Business Analyst - 6 month Fixed Term Contract

PAY DESCRIPTION

6 month Fixed Term Contract

Job Reference: 24017
Band: D
Salary:  £41,000 - £52,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance £5,319. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location – London, TVC, This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.

ABOUT BBC STUDIOS

BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. 

We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.

The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. 

From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The BBC Studios Technology Transformation Group are a team that focus on transformation, delivery and change across the BBC Studios value chain. We work closely with all product groups to produce a co-ordinated pipeline for Technology. 

We focus on three main areas:

Deliver solutions to support new business needs crucial for business continuity
Transformation activities focusing on specific growth initiatives for the business
Identify opportunities for change, aligning these with technology initiatives.

THE ROLE

This role will report to the Lead Business Analyst within the Technology Transformation group, the Business Analyst role has a focus on delivering improved business processes and values to some of our many global consumer teams.  The role will be responsible for interpreting and analysing research information and data to gain business insight and inform sound decisions.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to gain a good understanding of current business processes and systems, documenting process models and task analysis to pinpoint opportunities for improvement. Be able to demonstrate fostering strong relationships with stakeholders and key contacts, ensuring effective knowledge-sharing of business systems and domain expertise.

Key responsibilities: 

• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business needs and drivers and confirming objectives and priorities.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of current business processes and systems by conducting detailed process mapping using BPMN and task analysis to uncover opportunities for operational improvement and efficiency gains.
• Creating the plan and structure to elicit any requirements gathering ensuring all requirements are valid and traceable, contributing to a business case and solution delivery.
• Demonstrating strong communication skills to adapt messaging appropriately, ensuring processes, needs, approaches, and outcomes are clearly understood.
• Deliver documentation to enable set up, training, support, and operation of software solutions, managing handover to business-as-usual functions in accordance with agreed change and release management processes.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

Key Criteria

• Comprehensive knowledge of business and data analysis tools and techniques such as requirements engineering, structured analysis and design, and process mapping using BPMN.
• Business and data analysis experience.
• Experience working with business analysis techniques where appropriate and relevant to delivery scope drawing on applied expertise.
• Experience creating comprehensive documentation.

Desirable

• Degree in Business Management, Enterprise IT, other relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) Level 1 and/or Certificate of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA) Level 2 or equivalent experience.
• British Computer Society Certified Business Analysis Professional (BCS CBAP) or equivalent formal qualification in business analysis.
• Previous experience gained within a media or similar multi-national organisation.
• Workshop design and facilitation.
• Commercial focus, proven influencing, negotiation, and conflict management skills with the ability to engage at all levels.
• Good understanding to be a  Subject Matter Expert in a technology area.

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS

• We offer a competitive salary package
• Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
• 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid
• A defined contribution pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10%; and life assurance (at 4 times annual salary), eligibility for discounted dental, health care, gym and much more through salary sacrifice
• Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding. 

We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on [email protected]