Description: Reporting to the Information Manager, the successful candidate will be expected to identity, develop, manage and implement solutions to both existing and new business ideas and concepts. They will play a key role in identifying areas where developments are needed within and across programmes and monitoring the impact of these developments.
1) The role will include the following principle duties:
•Engaging with stakeholders with a view to establishing their requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis etc.
•Critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, de-composing high-level information into details, abstracting up from low-level information to a general understanding. Distinguishing user requests from underlying true needs.
• Proactively communicating and collaborating with internal and external customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements
•Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
•Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
•Collaborate with project delivery team and subject matter experts to establish their vision and analyse required tradeoffs
•Devise candidate solutions using natural language. Systematically analysing and documenting the strengths, weakness and risks of each approach before presenting options to the business for a decision and implementation.
•Serve as the conduit between the customer and project delivery team.
•Work with the Steering Committee in the development of the Annual Corporate ICT Plan
•Any other duties that may be assigned by the Information Manager as appropriate to the position.
2) Eligibility/Personal requirements Education, Experience & Knowledge
Essential
• Strong knowledge of project management and core consulting skills
• Ability to park own assumptions, challenge the assumptions of others, listen and draw information out of stakeholders to identify issues and requirements that are backed up with data from several vantage points
• Strong influencing skills with the confidence to deal with staff effectively at all levels throughout the organisation
• Strong analytical skills including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate these into functional requirements (user stories).
• Capable of generating innovative ideas in collaboration with others (through brainstorming, mind-mapping etc.) and translating these into practical solutions
• A pro-active problem solver with the ability to pre-empt potential issues and to learn quickly
• A number of years proven experience in defining, developing and implementing systems.
•Significant experience in deploying a wide range of analytical approaches SWOT, As-Is To-Be Gap Analysis
• Good negotiation skills
• Good understanding of the role/objectives of key business issues etc.
• Knowledge and experience of 5S, Lean and Six Sigma or similar approaches
3) Desirable
• Relevant Third Level qualification, or equivalent
• Public sector experience and/or an understanding of publicly funded programmes
• An understanding/knowledge of social inclusion issues
4) Personal Attributes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Ability to work on own initiative within a flexible, co-operative, team structure
• Self-motivated, with a proven ability to get things done and work to deadlines
• Solution focused
This role will suit an experienced Business Analyst looking for a good role within the Public Sector. The role offers a competitive salary plus 26 days annual leave. The role is a fixed term contract in the public sector to the 31st Dec 2012. The role may go permanent but there is no guarantee due to the embargo on permanent recruitment within the sector.