Principal Business Analyst
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at HM Land Registry (HMLR) for a Principal Business Analyst. If you want to be instrumental in leading, managing and shaping business analysis activity across programmes and domains within the organisation, we would love to hear from you.
It is an exciting time to join us as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR's ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
Job description
Reporting to the Head of Business Analysis, you will lead the business analysis function through programmes and domains, managing a team of analysts across a range of multi-disciplinary and complex outcomes. You will draw on your own business analysis expertise, your developed digital perspective and your understanding of the enterprise arena to ensure that Business Analysts deliver maximum value to the organisation, working both as a leader and a practitioner.
You will be responsible for ensuring that people within business analysis roles have the appropriate skills and capability to be effective in their role as well as enabling access to learning and development to help them progress. You will support the Head of Practice to lead the Business Analysis Community of Practice, taking responsibility for outcomes and ensure they provide a measurable value to community members and the organisation. As an expert with extensive experience of business analysis in an agile, digital operating environment you will also be a role model, advocate and SME for the practice within HMLR, government and in industry.
If you would like to find out more about the role, the Business Analysis profession and what it’s like to work at HMLR, a Hiring Manager Q&A session where you can virtually 'meet the team' will be held via Teams on Thursday, 15th of January 12:30. Please register your interest here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiring-manager-qa-business-analysts-hmlr-tickets-1978616482161?aff=oddtdtcreator
Person specification
Essential Technical Criteria:
- Professional qualification in Business Analysis from a recognised provider (e.g BCS, IIBA, PMI) or working towards it.
Essential Experience Criteria:
- Significant Technical / IT Business Analysis experience including experience in a leadership role leading teams or
programmes of work. - Extensive and proven business analysis experience across a variety of delivery methodologies including Agile and iterative
software development. - Strong experience of business modelling and business process testing, using a range of industry tools and techniques incl.
BPMN. - Experience of leading domain/programme level business analysis activity.
- Ability to coach and share own experience of being high performing business analyst.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries, expertly communicating with stakeholders to build influence and
credibility. - Skilled and experienced planner, implementer and leader of change in a complex and evolving environment.
HMLR believe that a blended approach to where you work that enables some time working from home, as well as in the office may give you an improved experience and has clear business benefits. We expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office. Beyond this expectation, there is no one size fits all approach (and we can spend up to 100% working in the office if we prefer).
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £61,923, HM Land Registry contributes £17,939 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.#WeAreHMLR
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
- We have integrity – we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
- We drive innovation – we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
- We are professional – we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
- We give assurance – we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.
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
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.We are working with our recruitment partner (Inspire People) for this campaign.
- Please submit your CV on Inspire People’s website: https://hmlr.inspirepeople.net/jobs/principal-business-analyst/
- Inspire People will assess your CV and compile a longlist of applications for HM Land Registry to sift.
- If you progress through this stage, you will need to complete a short, pre-recorded video with Inspire People. Alternatively, you can provide written answers to the questions.
- HM Land Registry will then sift these applications.
Please ensure your CV outlines how you meet the Essential Technical and Experience Criteria as listed in the person specification above.
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview which will be take place on Microsoft Teams week commencing 2 February 2026. The blended interview will test the essential experience criteria for the role.
Candidates can refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage may be invited to attend an interview.
If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration, they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
Visa Sponsorship
Please note, we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).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.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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).Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Zymante Gintalaite - Inspire People
- Email : zymante@inspirepeople.net
- Telephone : 0207 871 8556
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry, then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/Attachments
Principal Business Analyst Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 1816kB)Salary range
- £61,923 per year