Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is undergoing an exciting period of reform designed to make a step change in improving outcomes for children who need us most. As Business Analyst at CHS you will play a significant role in driving forward change and improvement across the organisation. Working at the centre of transformation activity, you will help turn ideas into practical solutions that improve how services are designed and delivered.

You will collaborate with colleagues across different teams to understand challenges, identify opportunities, and shape changes that make a meaningful difference. A key part of the role is ensuring that improvements are informed by the voices of children and young people, as well as those involved in supporting them, helping to create services that are inclusive, effective, and sustainable. Enhancing service quality is a key focus of this role, alongside improving operational efficiency, with a strong emphasis on user centred design. You will ensure that solutions are evidence led, shaped by real insight, and responsive to the needs of stakeholders, delivering outcomes that have a tangible, positive impact in practice.

There will be a range of development opportunities to strengthen your business analytic skills, gain experience across large scale transformation programmes, and build your confidence working in an evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business analytics activities across projects and workstreams, ensuring high-quality outputs are delivered on time and meet agreed objectives.
• Engage and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels to understand needs, manage expectations, and ensure alignment with organisational priorities.
• Gather, analyse, and translate business and user needs into clear, actionable requirements, user stories, and specifications.
• Facilitate workshops, discussions, and decision-making sessions to drive collaboration and progress.
• Map and evaluate current and future processes to identify opportunities for improvement, innovation, and efficiency.
• Work closely with project managers, digital teams, and service leads to ensure solutions are practical, achievable, and aligned to business needs.
• Support the development and implementation of solutions, including contributing to testing activities such as user acceptance testing.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring these are clearly communicated and effectively managed.
• Ensure all work aligns with governance standards, policies, and regulatory requirements, including data protection and accessibility.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by enhancing business analysis practices, tools, and ways of working.

As an organisation that works within the children’s hearings system, we are passionate about making a positive contribution to improving outcomes for Scotland’s infants, children, and young people. Our values are at the very heart of what we do every day. By working with us, you will be joining a diverse community of colleagues and volunteers. At CHS we are proud to celebrate difference. We all have different skills, experience and backgrounds and we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture where you can be yourself.

We offer an excellent benefits package, from health and wellness to finances and family, including: generous annual leave, flexible working and other leave policies, fantastic pension, Employee Assistance Programme, development opportunities, and wider employee wellbeing initiatives.

CHS is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and are committed to providing any reasonable adjustments required during application and assessment process, and upon joining us.

For more details, please download the application pack on our website which includes a full job description and a person specification. Please note that CVs are not accepted. While you may choose to use tools such as Artificial Intelligence to assist with your application, it is essential that all content reflects your own experiences and is factually accurate. Any material that misrepresents your background may lead to your application being withdrawn. Internal candidates could also face disciplinary procedures if such misrepresentation is identified.

Closing Date: Friday 5th June midnight. After the closing date, this role profile will not be available on our website, so please save a copy when you apply.