Description
ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow (hybrid working), are currently looking to recruit an IT Business Analyst, for an initial 6 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate c.£450/day outside of IR35 (based on experience).
The Role:
The role will be responsible for leading the business analysis activities in new digital transformation application solution projects. In particular, our client is engaging in a Business Information Transformation (BIT) Programme, this is a strategic, multi-year initiative designed to fundamentally transform how the organisation manages, governs, and uses its business and corporate information. It is a cornerstone of the organisation’s ambition to become more data-driven.
At its core, the BIT Programme aims to modernise information practices by introducing a new Business Information Hub on SharePoint, implementing a single search facility across platforms, and transitioning from legacy systems like My Documents and shared drives to secure Microsoft 365 cloud solutions. It also incorporates advanced technologies such as Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Copilot and Power BI to enhance data governance, automate processes, and support smarter decision-making.
Responsibilities:
1. Defining success criteria for your assigned projects, translating functional and non-functional requirements to produce acceptance criteria.
2. Gathering, analysing and documenting solution requirements using appropriate business process models, use cases and providing both functional and technical expertise.
3. Translating and communicating identified and documented business requirements via structured discussion between ISD’s IT infrastructure and applications development professionals and with external technical and solutions suppliers
4. Benefits management and realisation throughout the lifecycle of the project
Essential Skills & Experience:
5. Well-developed and proven analytical capabilities and demonstrable knowledge of applying appropriate IT business analysis methods/techniques to explore, define and deliver stakeholder requirements.
6. Experience of leading or working in a medium to large technology change programme.
7. Experience of owning and managing business requirements from inception to product delivery and the ability to deliver to time deadlines.
8. Experience capturing and documenting requirements and use cases, business rules, requirements traceability, UML modelling, using storyboards.
9. Proven experience using wire framing /prototyping tools.
10. Excellent interpersonal, relationship building, interviewing, presentation skills and stakeholder management.
Desirable Skills & Experience:
11. Appropriate professional qualifications, such as AGILE PRINCE2, Business Analysis and ITIL certifications.
12. Good technical knowledge and understanding of integrated IT systems and software development life cycle is highly desirable.