Business Analyst Apprentice

Summary
You will have the opportunity to gain valuable skills, knowledge and experience as you complete a Business Analyst Apprentice - Level 4 Apprenticeship. Duties will include Data Collection & Analysis: Assist in gathering, analysing, and interpreting data from various sources to support business decisions and identify trends, patterns, and insights.

Annual wage £25,000 a year

Training course Business analyst (level 4)

Hours Monday to Friday (Shifts: 8.00am - 4.00pm, 9.00am - 5.00pm and 10.00am - 6.00pm). 37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date Monday 20 January

Duration 1 year 4 months

Positions available 1

What you'll do at work

• Process Documentation: Support the documentation of existing business processes, workflows, and requirements by observing operations and collaborating with team members.
• Requirements Gathering: Work with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, ensuring a clear understanding of project needs and objectives.
• Reporting & Presentations: Prepare reports, summaries, and presentations for various stakeholders using tools like Excel, PowerPoint, and other data visualization tools.
• Testing & Validation: Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) and validate business requirements against delivered solutions.
• Project Support: Assist in project planning and coordination tasks, helping to track timelines, risks, and deliverables.
• Stakeholder Communication: Learn to communicate effectively with stakeholders to clarify requirements, present findings, and gather feedback on ongoing projects.

Where you'll work

Unit 3
South Langworthy Road
Salford
Greater Manchester
M50 2PW

Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation
QA LIMITED

Your training course
Business analyst (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

• Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
• Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
• Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
• Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
• Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
• Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
• Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
• Elicit process information from stakeholders
• Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
• Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
• Produce models of redesigned business processes
• Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
• Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
• Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
• Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
• Validate requirements with stakeholders
• Support the establishment of requirements traceability
• Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
• Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
• Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
• Support the development of models of future state business situations
• Identify key differences between current and future business situations
• Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
• Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
• Support business acceptance of business and system changes
• Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
• Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
• Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
• Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
• Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience

Your training plan

Why choose our Business Analyst Level 4 apprenticeship?
Our Business Analyst Level 4 apprenticeship develops learners to investigate information systems solutions and gain the know-how to improve operational efficiency for your organisation. The principles of data analytics are being applied across just about every industry. Using past-event data, business analysts are making important insight-based business decisions and driving customer value across every team and function, including operations, finance, sales and marketing.

QA's Business Analyst Level 4 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:

• Become a change professional that helps organisations deliver business and digital change successfully
• Regularly investigate and analyse solutions to ensure the right one is chosen
• Experience a flexible learning journey using a blend of learning methodologies, including online learning, practical exercises, video content, coaching and workshops

Tools and technologies learned: Apprentices will learn to use Unified Modeling Language (UML), Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), Data Modelling, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SWOT & PESTLE.

Requirements
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Non-judgemental

About this company
The company is a pharmaceutical wholesaler offering a wide range of services to the healthcare sector and pharmaceutical industry. Their commitment to excellence and high service levels has gained the company its reputation as a leading partner to the healthcare sector, both primary and secondary care, pharmaceutical industry, and academic institutes.

Company benefits
Flexible hybrid working, Free Car Parking, Company Pension & Health Cover, On-the-Job Training: Hands-on experience working on real projects under the guidance of experienced business analysts and project managers.

After this apprenticeship
Career Development opportunity to potentially be offered a permanent role within the company on successful completion of the Apprenticeship after you have built foundational Business Analysis skills during your time on the apprenticeship.

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
QA LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292657.

Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 15 January). When you apply, you'll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship. After signing in, you'll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.