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On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Business Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based Manchester, Leeds, Blackpool or Newcastle (3 days per week on site).

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Business Analyst, your main responsibilities will be:

• Working closely with stakeholders and business areas to understand objectives, identify business problems and define clear outcomes before solutions are explored.
• Capturing, analysing and documenting business and user requirements using appropriate techniques such as workshops, interviews, process mapping and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Translating user needs into structured, delivery-ready requirements including user stories, functional and non-functional requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Acting as a key interface between stakeholders and delivery teams, supporting discussions around solution options and ensuring a shared understanding of requirements throughout delivery.
• Managing requirements throughout the project lifecycle, including maintaining traceability, assessing impacts of change requests and supporting prioritisation activities.
• Supporting testing and quality assurance activities, including creation or validation of test scenarios, supporting user acceptance testing and confirming delivered solutions meet agreed requirements and quality standards.

Essential:

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst
• Some experience with portfolio management
• Excellent stakeholder management

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, UKRI 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 

UKRI 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".