Location
Bedford, Bedfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
IT Services
Portfolio and Projects Management Office
Business Analyst
Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £37,337 to £41,406 per annum
Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a commercially focused Business Analyst to join our busy IT team and contribute to the success of our business change programme.
About the Role
The role’s primary responsibility is to collaborate closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for business efficiency. You’ll capture ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ business processes and requirements to ensure the most appropriate solutions are evaluated and selected. The role also requires expertise in related areas such as business case preparation, testing, stakeholder management and project management.
About You
You’ll have a passion for critically assessing business processes and exploiting technology to drive improvements. You will have strong interpersonal skills, business analysis expertise and be proficient in the standard business analysis tools and techniques.
Your enthusiasm for adding value, learning and problem solving, alongside tackling diverse tasks such as data analysis and test management will be key to your success. We welcome less experienced individuals who are eager to develop within the role as well as Business Analysts with established expertise.
About Us
As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.
The IT Project Office provides project management and analysis expertise to support Cranfield’s business change programme.
Our Values and Commitments
Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.
We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.
Working Arrangements
Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.
How to apply
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Gregor Waddell, Head of Portfolio and Projects Management Office - Information Services on (E)
[email protected] Apply online now. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E:
[email protected]. Please quote reference number 4773.
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 10 March 2024. We reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date, so early applications are strongly encouraged.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .
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£37.34k - £41.41k per annum
