Consultant / Senior Consultant - Business Analyst (BA)

£45,000–£65,000 (DoE) + Annual Bonus | Hybrid Working

This is a key position within our business; we are looking for the right individual to help grow our Business Analysis capability across our i3works business.

Overview:

We deliver measurable value for clients across defence, private and public sector environments. We have an extensive range of service capabilities and expertise provided by our best-in-class team which we are seeking to expand. We are looking for Business Analyst to deliver for our clients and help shape our capability offering across the i3Works business.

The work will be varied, stretching and you will have the chance to shape decisions that will have significant strategic influence on the business and our clients’ businesses. You will lead, guide and influence stakeholders and teams using effective communication, and utilisation of your discipline to the agreed delivery strategy. This is an outward-facing role requiring effective leadership and stakeholder engagement together with well-developed collaborative working practices.

Role Summary:

As a dynamic, purposeful and supportive Business Analyst (BA) at i3Works, your primary role will be to bridge the gap between business needs and technical solutions. You will be an integral part of our diverse and growing digital team, leveraging your analytical skills to directly contribute to our objectives. Your expertise in transforming data into actionable insights will be crucial in enabling intelligence-driven decision-making.

You will collaborate with clients to identify requirements, clarify uncertainties, resolve issues, and guide them through the digital service development lifecycle using data-driven decision-making. Your experience with various elicitation methods will allow you to advise your team on the best approach for each stakeholder and scenario. As you progress, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills and manage relationships with senior stakeholders, becoming a leading figure within the BA community.

In this role, you will be expected to use your judgment and creativity to tackle complex and varied issues, even in the absence of clear guidance or precedent. Your strong interpersonal skills will be essential in consulting with colleagues at all levels, including senior managers, to solve problems and make effective business modelling decisions.

Core Skills:

• Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst

• Agile working: able to identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods, measure and evaluate outcomes, and help the team decide the best approach

• Ability to help teams manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work, and work towards agreed minimum viable products (MVP), sprints, and scopes

• Investigate problems and analyse options for new and existing services, providing recommendations for solutions and working with stakeholders to identify objectives, opportunities, and potential benefits

• Responsible for elicitation of requirements, facilitating the setting of business priorities for medium complexity change initiatives, and managing requests for changes to baseline requirements

• Ability to analyse current processes, identify opportunities for optimisation, and implement improvements using relevant techniques such as gap analysis

• Ability to apply a digital understanding to your work, identifying and implementing solutions for assisted digital

• Awareness of innovation and the ability to apply it to your work

• The suitable candidate already holds, or will be expected to achieve, National Security Vetting to Security Check standard

Desirable:

• Experience delivering for Defence Sector, i.e. DE&S and Defence Digital

• Experience delivering in Central Government, i.e. Home Office, HMRC and DEFRA

• Experience working with GDS frameworks

• Experience with data management, data visualisation technologies, or data tooling would be highly advantageous

• Equivalent Business Analysis and/or Agile certification(s) (e.g. Agile BA, APM, Scrum Master / Product Owner, etc.)

• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team

• Experience managing stakeholders at all levels

Role Location:

Our consultants are expected to work in a hybrid environment, in accordance with our clients. We require our people to be within an easily commutable distance of our Bristol office and to be able to co-locate at our client locations, which are typically 50 miles of Bristol or along the M4 corridor. New clients are always coming on board, and we require our consultants to be able to work flexibly and wherever this work requires.

Our Core Values & Behaviours:

Our core values, Purposeful, Dynamic & Supportive, stand us apart from our competition, are the central, driving force to i3Works’ culture and are expressed through our associated behaviours:

Purposeful

• Professionally Responsible - Builds and delivers professionalism to bring value to the organisation, stakeholders and peers.

• Driven to Deliver - Demonstrates determination, resourcefulness, and purpose to deliver the best results for and behalf of i3Works.

• Critical Thinker - Demonstrates the ability to analyse and understand data and information quickly. Uses information, insights and knowledge in a structured way to identify options, make recommendations and make robust, defendable decisions.

Dynamic

• Curious - Is future-focused, inquisitive, and open- minded; seeks out evolving and innovative ways to add value to the organization.

• Skilled Influencer - Demonstrates the ability to influence to gain the necessary commitment and support from diverse stakeholders in pursuit of organisation value.

Supportive

• Collaborative - Works effectively and inclusively with a range of people, both within and outside of the organisation

• Role Model - Consistently leads by example. Acts impartiality and independently, balancing personal and organisation parameters.

Benefits at i3Works: 

• Private healthcare/medical cover & Group life insurance

• Annual bonus scheme (dependent on personal and company performance)

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing by 1 day per each calendar year, after your 3rd anniversary with the company– rising to a maximum of 30 days + bank holidays).

• Enhanced Reservist Leave – up to 10 days paid.

• Annual leave purchase scheme (up to 5 days per year)

• 6% company pension contribution

• £250.00 annual donation towards a charity or grassroots organisation of your choice

• Personal wellness benefit of £120.00 per month, access to unlimited 1-1 counselling support and a wealth of wellbeing and support resources

• Enhanced parental leave

• Electric car leasing salary sacrifice scheme

• Cycle to work scheme (save 25-39% on a bike and accessories)

• Paid qualifications for employees at all levels

• Internal Employee Networks, regular social events throughout the year and charity fundraising activities to get involved with if you wish.

At i3Works we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We ensure that all hiring decisions are made without regard to age, race, national origin, sex, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, or any other protected characteristics, and will treat all applications with the strictest confidence. Please don’t be afraid to ask about what we can do to support your needs. All requests will be carefully and fairly considered. We wish you every success in your job search.