Business Analyst

We want SCW to be a great place to work, where we all feel safe and can be our authentic selves. This means valuing and respecting everyone from all backgrounds and embracing equality, diversity, inclusivity & wellbeing across everything we do. We are committed to listening, learning and improving on our approach to ensure these principles remain at our heart, helping us all to thrive.

Job overview

Enterprise Architecture team are pleased to announce the advertisement of a Business Analyst role within Data Management and Architecture - DDaT.

Main duties of the job

The primary aim of this role is to provide business analysis and change management expertise to support Enterprise Architecture projects and consultancy assignments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of business analysis assignments to support the development of innovative new SCW products and services
• Support the development of the Enterprise Architecture business practice for SCW including capacity, capability and ways of working
• Quality assurance of business analysis assignments and outputs

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level or equivalent, such as further training or significant experience in business analysis, or supporting change management.
• Knowledge and experience of application of a range of investigative/business analysis and change management processes, tools and techniques.
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.

Working for our organisation

Some of our sites have accessible parking provision which is free or paid for work purpose this not contractual entitlement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

Person specification

Education
Essential criteria

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level or equivalent, such as further training
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Membership of an appropriate professional body. E.g. ISEB/BCS
• Business Analysis qualification (ISEB or CBAP)
• MSP Practitioner or PRiNCE2 Practitioner

Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria

• Patient First - Customer Excellence, Aspirational, Collaborative, Insightful, Respectful

Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria

• Significant experience in business analysis, or supporting change management
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
• Knowledge and experience of application of a range of investigative/business analysis and change management processes, tools and techniques
• Significant experience of process mapping and continuous improvement methodologies

Skills & Capabilities
Essential criteria

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders/customers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups/customers
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence, including the ability to generate consensus in complex situations.
• Able to facilitate meetings of mixed groups of people in order to elicit business requirements or analyse business processes
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales and within financial constraints
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals. Completer/Finisher
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

SCW offers agile and hybrid ways of working. Hybrid working is a type of flexible working where employees blend working from different locations. It offers the employee the ability to choose to work wherever and however they are most productive, whether it be in an office, at home, or a customer site. Office location can be flexible within the SCW estate and will be agreed upon offer of contract.

SCW staff that are in posts considered to be agile will not be expected to attend office space for general working but will be required on occasions to attend face to face meetings and collaborative working sessions that may require travel to their home base or other locations across the estate or customer sites.

Please feel free to contact the Recruiting Manager of this vacancy to discuss further the working arrangement.

Some of our sites have accessible parking provision which is free or paid for work purpose this not contractual entitlement.

We make every effort to contact all candidates to let them know the outcome of their application. However, if you haven't heard back from us within 2 weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful.

This is an exciting time to join NHS South, Central and West.

SCW is an NHS support and transformation organisation that helps health and social care organisations deliver the best possible care to people. As partners of choice to more than 200 organisations that support millions of people, our mission is to help deliver the NHS Long Term Plan, improving the health and wellbeing of communities.

We're supporting clients whose vision and quest for innovation requires us to be flexible, adaptable and open to adventure; giving us the freedom to work in new ways, looking at things from a different angle and challenging the norm.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to attracting and retaining the best people in order to provide the best possible services to our customers. Our people enjoy challenging, rewarding roles, supporting our customers to improve their local health and care services.

We want our people to fulfil their potential so we offer a wide range of training, opportunities to gain qualifications, as well as access to coaching, mentoring schemes and employee wellbeing and support for a healthy work-life balance.

SCW were selected as an NHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion Partner for three consecutive years 2015-2018 and are now proud to be Alumni of this programme.

If you are successful in your application, we will value your experience, your contribution and we will give you the knowledge to succeed as part of your specialist team and as part of our organisation.

Our values

Patients First: our sole focus and inspiration is to help commissioners improve the quality of patient care, treatment and experience.

Aspirational: we deliver excellence, and celebrate innovation. This drives us towards becoming the best.

Collaborative: we build effective partnerships, whilst focusing on delivery. We work towards achieving shared goals.

Insightful: As experts in our fields, we understand the bigger picture and its complexities, we challenge convention, and we uncover opportunities.

Respectful: We treat everyone with respect and hope it will be returned. Recognising and valuing their knowledge, we involve our customers, teams and partners in decisions.

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• Job Description and Person Specification ( PDF , 577.2 KB )