SC Business Analyst (Data Science / IM)

SC Business Analyst (Data Science / IM)

A major law enforcement body are seeking a Business Analyst with data science and/or information management skills to join them on an initial 6-month contract, inside IR35.

* BA role predominately supporting project manager with combination of analytical analysis of data, representation of data and subsequent interaction with information asset owners (IAO)
* Working in unstructured data,
* Using data modelling tools
* Experience of using elastic and Kibana is a plus

Technologies/systems used:
* Elastic is a plus
* Kibana is a plus
* Data visualisation tools is a plus

Core day to day duties:
Business Analysts will help the business leads articulate their requirements into a prioritised requirements set.
* Provide Business Analysis / architecture support to the development of the programme portfolio to Level 2 design maturity.
* Capture, analyse organisational design and business processes;
* Work with the projects as required to capture, analyse and manage requirements (functional and non-functional) to inform solution design;
* Break-down and understand business and technical complexities and issues and develop business solutions for resolution;
* Ensure that proposals reflect business needs and align to the organisation's strategic objectives;
* Act as the liaison between business operations and project delivery (Design and IT);
* Conduct impact analysis of business changes including volumetric analysis;
* Report to and support the Project Manager and Senior Leadership Team. All work will be produced to a quality standard aligned to industry recognised requirement management practice.

Key Essential skills:
Essential:

* Knowledge of efficient and effective ways of using data to tackle business and organisational challenges.
* Experienced in the full range of Business Analysis activities, including Requirements capture, process mapping and modelling and use case development;
* Excellent IT skills including Advanced PowerPoint, Visio and Excel skills;
* Business Design (ideally using EASE or MODAF);
* Experience of analysing a range of processes, activities and IT systems;
* Experience of facilitating workshops and capturing workshop outputs
* Good analytical problem solver - ability to make and recommend decisions based on informed analysis and impact assessment;
* Understanding of Programme Management environments, Project Management environments, change and risk management.
* Customer facing individual, with strong stakeholder management skills and presentation/ communication skills. Knowledge of efficient and effective ways of using data to tackle business and organisational challenges.
* Ability to engage with stakeholders and champion the value of data science work.
* Technical ability in several data science specialisms and ability to provide detailed technical advice on their area of expertise.
* ElasticSearch is a plus
* Kibana is a plus
* Data visualisation tools is a plus
* Metadata and structured data
* Experience of information management is a plus with apps