ICT Business Analyst

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Public Health England is seeking an enthusiastic, committed individual to undertake the role of Business Analyst working with the ICT Programme Delivery Unit. This role is primarily focused on supporting PHE’s scientific and operational directorates with their ICT needs by understanding and articulating their requirements, identifying options to meet these requirements and helping them to choose the most suitable solution. It is a key point of reference within PHE ICT and will engage with a range of stakeholders and decision makers to provide guidance and influence final outcomes.

We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter with some previous experience of business analysis, business process improvement or implementation of IT services. You will be comfortable engaging with all levels of stakeholder and leading and facilitating groups of business users. You must be able to organise your time well and be able to respond to occasionally challenging deadlines, whilst being sufficiently flexible to accommodate changing priorities. You will be able to offer either a good knowledge of Public Health England and its directorates or experience of IT solution analysis and development.

You will:

-engage with a range of stakeholders to understand, document and analyse information needs, business requirements and functional requirements

-gather these requirements by studying business functions and by using appropriate methods such as interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, scenarios and task and workflow analysis

-assist the Senior Business Analyst with devising functional specifications, and system design specifications when appropriate, according to standard templates, using natural language

-ensure that appropriate testing is done and conducted on all systems prior to live implementation (business acceptance testing, user acceptance testing)

-write and maintain user documentation as appropriate, providing any needed information that might assist in help desk support and/or training of users

-prepare technical reports, as necessary, by collecting, analysing, and summarising information and trends.

To apply for this post please click the APPLY button and search for 919-CS-MM-13835366.

Applicants are strongly advised to use the criteria in the person specification (available online) as sub-headings in their application to make it clear how they meet each of the selection criteria. Please also see job description for competencies

This is a fixed Term 2 years contract.

Closing date: 9 November 2014.

Public Health England promotes diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunities employer