Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst

Contract: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £48,710 - £53,780

Location: Service Headquarters, Kelvedon Park*

Closing Date: 21st February 2025

• We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours and location.
  
  

Are you an experienced Business Analyst with a passion for making a real difference? Join our Innovation & Change team at Essex County Fire & Rescue Service and play a role in delivering projects that enhance public safety and emergency response.

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for a Business Analyst to start with us as part of our Innovation and Change Team. The successful candidate will be required to investigate and analyse business activities and processes to identify requirements that will reduce cost and improve service efficiencies.

You will work closely with the Senior Business Analyst, project and operational teams and stakeholders across the Service, as well as external suppliers and partners to ensure objectives are delivered on time, and to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

1. Managing multiple work packages as required, from inception to completion within agreed timescales, in accordance with best practice and Service governance.
2. Managing business process analysis & improvement taking responsibility for research and investigation to document as-is and future state to-be models.
3. Requirements Definition to ensure business functional ways of working are understood, issues, impacts, dependencies and risks captured to recommend improvement through recognised analysis tools and techniques.
4. Providing Change Delivery & Change Management support by providing advice, carrying out detailed stakeholder analysis, developing processes, idea generation and providing options for solutions that benefit service delivery plans.
5. Engaging with stakeholders across the Service, as well as external partners and suppliers, working closely with our Project Managers and Project teams.
6. Providing clear documentation and updates to stakeholders, as well as playing a key role at Project Team Meetings throughout the project phases to support delivery.
7. Ensure you maintain an understanding of new and emerging Technology Innovation by collaborating closely with ICT colleagues to identify and leverage technologies that support business processes and enhance efficiencies.

About You

1. Proven experience in business analysis, change management and project lifecycle.
2. Strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
3. Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities are essential, to facilitate and lead workshops, write complex reports and engage with employees, managers and partners to support effective delivery of the Service plan.
4. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines managing multiple work packages concurrently.
5. Proven business analysis qualification is essential.

What You Will Be Working On

1. Supporting the Senior Business Analyst working together with our Service functions to gather requirements as part of any service improvement activity.
2. Working with other change professionals and internal stakeholders you will assist in the delivery of our Change Portfolio supporting the service delivery plan.

How to apply

You will be required to submit a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria of the Person Specification. You may submit this either as a word document or pdf.

You must also submit your CV which should clearly detail your qualifications and work history. Your additional documents will be referred to in shortlisting to confirm eligibility (e.g., your current role and any existing qualifications).

This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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