved on, the programme is mid-flight, and nobody is waiting on a hiring round to start. If you are available in the next few weeks that counts for something here.

THE DETAILS

Rate: £400 per day, inside IR35

Positions: 1

Location: Leeds, one day a week. Four days remote

Contract: Initial 6 months, extension likely

Clearance: BPSS. SC clearable preferred, active SC an advantage

Start: As soon as you are available