AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Business Analyst (Inside IR35) for an 8 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (occasional travel to Swindon required).

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:

• Current-state (AS-IS) analysis – detailed assessment of existing IAM processes, systems (including Ideiio), and pain points across UKRI.
• Future-state (TO-BE) process designs – defined and optimised workflows for identity governance, lifecycle management, and access control aligned to Zero Trust principles.
• Requirements documentation – clear, prioritised functional and non-functional requirements (including user stories and acceptance criteria) for the new IAM solution.
• Stakeholder and user needs analysis – consolidated view of business, security, and technical needs across councils and user groups.
• Data and role modelling outputs – definition of roles, access profiles, and identity data structures to support role-based access and governance.
• Business case inputs and supporting artefacts – contributions to the full business case, including benefits, process improvements, and impact assessments.

Essential:

• Requirements elicitation and analysis – ability to gather, define, and prioritise complex IAM, security, and business requirements across multiple UKRI councils.
• Business process mapping and optimisation – expertise in analysing current identity and access processes, identifying inefficiencies, and designing improved future-state workflows.
• Stakeholder engagement and facilitation – strong skills in working with technical teams, security specialists, and business users to build consensus and shared understanding.
• Understanding of IAM and security concepts – working knowledge of identity governance, lifecycle management, access controls, and Zero Trust principles to inform analysis.
• Data analysis and modelling – capability to assess identity data, roles, and access patterns, supporting role-based access design and governance improvements.
• Translation and documentation – ability to produce clear, structured artefacts (requirements, user stories, process maps) that bridge business needs and technical delivery.

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.

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".