Lead Business Analyst

Description

ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow are currently looking to recruit a Lead Business Analyst for an initial 6 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of c.£550/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). These roles are mainly remote with the occasional visit to either the office in Edinburgh or Glasgow.

The Role:

This role with be working on the delivery of our client’s Correspondence Improvement Programme (CIP).

The CIP aims to modernise how correspondence is managed across the organisation and partner organisations. A key outcome of this programme is to support more consistent processes, improved transparency and reporting, and a more sustainable service model for handling correspondence.

As a Lead Business Analyst, you will work across a complex central government corporate services environment, leading analysis activity, shaping problem definition, and providing expert advice to stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Lead by example in the application of a range of analysis techniques to analyse the current state, of people, processes, and technology with our stakeholders
• Facilitate collaboration and lead effective communication with all stakeholders, both business and technical, to support design, build and delivery to meet the user needs
• Drive improvements to the overall quality of the analysis service through close collaboration with Head of Business Architecture and Analysis and other team members
• Provide leadership to a team of Business Analysts, giving direction and advice where necessary
• Provide effective consultancy and advice to customers and stakeholders
• Develop an understanding of the organisation’s strategic goals, ensuring this is recognised through solutions and performance improvement
• Contribute to building capability within the team, implementing best practice and enhancing skills capability through coaching and mentoring
• Ensure all analytical design work is in line with the Digital and Data standards in the including the Scottish Service Standards and the Scottish Approach to Service Design

Essential Experience:

• Candidates will demonstrate significant experience leading business analysis activity across complex project and programme environments, within large Public Sector organisations delivering corporate-wide change
• Significant track record of leading business analysis in complex project or programme environments
• Experience adapting business analysis approaches across delivery methodologies, including Agile and Prince2
• Expert use of business analysis techniques and practices, including business cases, as-is and to-be analysis, and technical and non-technical requirements
• Experience designing and facilitating effective workshops with senior stakeholders, with excellent presentation and communication skills
• Experience leading, coaching and supporting the development of less experienced business analysts

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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