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Business Analyst

£50,000 - £53,000 + benefits

Up to 12 months (paternity cover role)

Full-time (35 hours per week)

Wimbledon (hybrid and flexible working)

The role

As a Business Analyst, you'll act as a bridge between the Information Technology team and the wider business. You'll work on the larger digital and technology projects at the CIPD and you'll be responsible for performing business process analysis, managing business requirements and overseeing the testing and user acceptance of final solutions as appropriate.

What you'll be doing

Gathering, identifying and documenting business requirements – both
functional and non-functional.
Explaining technical jargon to non-technical/business teams.
Investigating business problems and opportunities using root cause analysis.
Mapping and re-engineering business processes.
Ensuring solutions are user tested and follow UX and accessibility best practice whenever viable.
Constructing simple data models under the guidance of the data quality manager and documenting project data requirements.
Facilitating group workshops and meetings.
Assisting with integration and user acceptance testing.
Supporting the development of training and implementation materials.
Building strong relationships across the business and active stakeholder management.
Taking a lead role in supporting and developing business analysis as a discipline at the CIPD, developing business analysis best practices and standards.

What you'll need to be successful

Certified at, or evidence of working towards, BCS Practitioner level, IIBA Senior level, or equivalent
Strong analytical, problem solving and strategic thinking skills
Experience of managing business requirements throughout their lifecycle
Experience or significant knowledge of defining and mapping business both as-is and to-be processes/workflows and applying a range of process re-engineering tools and techniques demonstrating sound business justification
Good knowledge of Agile and more traditional project approaches
Good knowledge of data analysis concepts
Attention to detail is essential along with good business awareness, project management, organisational and interpersonal skills
Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About us

We’ve been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We’re the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals – experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally – and a growing community using our research, insights and learning – we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.

There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer an inclusive and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities, as well as excellent benefits such as 28 days’ holiday with an option to buy and sell days, £125 personal development allowance, access to an award winning pension scheme and a commitment to wellbeing including a cashback health scheme.

If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click APPLY.

CIPD: valuing everyone as an individual! The CIPD define diversity as the differences in colour, ethnicity, abilities, age, gender, beliefs, interests, socioeconomic status(class), marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, geographic, academic/professional backgrounds, opinions, backgrounds, thinking, experiences, and many other personal characteristics. There is a growing body of research that shows that diverse workforce can be beneficial for decision making, innovation and problem solving as people bring a diverse range of skills and lived experiences with them. Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, where their talents are fully utilised and organisational and personal goals are met.

We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion and equality of outcomes in employment through recognising of how differences of age, disability, gender, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, ethnicity, colour, religion, or belief and other protected (by equalities law) and personal characteristics can advantage or disadvantage a person.

Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge you to submit an application as soon as possible.

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