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On behalf of ONS we are looking for a Business Analyst (INSIDE IR35) for a 2 month contract (until 31/03/26) with potential for extension. Hybrid working with 1-2 days per week in either Newport or Titchfield. 

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest producer of official statistics, covering a range of key economic, social and demographic topics. These include measuring changes in the value of the UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime and migration.

We are starting to increase our design and development into the Census Programme which is required for 2031. The BA role is a vital role for ensuring the quality and delivery of systems, processes and technologies that are required to support the end to end of this programme. You will be working alongside other ONS BAs, service designers, architects, delivery managers and business stakeholders to gather, validate and manage requirements, build processes and manage stakeholders.

As a Business Analyst your main responsibilities will be to:

• Elicit functional and non-functional requirements using appropriate techniques, considering the nature of change and established practices.
• Deliver at pace using the most appropriate delivery methodologies and adopting agile principles.
• Develop suitable analysis models using appropriate modelling techniques, considering traceability, adherence to business objectives and fitness for purpose.
• Work with business and solution architects to ensure that the wider architecture considered when undertaking analysis work.
• Define improvements to business processes, developing business cases to enable decisions to be made based on the benefits of the change.
• Lead and manage investigations into business processes, information systems, functions, information flows, data structures and software development processes, using various technical, methodical, and consistent techniques.
• Shape and challenge business priorities and ways of working through collaboration with business and technology teams.
• Assist decision makers in gathering information to make informed decisions.

Essential:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst.
• Experienced in capturing, documenting, validating and managing requirements.
• Experienced in Business Modelling.
• Experienced in Stakeholder Management and conflict resolution.
• Ability to manage multiple workstream simultaneously and deliver to challenging timeframes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively across teams.
• Experienced in Agile methodologies and ways of working.
• Knowledge of Jira.

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, ONS 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 

ONS 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".