Associate Business Analyst

Job summary

As one of our Associate Business Analysts, you’ll be at the heart of interesting projects across West that help us to keep the UK safe. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll seek to understand intricate problems, uncover opportunities, and shape solutions that meet both user and business needs. You’ll analyse requirements, then turn your insight into action mapping processes, helping to design services that are efficient, effective, and aligned with our strategic goals. It’s all about solving the right problems, in the right way, delivering value for the colleagues who’ll depend on you.

Job description

Day to day, you’ll support the gathering and validation of business and user needs through workshops, interviews, document reviews and collaborative working. Working with more senior analysts, you’ll assist in the production of analysis, defining and escalating risks. And you’ll prepare materials for stakeholders, capture feedback, and ensure information is always accurate and clear.

You’ll be supported by an experienced Business Analyst who’ll help you manage your portfolio of projects and grow your skills. It’s an excellent opportunity to develop your core business analysis skills, gain exposure to delivery environments, and build an understanding of how analysis supports decision making across West. When you’re ready, there’ll also be the chance to take on more complex projects and progress to a more senior role.

You could be working within technology, facilities, people or information departments, to name a few. So, your diverse workload will vary between supporting vital internal systems and processes, to helping develop new tech that supports mission-critical activity. You’ll also work with stakeholders throughout the UK’s Intelligence Services and support teams through periods of change.

Person specification

You’ll have practical experience working as an Associate Business Analyst, delivering analysis for projects or programmes of work. Your foundational knowledge and skills in business modelling will mean you’re comfortable working on process analysis and improvement, and that you’re able to create organisation, process, system and data models to support decision making.

Due to the nature of our work, you’ll need to be adaptable and resilient when operating in complex environments where priorities can change and requirements can be ambiguous. Your ability to elicit and manage user requirements will be key. And since you’ll need to tailor outputs to different audiences and work across multiple teams, communication and collaboration skills are a must.

You’ll have an attention to detail which means you’ll always ensure outputs are accurate, complete and deliver value. And your influencing skills will be vital as you navigate different viewpoints and priorities and build consensus and support for the right solutions. You’ll also need to be comfortable managing your own time and receiving, and acting on, feedback and guidance.

You don’t need a degree or any specific qualifications to apply. We’re interested in your skills and experience. You could have gained your business analysis experience from any background or sector from government through to large private enterprises.

Benefits

You’ll receive a starting salary of £44,044 plus other benefits including:

• 25 Days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, and an additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays
• opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme
• interest-free season ticket loan (travel and parking)
• excellent pension scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• facilities such as a gym, restaurant, and on-site coffee bars (at some locations)
• paid parental and adoption leave

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. Here is a brief overview of each stage, in order:

• application sift
• virtual interview (assessing your technical skills and the organisational competencies)
• if successful, you’ll receive a conditional offer of employment

Please note, you must successfully pass each stage of the process to progress to the next. Your application may take around 6 to 9 months to process including vetting, so we advise you continue any current employment until you have received your final job offer.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : careers@recruitmentteam.org.uk.
• Email : careers@recruitmentteam.org.uk
• Telephone : careers@recruitmentteam.org.uk.

Recruitment team

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Further information

https://www.gchq-careers.co.uk/jobs.html