Business Analyst - Revalidation

Tender description

Who Speclialist Work With You'll be expected to work with the following: - Scrum Master, Service Managers (Product Owners) and Team (incl. BAs, UI/UX, Test Lead, Front End and Full Stack Developers, Ops) Stakeholders such as: - Trainees (of the medical, dental, pharmacy and healthcare science profession) - (Hospital) Trust administrators and managers - Business Managers and subject experts - Others involved in the education and training of the multi professional healthcare workforce Third party suppliers - Legacy and future suppliers What Specialists Work On A Business Analyst is needed to work in an agile team on the discovery of user needs, analysis, support solution design, implementation and delivery of a Revalidation application within the Trainee Information System (TIS) using a user-centred approach. This will focus on a refactor and possible redesign on an existing Revalidation application which is no longer fit for purpose The Business Analyst will document systems integration aspects; ensure the solution is documented, versioned and designed using a user centred approach and following the GDS Service Standard. Where the Work Takes Place Health Education England Floor 3 Stewart House Russell Square London WC1B 5DN Early Market Engagement - Working Arrangements Timescales we are working to: Advert closes – 13/01/20 Shortlisting and successful suppliers invited to interview - week commencing 13/01/20 Interviews in person - 22/01/20 and potentially 23/01/20 Contract award - week commencing 27/01/20 Preferred start date – 03/02/20 HEE is an employer keen on promoting work/life balance, and protecting people's mental health. As such we expect all staff to work remotely one day a week. Further remote working is also possible subject to negotiation with line manager. The role is outside of IR35. Work Location Health Education England Floor 3 Stewart House Russell Square London WC1B 5DN Security Clearance No Additional T&Cs The awarded supplier will also need to adhere to the principles set out in the standard NHS Terms and Conditions. Skills & Experience Evidence of experience in Business Analysis - gathering needs and analysing information using comprehensive tools and techniques Evidence of ability to map business processes and data flow from source to target according to the data and development lifecycle Process re-design and optimisation and mapping of user journeys. Producing As-Is and To-Be business process models. Experience of working with both traditional and modern interfaces and systems integration, to document proposals for possible solutions and drive the solution of choice with the developers and others. Evidence of strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to communicate and build relationships effectively with a broad range of people, both verbally and in writing Demonstrable experience of working with development teams in an Agile delivery setup, creating BDD style User Stories, maintaining and prioritising Product backlog and roadmap with Product Owners. Demonstrable experience of acting as conduit between development team and stakeholders in translating requirements into both technical and non-technical speak/language to facilitate communications and engagement. Demonstrable experience in writing acceptance criteria, carrying out acceptance testing to validate technical designs and developments. Nice to Haves Experience of working in an Agile environment using SCRUM or other Agile frameworks Previous experience working with Public Sector clients or the NHS Experience working with MSSQL or MySQL to query databases Previous experience working with API and Microservice-driven applications No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Work transparently and collaboratively in a no-blame culture, encouraging all to fail fast and learn from mistakes Demonstrate experience of supporting and coaching other team members Evidence their confidence to challenge the status quo Evidence of taking responsibility for their work Assessment Method Reference Interview Scenario or test Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet Budget range we decided not to set a maximum day rate or disclose our budget constraints. we seek excellent value for money and affordability.