Overview
Join to apply for the Senior Business Analyst role at Opencast | B Corp.
We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.
The role
You’ll work on complex business challenges to deliver solutions that help our clients achieve their goals. You’ll lead the business analysis activities, be responsible for planning the deliverables and build strategic relationships with senior stakeholders. You’ll provide expert advice to our consultants and actively enable the development of the BA community at Opencast.
Applicants must be based within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds, as the role requires close collaboration with our teams and regular travel. Applicants must either currently hold active Security Clearance (SC) or meet the eligibility criteria to obtain it.
Eligibility requires UK citizenship, continuous residence in the UK for the past five years, and no single absence from the UK exceeding 28 consecutive days.
Responsibilities
* Worked on major transformation programmes and/or across multiple project work streams.
* Analysed and evaluated complex business systems and processes to recommend improvement opportunities or change initiatives.
* Planned and executed the business analysis plan to meet the objectives of a project.
* Delegated and managed the tasks of more junior business analysts.
* Successfully worked within unfamiliar industries and/or clients and quickly adapted to understand the business domain and project needs.
* Built meaningful and lasting relationships with stakeholders to elicit and manage requirements and facilitate the path to delivery.
* Shaped the requirements management approach, including methodology, tools, and processes to enable successful delivery and value.
* Used a variety of BA techniques to solve complex problems and present findings to senior stakeholders.
* Coached junior members of a team, sharing your knowledge of best practice and ways of working.
* Worked in a multi-disciplinary team environment with Product Managers, Delivery Managers, UCD, Test and Development teams.
Core skills and experience
* Supporting others to help them overcome their own challenges
* Proactively pursuing feedback to improve your work and behaviours
* Contributing to the commercial needs of Opencast
* Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation and negotiation skills
In the interview, we’ll ask you questions that demonstrate this experience and cover related topics.
Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant. If you don’t have experience of these please do still apply as we can coach you if you join us.
* The Service Standard (UK Government)
* Demonstrated experience or knowledge in agile delivery management and/or product management
If you have experience in these areas, please show them on your CV and we can discuss them at interview.
Senior consultant salary range: £60,000 - £70,000
What our offer includes
A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.
Flexible hours and 25 days' holiday.
People to support you every step of the way.
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
We include you
We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.
Interview
Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.
Want to know more?
Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.
#J-18808-Ljbffr