Defence Infrastructure Organisation
DIO - Business Analyst
Job Location
Lichfield, United Kingdom
Job Description
About the Role
The Business Analyst supports the Senior Business Analysts and Business Architects in providing an integrated view of the organisation using a repeatable approach, cohesive framework, and available industry standard techniques, building a bridge between the strategic plan of the business and the actual day-to-day function of the business.
The Business Analyst will lead on providing business analysis and architectural support to low/medium complexity change activities and will be responsible for maintaining clearly defined architectural artefacts based on business areas and or architectural artefacts such as business objects, organisational structure etc. The Business Analyst may also be required to support high complexity change initiatives under the supervision of the Senior Business Analysts and or Business Architects.
The Business Analyst will support low/medium complexity change management activities including the development of problem statements, undertaking root cause analysis, developing current and future state views, and undertaking impact and gap analysis. They will work closely with their counterparts within technology and data architecture to ensure alignment in approaches and outputs.
The Business Analyst must have a good understanding of the business and how it operates. They will also have an awareness of architecture frameworks (such as TOGAF) and the relationships between artefacts. They will regularly work with the BizzDesign artefact repository and use ArchiMate architecture notation, as well as support the upkeep of the DIO Process Repository. They will understand the business architecture design process and play a key role in the performance of that process by supporting the Senior Business Analysts and or Business Architects.
The Business Analyst will support the planning, administration and running of events and workshops using existing skill sets in stakeholder management, requirement elicitation and business modelling and will also work with the Senior Business Analysts and/or Business Architects to synthesise the outputs following stakeholder engagement events.
At this level, you will be expected to: identify and manage stakeholder relationships; work independently; have a good understanding of your own work area; advance the Business Analyst community through the sharing of best practice and mentoring others.
The key activities that will help the business:
Person specification
Person Specification
Essential Skills & Experience
Desirable Skills & Experience
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
Benefits
Alongside your salary of 36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes 10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours/Experience on your application form:
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) .
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .
Location: Lichfield, GB
Posted Date: 11/22/2024
The Business Analyst supports the Senior Business Analysts and Business Architects in providing an integrated view of the organisation using a repeatable approach, cohesive framework, and available industry standard techniques, building a bridge between the strategic plan of the business and the actual day-to-day function of the business.
The Business Analyst will lead on providing business analysis and architectural support to low/medium complexity change activities and will be responsible for maintaining clearly defined architectural artefacts based on business areas and or architectural artefacts such as business objects, organisational structure etc. The Business Analyst may also be required to support high complexity change initiatives under the supervision of the Senior Business Analysts and or Business Architects.
The Business Analyst will support low/medium complexity change management activities including the development of problem statements, undertaking root cause analysis, developing current and future state views, and undertaking impact and gap analysis. They will work closely with their counterparts within technology and data architecture to ensure alignment in approaches and outputs.
The Business Analyst must have a good understanding of the business and how it operates. They will also have an awareness of architecture frameworks (such as TOGAF) and the relationships between artefacts. They will regularly work with the BizzDesign artefact repository and use ArchiMate architecture notation, as well as support the upkeep of the DIO Process Repository. They will understand the business architecture design process and play a key role in the performance of that process by supporting the Senior Business Analysts and or Business Architects.
The Business Analyst will support the planning, administration and running of events and workshops using existing skill sets in stakeholder management, requirement elicitation and business modelling and will also work with the Senior Business Analysts and/or Business Architects to synthesise the outputs following stakeholder engagement events.
At this level, you will be expected to: identify and manage stakeholder relationships; work independently; have a good understanding of your own work area; advance the Business Analyst community through the sharing of best practice and mentoring others.
The key activities that will help the business:
- analyse and understand a business problem or opportunity
- undertake research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
- identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures
Person specification
Person Specification
- Understand and communicate to a wide audience with varying levels of knowledge, the value of business architecture.
- Apply structured approaches to identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities, within a defined project.
- Analyse business goals, objectives, functions and processes, using relevant information and data to support the definition of requirements.
- Conduct options analysis, assess feasibility and operational impact, quantify potential business benefits and contribute to business case development. You can help to ensure proposed solutions meet business and user needs.
- Understand the effect of potential changes and how business processes, systems, structures, data and roles and responsibilities interact with one another.
- Identify, analyse, manage and monitor relationships with and between internal and external stakeholders.
- Support maintenance of the DIO Process Repository and associated documentation.
- Maintenance of Master Data Sources and Records to ensure alignment.
- Champion Business architecture and provide guidance, support, advice, coaching & skills transfer to enable key stakeholders define their business architectures.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proficient use of Microsoft suite of packages particularly; Teams, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience of identifying and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Good organisational, planning and research skills
- Team player, able to work effectively at all levels of an organisation with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus
- Good situational analysis and decision-making abilities
- Good understanding of business analysis and business architecture
- Ability to use business analysis disciplines to capture and understand requirements and undertake root cause analysis
- Experience leading and facilitating workshops with stakeholders
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience using and managing artefact repositories
- Proficient use of the Microsoft suite of packages particularly Project, Visio, Outlook, OneNote and Word
- Experience of planning and deploying business change initiatives
- Working knowledge of risk identification and management
- Storytelling - the ability to translate complex messages
- Experience using model-based representations that can be adjusted as required to collect, aggregate or disaggregate complex and conflicting information about the business to wide audiences
- The ability to assimilate and correlate disconnected documentation and drawings, and articulate their collective relevance to the organisation and to high-priority business issues
- The ability to visualise and create high-level models that can be used in future analysis to extend and mature the business architecture
- Experience of undertaking impact assessment as a result of proposed change, to understand the gap between current and future state
- Experience using and managing architecture repositories
- Experience of using The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
- Experience of using ArchiMate notation language
- Experience of using Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN) standard
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Managing a Quality Service
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
Alongside your salary of 36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes 10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Managing a Quality Service
- Changing & Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours/Experience on your application form:
- Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
- Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 Word count)
- Managing a Quality Service
- Seeing the Big Picture
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) .
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .
Location: Lichfield, GB
Posted Date: 11/22/2024
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