Job Description

Salary: £50,788 - £56,074 per annum, Grade 7

Hours: Full time - 37 hours per week

Contract: 18-month fixed term contract

Location: Onsite at Service Headquarters, Calcot, Reading, with travel to Stations as required.

Excellent annual leave allowance of 30 days, flexible working hours, onsite gym, parking facilities and a Local Government Pension Scheme

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Analyst to join the Business Information and Systems team within Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS).

As the Business Analyst, you will be responsible for driving standardised ways of working, aligned to RBFRS strategy. You will work at an enterprise level, with the ability to analyse processes, data, and technology, mapping current practices and identifying where improvements can be made.

Working collaboratively with all parts of the Service and following best practice Business Analysis standards, e.g. BCS, BABOK/International Institute of Business Analysis, or equivalent, you will use your analytical skillset to aid project scoping, planning, design, and delivery.

You will champion and adapt industry best practice to meet our specific needs, strengthening our approach to change and growing the business analysis capability within the Service, by proactively promoting business analysis techniques and sharing knowledge with key stakeholders. You’ll help the organisation understand tricky problems and provide data and analysis to enable robust decision making and process improvement.

More specifically, you will be assigned to the RBFRS Productivity and Efficiency Programme producing and analysing current processes and data flows. You’ll use this information to identify, implement and evaluate improvements and new ways of working, ensuring robust processes and governance are in place, to maintain accurate data. You’ll then document the Requirements Specification for a future technology solution and support the procurement and delivery processes.

You’ll be inspired to demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile and our Behavioural Competency Framework as attached.

The key focus of this role is:

Document and analyse current processes and data flows.

Identify, implement and evaluate improvements and new ways of working, ensuring accurate data is maintained with governance in place.

Conduct benefits analysis and drive the benefit management process.

Document the Requirements Specification for the new technology solution.

Support the procurement process and delivery.

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):

Professional Business Analysis qualification, e.g. International Diploma in Business Analysis.

2+ years’ business analysis experience.

Process mapping and process improvement.

Data analysis/experience of working on projects involving data.

Requirements elicitation techniques.

A team player who works well with technical and non-technical resources.

Ability to work independently.

Has an eye for detail and a natural ability to analyse information.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally.

Application and selection process

The successful candidate will demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile/Person Specification and our Behaviour Competency Framework as attached.

The Behavioural Competency Framework allows us to easily identify the behaviours that drive successful performance and enables us to deliver an effective service. The behaviours detailed within the job profile will be assessed throughout the selection process.

Appointment is conditional upon undertaking a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.

For further details about the role or to simply discuss any adaptations or adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or with our recruitment process please contact Ellie Wilde, Technical Programme Manager at (url removed) to arrange an informal discussion.

Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CVs without an accompanying application form.

Closing date for applications is 31 December 2024.

It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run week commencing 20 January 2025.

Anticipated start date: February 2025, however, subject to negotiation.

Please note that is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying / accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge.

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Our Commitments:

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service values your individuality, your diversity and your dignity. All are welcome here. Inclusion, diversity and equality are principles which guide our decisions and will be visible throughout the Service, and we will continually work to improve in these areas.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture of dignity and trust where everyone feels safe and comfortable to bring their whole self to work.

Simply: The communities we serve are varied and diverse, we should be too.

Applications are welcome for job-share or part time arrangements please enquire on application.

All applications are considered on merit alone. We are a Disability Confident Leader – if you meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview if you choose to opt into the Offer of an Interview Scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme).

To find out more: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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