Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: from 48,250 – 99,180 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for a number of Business Analysts for the Information Services Business Engagement Team group at varying levels.

Key Accountabilities:

• Requirements analysis to support demand management for business domains.
• Ensuring the business requirements and supporting documentation are defined and addressed.
• Identifying and evaluating relevant solutions to business problems.
• Work with the BRMs to assure the realisation of business benefits.
• Maintain good knowledge of IS Governance and IS processes, specifically the front end and delivery processes.
• Maintain good overall understanding of AWE Business and Business Strategy and if appropriate specific areas of the business.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
• Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Request Brief documentation that clearly defines the business issue, need for change and recommended approaches, for presentation to IS Governance Boards (including Front End Governance Board (FEGB), Delivery Governance Board (DGB .
• Provide scoping services to help clarify business problems, objectives and potential solutions by using appropriate business analysis techniques including: Data Analysis, Process Analysis, Business Case Assessments and Root Cause Analysis.
• Elicit and validate requirements through the effective use of requirements gathering workshops and resolve any complex requirement conflicts through effective stakeholder engagement.
• Work with the BRMs and Delivery Managers to identify stakeholders who are affected by a proposed initiative or who share a common business need.
• Work closely with IS Architects to identify and evaluate potential solutions and also to validate the recommended solution addresses the business requirements.
• If appropriate, identify and document project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies and undertake impact analysis.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

• Strong experience and proven record as a Business Analyst
• Comfortable working in a Waterfall/Agile environment
• Experience delivering BA artefacts at pace to concurrent projects or programmes:
• Work Package and Problem Statement definition
• Impact Analysis, Gap analysis, Root cause Analysis

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Definition of Scope and Objectives, Stakeholder mapping
• RAID development
• Requirements Management: elicitation, documentation, validation, prioritisation, review and sign-off
• Workshop facilitation, stakeholder 121s, questionnaire creation, focus groups
• Functional and Non-Functional Requirements definition: Functional Breakdown Structure, High and Low-level Requirements definition, User stories and Acceptance criteria; Requirements Catalogue, Business Rules, Wireframing, Business Context Diagrams, Business Process Modelling and Mapping; Business Process Re-engineering
• Solution assessment and validation
• Input to Release and Launch planning, User Training and Education strategies
• Definition of MVPs, KPIs and metrics for Financial and Operational Benefits Realisation
• Good Stakeholder Management and Communication skills
• Experience delivering work-packages at pace in a highly regulated, change-focussed environment.
• Professional certification e.g BCS International Diploma is Business Analysis; IIBA CBAP is desirable.

You’ll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave – 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave – 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
• Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The ‘Working at AWE’ page on our website is where you can find full details in the ‘AWE Benefits Guide’.

Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically, 2/3 days onsite per week.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Next steps:

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.