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Digital Programme Resourcing : OC02 Digital Business Analyst (BA)

Closing date for applications: 23/03/2023
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Business analyst
Summary of the work
 The Digital BA role will be responsible for understanding services business needs and be able to creatively shape and refine business solutions to meet those needs. You will create user stories and plan development activities to facilitate phased releases of software delivery.
Latest start date
 03/04/2023
Expected contract length
 Initially 3 months with the option to extend on a three month basis
Location
 North West England
Organisation the work is for
 Oldham Council
Maximum day rate
 £400
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with
 You will be working within the Customer, Digital, Technology and Transformation Directorate and specifically attached to the Transformation team. You will work closely with both a range of IT project managers and technical resource such as developers, Business Analysts and Change staff. You will also need to work closely with web and communications staff, service leaders, managers and all staff in all services within scope of the transformation programme. You may also work with third party suppliers.
What the specialist will work on
 Understand services needs and be able to creatively shape and refine technology solutions to meet those needs with specific experience of Microsoft applications. Lead and facilitate workshops as part of the Digital Programme and work closely with the Programme Manager / Lead Understand the business change needs, assess the impact of changes in relation to benefits and translate these into clearly documented requirements for new software applications and services. Create user stories and plan development activities to facilitate phased releases of software delivery. Work closely with services and a team of project managers, software developers and data analysts.
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 Oldham Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham OL1 1UT
Working arrangements
 This is a hybrid role with base location in Oldham. Requirement for a mix of onsite / remote working (details to be discussed at interview). There will be limited travel required for the role maybe occasional visits to alternative office sites in Oldham but this should be minimal.
Security clearance
 None
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
 All expenses must be pre-agreed between the parties and must comply with the Council's policy.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 3
Cultural fit criteria
 -Work well as the lead of a team, with team members and third parties keeping the team motivated to perform well -Transfer knowledge gained through the team and be willing to share experiences across the wider department. -Be comfortable working with a range if stakeholders from senior level to frontline staff to effect change
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Qualification in Business Analysis
  • A track record of working on IT development programmes with demonstrable experience of working on a variety of different IT delivery projects
  • Exposure to a digital suite of systems such as CRM, Devops, Mobile Apps, BPM
  • Experience of working in a GDS framework
  • Experience of benefits definition and activity based costing
  • Experience of working with a recognised Agile or Iterative development methodology
  • Experience of Agile documentation including Backlogs, Customer Journeys, Use Cases, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria etc.
  • Experience of a variety of requirements elicitation techniques, (e.g. interviews, questionnaires, user observation, workshops, role playing and prototyping)
  • Good facilitation and influencing skills with the ability to work with large groups of staff of varying level of seniority
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 23/03/2023

Digital Programme Resourcing : OC02 Digital Business Analyst (BA)

Closing date for applications: 23/03/2023


Specialist role:

Business analyst

Location:

North West England

Organisation:

Oldham Council

Maximum day rate:

£400
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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