Business Analyst

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As part of the Scottish Parliament’s Business Information Technology Office, you will be joining the Business Analysis and Change Team. The team applies business and customer focused skills to support effective project delivery and ensure change management. Applying the technical skills and methodology associated with IT project delivery, your role will be to plan, design, deliver and manage business change to support the provision of sustainable technical innovation in a focused IT project environment.

You will provide support and technological advice to assure the best use of IT resources to assist in the delivery of office objectives and plans. You will also conduct business analysis by investigation operational requirements, problems and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through the creation of new process and/or improvements or redesign of current manual and automated processes.

Ideally with 2 to 3 years relevant experience, you should have an understanding of the principles of business, change management, business analysis and requirement gathering and of the software development lifecycle and software testing. You should also have knowledge and experience of business analysis tools and techniques including creating and validating AS-IS and TO-BE process maps. In addition to this you should have Project Management skills including a knowledge of project management methodology.

You must also be able to demonstrate good communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels. You should have the ability to contribute positively in a cross team environment as well as being able to work on your own initiative. You should also have a creative and innovative approach to service improvement and the ability to identify and promote opportunities for change.

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Closing Date: 5pm on Friday 23 June 2017.

Applications from Gaelic speakers and job share applications are welcome.

The Scottish Parliament is committed to achieving a diverse workforce which reflects our diverse communities and we welcome applications from all. We are an autism friendly building, have a wide range of supportive family friendly policies, a room for prayer, and staff groups which support diversity in the workforce. We offer excellent benefits with great opportunities to work flexibly during your working week, generous holidays (41.5 days’ leave including public holidays) and the opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangement.