X7 IT Business Analysts

On behalf of Homes England, we are looking for X7 IT Business Analysts (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (travel required occasionally to Birmingham).

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

Job purpose:
These are exciting times at Homes England. We have a clear vision - to develop digitally enabled systems and services that works more simply for users - and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it.

We are looking for enthusiastic business analysts to Help to Buy transformation programme

As an IT Business Analyst your main responsibilities will be to:

• Develop and articulate a detailed understanding of the Homes England's business processes, working with process owners to identify and implement opportunities for incremental and step-change process improvement.
• Work as an agile business analyst in a multi-disciplinary team, supporting the team and Product Manager with developing and managing a product backlog.
• Facilitate both agile ceremonies and business workshops.
• Production of Epics, Features and User Stories to agreed standards and quality levels.
• Work with stakeholders to identify and implement solutions to complex business problems, successfully identifying and then translating business needs to digital and non-digital solutions.
• Able to work to a waterfall approach, producing High Level, Functional and Non-Functional business requirements.
• Support team members and others within the wider business analysis community of practice, supporting the development and implementation of business analysis best practice.

Essential:

• Experienced in business analysis, working both collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary agile team and alone.
• Experience of working with the user centred design profession and their methods and techniques.
• Experience of Agile development methodologies, particularly Scrum.
• Experience of working with a backlog of user stories and acceptance criteria using Behaviour Driven Development.
• Experience of waterfall projects, producing High Level, Functional and Non-Functional requirements.
• Knowledge of the GDS development approach / digital standards.
• Awareness of public sector Information Security issues.
• Awareness of public sector finances e.g. Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL).

Desirable:

• Business Analysis qualification
• Agile certification

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Homes England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".