Business Analyst
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Business Analyst until the 31st of March 2025 on a rate of £25.29- £29.41/hour PAYE – working 37 hours per week. This role will have flexible working arrangements.
Responsibilities:
– Creation of process flows and service blueprints
– Undertaking research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
– Identify and elaborate user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change
Essential Skills:
– Highly experienced in undertaking research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
– Extensive process mapping and service blue printing experience, delivering artefacts at pace
– Experience of working both independently and as part of a team, whilst balancing a range of competing priorities
– Experience of leading team meetings, webinars, events and/or conferences online
– Track record of working within project management environments, planning and organising a variety of tasks, including involvement in multiple projects and programmes of work
– Experience communicating complex, confidential and often sensitive information with a range of staff across the organisation and with external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
– Ability to work with minimal supervision; to plan and prioritise own workloads, and that of your team; and to meet deadlines
– Flexible approach to learning and problem solving
– Commitment to own personal and professional development, and that of your team
– In depth process mapping and service blue printing
– Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders across different levels of seniority
– Ability to respond to confidential and sensitive situations with confidence and discretion, utilising tact, diplomacy, and persuasion skills when necessary
– Ability to collate and produce reports and statistical information
– Line management skills and experience including coaching and/or mentoring of team members
– Proven expertise in using Microsoft 365, in particular Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint
– Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
– Values driven approach to practice, aligned with core organisational values
Desirable Skills:
– Honours Degree level qualification with related in-depth experience or SCQF Level 10 equivalence obtained via Professional Development Awards; Graduate or Professional Apprenticeships; and SVQs
– Experience of delivering presentations to large audiences on a local and/or national basis to enhance engagement and collaboration
– Experience of working flexibly in complex/sensitive environments where the parameters of the job are not necessarily clearly defined
– Expertise in accessing, analysing and presenting a wide range of complex information to a range of audiences
– Sound understanding of the application of GDPR to the storage and use of personal information and data privacy
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– Creation of process flows and service blueprints
– Undertaking research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
– Identify and elaborate user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change
Essential Skills:
– Highly experienced in undertaking research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
– Extensive process mapping and service blue printing experience, delivering artefacts at pace
– Experience of working both independently and as part of a team, whilst balancing a range of competing priorities
– Experience of leading team meetings, webinars, events and/or conferences online
– Track record of working within project management environments, planning and organising a variety of tasks, including involvement in multiple projects and programmes of work
– Experience communicating complex, confidential and often sensitive information with a range of staff across the organisation and with external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
– Ability to work with minimal supervision; to plan and prioritise own workloads, and that of your team; and to meet deadlines
– Flexible approach to learning and problem solving
– Commitment to own personal and professional development, and that of your team
– In depth process mapping and service blue printing
– Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders across different levels of seniority
– Ability to respond to confidential and sensitive situations with confidence and discretion, utilising tact, diplomacy, and persuasion skills when necessary
– Ability to collate and produce reports and statistical information
– Line management skills and experience including coaching and/or mentoring of team members
– Proven expertise in using Microsoft 365, in particular Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint
– Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
– Values driven approach to practice, aligned with core organisational values
Desirable Skills:
– Honours Degree level qualification with related in-depth experience or SCQF Level 10 equivalence obtained via Professional Development Awards; Graduate or Professional Apprenticeships; and SVQs
– Experience of delivering presentations to large audiences on a local and/or national basis to enhance engagement and collaboration
– Experience of working flexibly in complex/sensitive environments where the parameters of the job are not necessarily clearly defined
– Expertise in accessing, analysing and presenting a wide range of complex information to a range of audiences
– Sound understanding of the application of GDPR to the storage and use of personal information and data privacy
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
