BUSINESS ANALYST

This job has now expired please search on the home page to find live IT Jobs.

My client are looking for a business analyst to be based in Worthing on a 6 month contract initially with the potential to extend.

You would be working directly with all members of the Agile scrum team to ensure understanding of user stories and acceptance criteria.

As a Business Analyst, you work as part of an Agile Scrum Team, having responsibility for understanding user needs, working closely with our business partners, translating problems or requirements into user stories and defining acceptance criteria. Business Analysts are highly customer focussed and are responsible for building highly collaborative internal and external stakeholder relationships, supporting their scrum teams to achieve team goals. Analytical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills are core to effective business analysis.

Accountable for:

*Well defined user stories

*well defined acceptance criteria

*building and maintaining collaborative working relationships with scrum team and all customers/stakeholders

contributes to scrum team activities to ensure delivery of team goals

responsible for building highly collaborative internal and external stakeholder relationships

lead in producing user stories and acceptance criteria

supports effective business analysis through analytical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills

contribute to sprint planning sessions, daily stand ups and retrospectives

lead, contribute and support use research activities

An Analyst will not manage staff.

Professional engagement with the Business, IT Suppliers, Live Services, Project & Programme staff, End Users & other internal / external stakeholders.

1.Undertake the responsibilites as stated in the Digital Delivery Centre job description for Business Analyst Performance Expectations:

2. Be an effective agile team member in the Digital Delivery Centre to Performance Expectations

3.Manage own workload / self effectively to Digital Delivery Centre Performance Expectations

4.Work collaborately with others, actively and regularly volunteer to do other DDC roles and corporate work outside of role to Digital Delivery Centre Performance Expectations:

5.I will lead collaborately in my work area and HMRC as a whole. Communicate, direction and supporting staff to engage with HMRC priorities

Individual performance measures to be agreed as per Performance Management Report.

Business Analysts will work towards:

*ISEB/BCS Accreditation, to Diploma level in Business Analysis (desirable);

*ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing (desirable);

*Membership of British Computer Society (desirable);

(Can be attained within 1-2 years of commencing role).

*Knowledge of IT products and experience of working within Business and IT Requirements;

*Experience of identifying/shaping IT enabling opportunities;

*Experience of working as part of an Agile Scrum team;

*Highly developed interpersonal skills;

*Highly developed analytical and critical thinking;

*Commercial awareness;

*Experience/Knowledge of Departmental Strategies, standards/legislation & HMRC IT Strategy.

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.