Lead Business Analyst

About FCDO Services

Role responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality business analysis across a wide range of projects.
• Establish analysis standards, templates, and output assurance, maintaining consistency, traceability, and alignment with Government Digital and Data Profession Capability frameworks.
• Produce reusable business artefacts and analyse business rules, data models, and user documentation.
• Translate complex business needs into testable requirements and support robust, cost-effective solutions.
• Represent the business group at governance boards, committees, and design authorities.
• Mentor analysts, provide expert consultancy, and collaborate with third-party suppliers to review requirements and manage dependencies.
• Manage risk, compliance, and change; monitor delivery metrics, feedback, and data; improve analysis methods and promote evidence-based decisions.

Candidate requirements

• Translate business needs into well-defined user stories and requirements.
• Perform as-is and to-be process mapping, gap analysis, and develop change plans.
• Bring a track record of working with senior leaders and stakeholders, and the ability to develop, mentor, and manage colleagues.
• Be able to lead business analysis and service design and deliver complex IT or digital services.
• Have a Computer Science or Information Technology degree, professional-level Business Analysis certifications, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Be able to design secure or air-gapped platforms in the government sector.
• Have well-developed knowledge of NCSC, GDS, and UK government security frameworks, including Secure by Design, Cloud Security Principles, Government Functional Standards, and the Technology Code of Practice.
• Be a collaborative, confident communicator able to lead co-design workshops and use human-centred design methods.

Pay and contract

• Salary range is £62,561–£65,371, plus a £1,750 location allowance.
• The role is permanent and full-time.
• Civil Service Pension employer contribution is 28.97%.

Location

• The listed work location is Hanslope, South East England.