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Business Analyst - Consultant (Contract)
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Description
Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
The role
You’ll already be working as a business analyst in your current role.
You’ll work with our clients to help them achieve their business goals.
You’ll work with other disciplines such as developers and user researchers to solve complex and interesting problems.
You’ll create relationships with stakeholders to understand what they need, then translate these into the requirements of the project.
If you take more of a leadership role on projects, you may be more suited to our senior business analyst role.
Essential experience
To succeed in this role, you need experience of working as a business analyst. You’ll need to show how you have:
applied business analysis techniques to solve problems in a methodical and considered way
elicited and managed business requirements using different methods
presented complex information in a way that is easy to understand
built effective working relationships within cross functional teams and across business stakeholders
shared knowledge and best practice with BAs and other disciplines
planned and managed your own workload to achieve the objectives of your project
experience working in UK central government, delivering services to GDS / UK Service Standard guidelines
working in agile delivery teams
demonstrated experience or knowledge in agile delivery management and/or product management
As well as business analysis skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant. You’ll need to show how you have:
contributed to improving ways of working within teams
positively challenged decisions or solutions you don’t agree with
In the interview, we’ll ask you questions that demonstrates this experience. We’ll also ask you questions based around these topics.
Salary
Inside IR35 - from £380 per day
Where you’ll work
Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.
Life at
Opencast
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Culture overview
We want to provide our people with interesting work for organisations that matter to them – we give our people the best chance to grow with us.
Our people are honest, hardworking, open and confident – we are smart self-starters. We strive to protect our family culture and we’re not big on hierarchy.
Our internal working groups ensure progressive change to our processes and practices, covering:
• Charity
• Environmental action
• Health and wellbeing
• Inclusive change
• Social committee
• Tech sector engagement
We offer an extensive social and wellbeing calendar providing something for everyone who wants to get involved in Opencast life.
We value and empower our people, doing right by them. We work flexibly and keep hierarchy to a minimum. Our benefits include generous annual leave, training and development, pension, and other financial perks.
Employee benefits
Bonus Scheme
Company Car
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Pension
Share Options
Office vibe
Hackathons
Open Plan
Social Events
Location
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Leadership
David Sarginson
Head of Software Development
Tech overview
Software, digital, & technical delivery
Our software, digital and technical delivery teams work across the development lifecycle, with experienced scrum masters, product owners, business analysts, testers, front-end and back-end software developers. We work with customers to deliver agile transformation and improve ways of working. We have delivered multiple complex services to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards, from discovery through to live.
Architecture
Our growing digital architecture practice combines expertise in enterprise, solution and technical architecture. Our architects work collaboratively to create solutions in the context of our clients’ existing technology estates. We advise on the components required to deliver a new service successfully in line with business goals.
DevOps, cloud & platform engineering
Our DevOps, cloud and platform engineering practice brings together leading engineers who are true experts, driving the adoption of a DevOps culture and the benefits of cloud computing. We focus on delivering cost savings, reducing time to market, improving scalability and flexibility, as well as enhancing the quality and security of our delivery.
Engineering principles
Agile Process
Code Reviews
Configuration management
Continuous integration
Mentoring
Micro services
Pair programming
Test Driven Development
Unit testing
Company tech stack
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