Senior Business Data Analyst

The business data analyst is part of a highly successful team working within the HRA digital directorate, responsible for developing, delivering, and supporting complex solutions within the HRA's portfolio of national information systems for health research. This includes the Research Systems programme, a major programme to build a new integrated research application and workflow system and to achieve the successful migration and eventual closure of current systems (IRAS and HARP).

As a business data analyst, you will use the data analysis process to understand, interpret, and predict patterns in business, and then use those data-driven insights to enhance the business requirements and practices.

Main duties of the job

1. Make sure that all data structures are analysed, documented, and aligned with business requirements.
2. Collaborate with business analysts, product managers, and data architects to understand data needs and translate them into requirements.
3. Own the main stakeholder relationships related to your discipline.
4. Analyse, understand, and define a data problem or opportunity.
5. Undertake research and analysis to understand how a business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data, and technology.
6. Identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, and define data-driven ways of implementing business solutions.
7. Ensure that data quality, consistency, and compliance with industry standards.
8. Facilitate the alignment of data models with business process requirements.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for you, not just us and the work we do.

We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that helps us to deliver the best services.

We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community. This includes: age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, and other diverse characteristics.

We have policies in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

When applying to work here, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement - if it works for you, we'll do our best to make it work for us.

Please note, if applying to our Nottingham or Bristol locations, we are only able to offer the role as home-based.

Job responsibilities

This role sits within HRA Digital. The digital directorate is responsible for developing, delivering, and supporting complex solutions within the HRA's portfolio of UK-wide information systems for health and care research. This includes a major programme to build new systems and to achieve the successful migration and eventual closure of current systems.

The HRA Digital team is a collaborative, supportive team consisting of HRA employees, secondees, contractors, and vendors.

To find out more and to understand the full duties of the role, please refer to the job description attached.

In submitting your application with us, please note the following:

We currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

We do not hold a sponsorship licence and are unable to offer employment under any sponsorship arrangement.

Where applicants fail to demonstrate how they meet any one of the essential criteria of the person specification, the application will not be shortlisted. You will be considered based only on the information in your application form. CVs will not be considered.

The HRA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should it receive a sufficient number of applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional qualification at master's level in an information related discipline or equivalent industry experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Knowledge, Skills and Expertise

• Understanding of data analytics software such as Power BI.
• Understanding of Microsoft development software.
• Demonstrable expertise of working in data, software, and technology solutions to make informed decisions that add value, efficiency, and solve a problem.
• Demonstrable expertise of implementation and evaluation of business data analysis processes.

Interpersonal Skills

• Lead on communication with stakeholders at all levels and actively establish relationships and apply the benefits of professional networks.

Experience

• Proven experience in business analysis, synthesis, and modelling in a complex digital landscape.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

• Demonstrable experience of anticipating and preventing problems, showing understanding of how problems fit into the larger picture to drive data-driven decisions.

Other

• Commitment to inclusivity and valuing diversity.