AMS PSR

On behalf of the CPS, we are looking for a Senior Business Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 4 Month contract based in any CPS Office (2-3 days per week on site).

The CPS prosecutes criminal cases that have been investigated by the police and other investigative organisations in England and Wales. The CPS is independent, and they make their decisions independently of the police and government.

Their duty is to make sure that the right person is prosecuted for the right offence, and to bring offenders to justice wherever possible.

The CPS are passionate about ensuring that they are a top-performing organisation and a great place to work. They are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work, and individuality is truly appreciated. Find Your Purpose - Join the CPS and have a future that matters.

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

• Make sure 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.
• Challenge constructively and act as a critical friend to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose.
• Facilitate collaboration and lead effective communication to support design, build and delivery to meet the user needs.
• Evaluate business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
• Capture user stories and acceptance criteria, ensure business requirements are fully understood by delivery teams, including external suppliers, and enable delivery teams to understand the context behind them.
• Lead ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.

Essential:

• Ability to analyse and optimise business processes, identifying improvements and specifying effective business changes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including engaging senior leaders and resolving issues affecting project delivery.
• Skilled in investigative work, capturing user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensuring clear requirements for delivery teams.
• Able to evaluate delivery methods, support prioritisation, and guide teams toward MVP and aligned business outcomes.
• Proven collaboration across technical, architecture and project teams, facilitating workshops and gathering user evidence.
• Experience mentoring Business Analysts and supporting Agile practices within delivery teams.

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 CPS 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 CPS 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".