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On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for X3 Senior Digital Business Analysts (Inside IR35) for a contract until June 2027. This is a hybrid working role (two days per week office based - London). 

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office

Job Purpose:

This role is a part of the Falcon programme, which aims to deliver two outcomes - a modern, flexible, high quality and cost-efficient official IT platform to all users across the Cabinet Office and its wider organisations and deliver a productivity suite migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.

As a Business Analyst within the Falcon Programme you will work across multiple products to assess the as-is position of process and technology, and to map out to-be proposals and solutions, as well as ensure that user requirements are tracked throughout the development process and used to enable effective design and development.

Your key role will be to support multiple projects and tasks using agile methodology, for a specific infrastructure-related product, working closely with the Delivery Team and key stakeholders to understand, identify, analyse user and business needs. You will be the first point of contact for stakeholders and managing stakeholder relationships to investigate problems and recommending options for resolution. You will be confident at analysing current processes and driving business improvement by applying agile methodology to all aspects of your work.

As a Senior Digital Business Analyst, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Work closely with Cabinet Office business users and internal Technology Teams to identify business requirements, ensuring that they align with the programme strategy to improve our current services.
• Work with the Delivery Manager to scope requirements for any given product, help the team visualise outcomes and prioritise work.
• Identify and analyse problems and issues that may affect the successful transition of projects into live service.
• Apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to ensure that the team’s plans and objectives are achieved.
• Ensure outcomes are aligned with service vision and business strategy by identifying the link between current and future business models and delivering to the business architecture.
• Challenge constructively to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose.
• Facilitate collaboration and effective communication amongst all stakeholders to support best practice design, build and delivery to meet the user needs.
• Ensure outcomes are aligned with service vision and business strategy by contributing to the link between current and future business models and delivering to the business architecture.
• Facilitate collaboration and lead effective communication with all stakeholders to support design, build and delivery to meet the user needs.
• Challenge constructively, and act as a critical friend to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose

Essential:

• Business Analyst experience of working on agile technical and non-technical projects, identifying business requirements and leading business improvements.
• Ability to use agile methodology to identify the best processes or tools to use, to scope, identify and map out project requirements/processes with the team and/or stakeholders.
• Experience of using a range of communication skills to build strong stakeholder and team relationships and communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, balancing workload and priorities according to project goals.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced multidisciplinary team, changing your delivery approach rapidly and regularly when needed.
• Experience of working in ambiguity and using a range of agile tools and techniques to establish requirements for any given project.
• Proactive in engaging effectively with stakeholders, building relationships and clarifying mutual needs.
• Demonstrable experience of building a culture of continuous delivery and improvement.
• Experience in producing accurate documentation for the life of the project/task.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".