Senior Business Analyst

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Work with Product Owners and technical colleagues in agile or Scrum teams to develop digital solutions and provide team documentation.
• Maintain and refine the product backlog, keep it prioritised, and coordinate communications about related risks, issues, and changes.
• Support and mentor business analysts and participate in professional communities of practice; the role may include line management.

Person specification

• Experience collaborating with Product Owners and technical colleagues in agile teams to develop business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience using Agile methodologies and appropriate frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver digital projects and products.
• Experience investigating business requirements, specifying effective business processes, and applying and monitoring modelling and analysis tools, methods, and standards.
• Hold, or be prepared to work towards, the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis or an equivalent qualification such as IIBA CCBA or CBAP.

Salary and benefits

• Salary is £45,900; the advert does not state a pay cadence.
• Candidates based in Yeading or Uxbridge receive a £4,000 London Weighting allowance.
• Civil Service pension with a stated employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Annual leave is 25 days, increasing by one day per year of service up to 30 days, plus eight bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday.

Working pattern

• The advert lists flexible working, full-time, job share, and part-time arrangements.

Locations and work base

• Listed locations are Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham (Chadderton), Birmingham (Garretts Green), and Uxbridge.
• The role is advertised as based in Uxbridge for applicants choosing that location, with a contractual base in Yeading.
• While Yeading site works continue, successful applicants will start in Uxbridge and will be required to work from Yeading once it reopens in 2028.