Higher Business Analyst

NHS England

The closing date is 14 October 2024

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

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.

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.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

Date posted

30 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year (exclusive of London weighting)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-TD-D&A-6642548

Job locations

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

The emphasis of the role of Higher Business Analyst is on investigating operational problems and opportunities and identifying effective business solutions through process improvements. 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 possible involvement during business case creation, requirements, design, development, test, implementation and operational review.

Investigate operational problems, identify and justify effective business solutions through process improvements.

Often work on multiple assignments of varying scale and complexity.

Work within rigorous project/programme/service frameworks and will require a professional and delivery-focussed consultancy outlook.

Mentor and/or coach more junior Business Analysts.

Be part of NHS Englands Business Analysis Profession with opportunities to interact with NHS Englands family of Business Analysis Professionals distributed across the Transformation Directorate.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The emphasis of the role of Higher Business Analyst is on investigating operational problems and opportunities and identifying effective business solutions through process improvements. 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 possible involvement during business case creation, requirements, design, development, test, implementation and operational review.

Investigate operational problems, identify and justify effective business solutions through process improvements.

Often work on multiple assignments of varying scale and complexity.

Work within rigorous project/programme/service frameworks and will require a professional and delivery-focussed consultancy outlook.

Mentor and/or coach more junior Business Analysts.

Be part of NHS Englands Business Analysis Profession with opportunities to interact with NHS Englands family of Business Analysis Professionals distributed across the Transformation Directorate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with stakeholders for the elicitation, documentation and prioritisation of business requirements using established techniques, e.g. interviews, workshops.
  • Experience in use of business modelling techniques, e.g. UML, BPMN and reviewing resulting models with stakeholders to gain resolution to resultant issues.
  • Experience of reviewing requirements and specifications to understand and identify any impact in the context of data and associated metadata , defining test conditions, designing and creating test scripts and mapping back to pre-determined criteria and recording and reporting outcomes.
  • Experience in the investigation of operational problems and opportunities and of identifying effective business solutions through process improvements.

Skills

Essential

  • Proven ability to apply Business Analysis methods and tools.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level (or equivalent qualification/experience)
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with stakeholders for the elicitation, documentation and prioritisation of business requirements using established techniques, e.g. interviews, workshops.
  • Experience in use of business modelling techniques, e.g. UML, BPMN and reviewing resulting models with stakeholders to gain resolution to resultant issues.
  • Experience of reviewing requirements and specifications to understand and identify any impact in the context of data and associated metadata , defining test conditions, designing and creating test scripts and mapping back to pre-determined criteria and recording and reporting outcomes.
  • Experience in the investigation of operational problems and opportunities and of identifying effective business solutions through process improvements.

Skills

Essential

  • Proven ability to apply Business Analysis methods and tools.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree 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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Business Analyst

Steve Bowring

steve.bowring@nhs.net

Date posted

30 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year (exclusive of London weighting)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-TD-D&A-6642548

Job locations

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


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