Senior Business Analyst

Recruiter Department for Business and Trade - Digital, Data and Technology

About us

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways.

Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly.

Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements.

Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advance, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow.

The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission. The team have been nominated three times in a row for 'Best Public Sector Employer' at the Women in Tech awards!

About the role

Our Senior Business Analysts identify and draw upon a variety of evidence to define, analyse and document challenging business problems and user needs. They lead the mapping of user and organisational needs to business architecture, ensuring alignment with service vision and strategy.

Senior Business Analysts (BAs) constructively challenge and act as a critical friend to ensure fit-for-purpose solutions. They facilitate collaboration and effective communication to support the design, build, and delivery of user-centred products and services.

As a Senior BA, you will support the Head of Profession to build a sustainable, diverse, and engaged Business Analyst community within DBT who work together towards a common goal and share ideas openly, establishing standards and consistency to support rapid delivery through sharing and learning from one another.

Read more about what it is like to become a business analyst in DDaT in our blog.

You will also line manage and mentor junior colleagues, providing advice and direction on their activities and supporting them to develop their skills and experience.

About you

We're looking for people who are :

• Flexible and can prioritise and work effectively across different services at both multidisciplinary team and portfolio level
• Adaptable, to confidently engage key stakeholders from different functions
• A critical thinker
• Proactive, can drive activities and identify solutions to problems

Main responsibilities

You will be :

Skills and experience

It is essential that you have :

It is desirable that you have :

How to apply

As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a two page CV and complete a 900 word personal statement outlining how you meet the essential skills and experience listed above. You can use bullet points and subheadings if you prefer.

Sift will be from week commencing 30th June 2025

Interviews will be from week commencing 14th July 2025

Please note these dates are indicative and may be subject to change.

If there is a high volume of applications, we will sift looking at your Lead criteria - Strong demonstrable experience of leading business analysis in a digital environment, with experience of mentoring colleagues and supporting teams to deliver high quality work - only. You may then be progressed to full sift or straight to interview.

How we interview

At the interview stage for this role, you will be asked to demonstrate relevant Technical Skills and Behaviours from the Success Profiles framework. These are role specific and in line with the Business analyst - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework.

Technical Skills

Behaviours

You will be asked to prepare and deliver a presentation and will be informed on the topic following the sift.

How we offer

Offers will be made in merit order based on location preferences. If you pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring you will be held on a 12-month reserve list in case a role becomes available. If you are judged a near miss at interview, you may be offered a post at the grade below the one you applied for.

This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer will be withdrawn.

Checks will also be made against :

Benefits

If you join us, you will get :

More about us

This role can only be worked from within the UK, not overseas. If you are based in London, you will receive London weighting. DBT employees work in a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in the office. Travel to your primary office location will not be paid for by DBT, but costs for travel to an office which is not your main location will be covered.

You can find out more about our office locations, how we calculate salaries, our diversity statement and reasonable adjustments, the Recruitment Principles, the Civil Service code and our complaints procedure on our website.

Find out more about life at DBT, our benefits and meet the team by watching our video or reading our blog!

Senior Business Analyst

Location : London, Darlington, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford

Find out about our benefits, application process and practical details like our office locations on the things you need to know page.

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