Business Analyst at Environment Agency – Fordingbridge, England, United Kingdom

Job Description

Job Description

We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community wishing to join a workforce which embraces difference and welcomes everyone.

As part of the Flood and Coastal Risk Management directorate you will represent the Data Analysis and Reporting Team (DART) engaging widely across the business to transform performance data into business, commercial and programme information with a focus on the capital delivery. While providing specific capabilities for the team you will also have a general understanding across the team’s operation and will support accordingly as the need arises.

As a Technical Business Analyst, you will support identifying current gaps and challenges in management information and business intelligence business reporting, work with and develop stakeholder’s requirements for data products such as dashboards and translate this into user stories and tasks for data analysts. This is a challenging space, and we would expect the analyst to be able to “get into the detail” of the systems and the user requirements and define the art of the possible. Alongside requirements gathering for product development the Business Analyst may be asked to support desk study that highlight and present solutions to some of the challenges around data maturity. .

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

The team

DART sits within Flood and Costal Risk Management. We deliver dashboarding and data management services on a broad range of business areas. The team is a blend of Environment Agency and consultants fulfilling the roles of Data Analyst, Business Analyst, and service desk analysts. We have cultivated a culture of collaboration within the team and have an excellent breadth of skills and experience for joiners to learn from

Experience/skills Required

Traditional business analyst skills are key, as are initiative, time management, prioritising workload, building relationships, and project management skills.

Key capabilities:

• Capturing technical requirements from stakeholders
• Translating requirements into user stories and tasks
• Building strong customer relations and working with others to explain, influence and convince – particularly when discussing technicalities with non-technical staff.

Preferable capabilities:

Business Analysis Qualifications

• Experience of JIRA
• ETL awareness
• Power BI awareness
• Knowledge of data management and data warehousing