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On behalf of CO IBCA, we are looking for a Senior Digital Business Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract which is a hybrid role so does require up to 3 days a week in the Newcastle upon Tyne office

The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) is a new arm’s-length body established to deliver compensation at pace to those affected by the infected blood scandal. We are committed to placing the community at the heart of our work, ensuring that those infected and affected receive the recognition and support they deserve.

As a Senior Digital Business Analyst in IBCA, you will be working at pace working with a multi-disciplined team to conduct analysis that allows us to meet user and business needs

You will undertake research and analysis to understand how a IBCA works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology.

You will identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures.

You will identify and elaborate user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change.

You will ensure new products and services meet business and user needs, and are aligned with organisational goals.

You will understand any business and policy constraints that need to be considered, and assess the implications

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

• Helping to define required capabilities and support organisational changes to create and implement operating models that meet business objectives;
• Identifying opportunities to improve business performance within a project or programme
• Advising on the approach to identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities within a project or programme
• Ensuring solutions align with business goals and objectives, and business / user needs, and achieve the required outcomes and expected benefits
• Ensuring your proposed solutions align with organisational vision and strategy

Essential Skills

• Significant experience of working at Senior Digital Business Analyst level in a digital environment
• Ability to horizon scan and gather intelligence to understand any business and policy constraints that need to be considered, and assessing the implications
• Experienc e of managing direct reports within a busy team and department
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build long-term strategic relationships including where there may be conflict or competing priorities;
• The ability to identify issues or opportunities and see them through to resolution, influencing stakeholders and managing relationships effectively throughout;
• Experience of working with limited direction to translate business drivers, goals and constraints into business objectives;
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams, using agile or other project methodologies
• Knowledge of different methodologies and of helping teams to adopt a range of Agile tools and techniques to undertake business analysis
• Experience of managing communities of practice activities, also encouraging and supporting Business Analysts learning and development

Qualifications

• Experience and skillset with Agile across business analysis

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, CO IBCA 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.

Armed Forces Covenant

CO IBCA 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".