Do you have analysis experience, are delivery oriented, enjoy defining processes and providing expert help and support? if so, we are looking to recruit 2 experienced Business Analysts on 18-month fixed term contracts to play a key role supporting the Portfolio Planning & Management Team in its delivery of a high profile, commercially critical, business Strategic Initiatives.
This appointment will be made on merit.
We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthen and enriches us, and that it is the responsibility of everyone at the City & Guilds Group to drive this value. As ethnic minority groups and disabled people are currently under-represented within the Group, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from these communities.
You will investigate and analyse user and business needs, ensuring change outcomes are aligned with the product vision and business strategy. You will contribute to the link between current and future business models, delivering against the target business design. And will be responsible for eliciting detailed requirements and design processes. You will constructively challenge and act as a critical friend to optimise productive communication with all stakeholders to support strategy, design, and delivery in achieving business requirements and user needs.
Your activities will involve large numbers of varied stakeholders, often requiring procedures and methodologies to be adapted to unique scenarios, business processes improvements and helping teams to transition from ‘as is’ to the ‘to be’ state while we implement a new technology solution and ways of working.
You will need to be based in the UK working on a hybrid basis with a mix of home and office – but you do need to be within commutable distance from one of our City & Guilds hub offices
About you
You’ll need proven business analysis skills and have demonstratable experience of working as a business analyst technology related, some of it ideally in an Agile environment.
You will have a thorough understanding of different delivery models including Waterfall and Agile.
You must have the ability to manage change as priorities can change very quickly and a passion for the delivery of effective business solutions. You should have a good understanding of the software development life cycle and experience that includes end to end technology projects. Skilled in business process engineering and requirements analysis on system integration projects, you must be comfortable working across customer facing, ERP, and bespoke technologies.
As Business Analyst, you will have experience being involved in projects from business case creation through requirements elicitation to User Acceptance Testing co-ordination, test planning, execution and release to BAU,
Our business analysts are expert communicators, with natural negotiation and facilitation skills. They work to the highest standards of accuracy and have an innate drive to succeed. These skills will be paramount for the successful candidate as you’ll be working with a wide range of stakeholders within the business, across IT and with external providers – and all may at times have limited availability and multiple priorities! You will be the glue that brings together programme workstreams, internal customers and technical teams.
Whilst not mandatory, it would be beneficial if you have an understanding of test approaches and experience in supporting testing activites, including development and execution of test scripts.
Our Story And Mission
Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, we’re proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.
Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again – gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.
At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future.
We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.
Our rich experience means we’re uniquely positioned to understand the future of work and learning. And we continually evolve to develop and deliver skills for the workplace of the future. Today, as well as qualifications and assessment, we offer digital credentialing, eLearning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training and consultancy.
Our success is driven by the people we work with. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer an equal opportunity to all our staff and we value diversity within our inclusive culture. We recognise that a diverse workforce is the only way we will achieve our ambitious business goals, so we work hard to be flexible to accommodate everyone.
What We Offer
We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.
You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.
We welcome a discussion about how this role could work flexibly for you. For example, work pattern, job share, hours or location.
Next Steps and how to apply
If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.