Description Organisation: Defence Equipment & Support Salary: £ 44,100 - £47,700 per annum (plus generous benefits) Grade: Professional II Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Job Share, Flexible Working Contract Type: Permanent At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow. We offer 25 days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work work for you. This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you've been recruited for. If it isn't obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn't obtained within 12 months. Job description We are seeking experienced Business Analyst to join our dynamic and collaborative team. As part of our Business Analyst Skills Group, you will play a pivotal role in leading and contributing to a variety of high-impact projects within the Defence sector, driving business improvements and delivering innovative solutions. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a real difference, engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, and contributing to the success of Defence operations. We welcome applications from individuals with a proven track record of excellence and a passion for continuous improvement. You’ll join a skills group that supports the analysis, identification, and implementation of system improvements, acting as a catalyst for change across the organisation, meaning your work here has the potential to have a massive impact on the business in a relatively short space of time. With excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, you’ll have the ability to elicit detailed requirements and challenge your customers in a consultative, constructive, and collaborative manner. In return, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skillset by contributing to high-impact projects and programmes, supported by our broader Business Analysis and Digital & Data community. We offer exceptional training and development opportunities, along with clearly defined progression pathways. We look forward to welcoming you as we continue to evolve our approaches and harness emerging technologies, modelling, and analytical techniques to provide the UK armed forces with the strategic advantage needed to safeguard our nation. We champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance is required (this is expected to be approximately 60% of your working week) to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance and business need. Please note:For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A sole UK national refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship What you’ll be doing • Investigate, analyse and create documentation of business processes, to define requirements for improving processes and systems. • Investigate and elicit detailed requirements to inform the development of new or improved business solutions. • Identify new alternative and innovative approaches to performing business activities. • Create and iterate viable specifications and acceptance criteria in preparation for the deployment of information and communication systems. • Produce detailed business models and assist in the preparation of business cases to support change and innovation, produce detailed cost and benefit analysis, gain buy-in from stakeholder by testing your assumptions. • Brief stakeholders and non-technical colleagues on results and options produced from analysis to ensure full understanding of any findings. • Maintain and update own knowledge of specialist area to develop own capability and of other Business Analysts. Person specification To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria : Business Analysis Foundation plus one core module of either Business Analysis Practice or Requirements Engineering Demonstrable experience of working as Business Analyst on projects Evidence of involvement in the full project lifecycle In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview: Technical Competence 1: Change and Transformation – Practitioner Technical Competence 2: Strategy, Architecture and Solution Design - Supervised Practitioner Communicating and influencing – CSBC3 Seeing the big picture – CSBC3