Job Description

Details

Reference number

326330

Salary

\xc2\xa335,425 - \xc2\xa349,150

Salary: \xc2\xa335,425 to \xc2\xa349,150 \xe2\x80\x93 London: \xc2\xa340,100 to \xc2\xa349,150 / National: \xc2\xa335,425 - \xc2\xa343,900 (including allowance)

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DBT - DG COO - Digital, Data & Technology

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support
Analytical
Business Management and Improvement
Digital
Information Technology
Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

5


Contents

• Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

Location: London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford (may require occasional travel to other DBT offices)
About the job

Job summary

The newly created Department for Business and Trade brings together the business focused functions of the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for International Trade (DIT). Our joint expertise in trade and business provides us with a unique opportunity to unleash the power of UK businesses, reform regulation to reduce burdens and unlock post-Brexit freedoms.

Job description

Our Business Analysts identify and draw upon a variety of evidence to define, analyse and document challenging business problems and user needs. They lead on mapping how user and organisational needs align with the business architecture and fit with the service vision and business strategy. You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team on complex, fast-moving, and innovative projects. Your role will be to make sure product decisions are based on a sound business analysis by working closely with service owners, and product and delivery teams. Within DDaT, we encourage our Business Analysts to challenge constructively and act as a critical friend to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose, while facilitating collaboration and effective communication with all stakeholders to support the design, build and delivery of products and services that meet user needs. 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. This role is available in seven UK locations and can only be worked from within the UK, not overseas. Most DBT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in the office on average. Changes to these working arrangements are available in certain circumstances but must be agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role and can only be discussed with successful candidates. 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. Find out about life at DBT, our benefits and meet the team by watching our recruitment video, visiting our website or reading our blog! Responsibilities

• Articulate business and user problems, identifying opportunities and ways to address them and providing recommendations.
• Manage the analysis of business requirements and user needs related to all aspects of the service(s) you are supporting.
• Work with the relevant Service Owner, Product Manager and Delivery Manager to assess how the requirements should inform the team\xe2\x80\x99s activities.
• Conduct business process analysis and re-engineering where applicable and write and edit the relevant documentation.
• Articulate business and user problems, identifying opportunities and ways to address these problems and providing recommendations.
• Apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to ensure that the team\xe2\x80\x99s plans and objectives are achieved.
• Work as part of multi-disciplinary teams to deliver solutions and ensure they are sufficiently tested and meet business and user needs
• Contribute to an active and supportive Community of Practice

Person specification

Essential Skills and Experience You will need to have demonstrable skills and experience of:

• Agile Working Skills: You apply agile methodology to your work and can help the team decide the best approach to delivery
• Business Analysis: You apply a structured business analysis approach to investigate and assess complex business problems and opportunities and inform both tactical decision making and strategic plans
• Requirements Definition & Management: You apply a structured approach to requirements definition and management for complex change initiatives and ensure requirements traceability throughout their lifecycle. You can coordinate and review the prioritisation of requirements and engage in the negotiation of solutions to help meet business objectives and user needs
• Stakeholder Management: You can communicate with stakeholders at all levels, focusing on user and business needs. You can tailor and apply communication strategies to build relationships and work to resolve conflict where needed
• Process Management: You can model business processes at all levels of complexity, including the use of systems analysis, and identify opportunities to improve business performance. You can support the analysis, design, prioritisation and implementation of process changes, and support business process testing and usability evaluations
• Ways of Working: You can collaborate effectively with other DDaT roles within a multi-disciplinary delivery team and assess the effect of proposed solutions on users

Desirable Skills and Experience This isn\xe2\x80\x99t necessary but would be ideal if you have:

• Have experience of working at portfolio level or across multiple products

Personal Attributes and Skills The ideal candidate is:

• Proactive
• Adaptable to confidently engage key stakeholders from different functions from across DBT
• A critical thinker

Benefits

Alongside your salary of \xc2\xa335,425, Department for Business and Trade contributes \xc2\xa39,564 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception. Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way. Unless otherwise specified, all interviews are currently being held online. Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way. Sift will take place week commencing: Monday 27th November 2023 Interviews will take place week commencing: Monday 4th December 2023 Please notes these dates are indicative and may be subject to change. As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a CV and complete a personal statement outlining your experience, skills and fit for the role. At the sift stage for this role, we will assess your CV and personal statement against the essential skills and experience listed above, so please ensure these documents evidence these criteria. Your personal statement must be a maximum of 900 words. You can use bullet points and subheadings if you prefer. As well as evidencing the criteria you should also touch upon why you\'re interested in DBT and in this role. If we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct a \xe2\x80\x98short sift\xe2\x80\x99 and read one element of your application. For this campaign a short sift would be conducted based on: Personal Statement. 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. A role-specific list of these can be found below. There will be a technical element within the interview where you will be asked questions about your specific professional skills and knowledge relating directly to the job role. We will assess you against these Technical Skills during this process:

• Agile working
• Business analysis
• Business modelling
• Business process improvement
• Business process and acceptance testing
• Requirements definition and management
• Stakeholder relationship management
• User experience analysis

Detailed explanations of each Technical Skill can be found on the DDaT Framework. We will also assess you against the following Behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making effective decisions

Reasonable adjustment If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the DDaT Recruitment team before the closing date to discuss your needs. Our recruitment process is underpinned by appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission\'s Recruitment Principles. The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email: ddat.recruitment@trade.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment. Click here to download a PDF about the Civil Service Commission/Complaints. If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the \'Contact point for applicants\' section. For further information and to apply please click the link to direct you to the advertisers website. Appointments may be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences. Candidates who pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring will be held on a 12-month reserve list for future appointments. Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised. Security Clearance Details All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK. The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected. If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements. Checks will be made against:

• Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records).
• UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records.
• Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency.
• Security Services record.
• Location Details

Further Information If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. The Department for Business and Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. Harmonised terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you. Please note \xe2\x80\x93 the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role. Any move to the Department for Business and Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission\'s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

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  Name :
  DDaT Recruitment Team
  Email :
  ddat.recruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Recruitment team

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  Email :
  ddat.recruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners\xe2\x80\x99 Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email at Resourcing@trade.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Civil Service Commission Complaints