Agile Business Analyst - Focus On ESR

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: - ESR stakeholders (e.g. development team) - 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 bi-directional interface between Trainees Information System (TIS) and Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. This expands the functionality of the existing one-way interface and is intended to improve data reliability and accuracy of trainees’ information across both systems. The Business Analyst will assess systems integration aspects; ensure the solution is documented, versioned and designed with platform independence and service evolution in mind to evolve independently from client applications. Where the Work Takes Place This office that this person would work out of is London. The TIS team is geo-located across both London and Manchester. HEE additionally has offices around the country that could potentially also be used for this role if London (or Manchester) did not suit. However, with the current COVID-19 situation, the role would initially at very least be one of working from home, possibly for the duration of the contract. Early Market Engagement - Working Arrangements Timescales: 18/06/20 - Advert closes. 19/06/20 - Shortlisting. 22/06/20 (w/c) - Successful suppliers invited to interview. 22/06/20 (w/c) - Unsuccessful suppliers informed. 25/06/20 - Interviews (via Slack or Teams). 26/06/20 - Contract award. 01/07/20 - Start date. 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. *NOTE*: During this COVID-19 pandemic, currently all staff work from home. This role will be similarly affected. The role is outside of IR35. Work Location This office that this person would work out of is London. The TIS team is geo-located across both London and Manchester. HEE additionally has offices around the country that could potentially also be used for this role if London (or Manchester) did not suit. However, with the current COVID-19 situation, the role would initially at very least be one of working from home, possibly for the duration of the contract. 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 - gather 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 verbal 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 Evidence of experience to map, agree, and document data flows and data ownership for systems integration purposes Nice to Haves Demonstrable experience of Jira and Confluence Experience working in Agile environments using Scrum, LeSS 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 APIs 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 ability to work with clients with low technical expertise 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 Budget range we decided not to set a maximum day rate or disclose our budget constraints. we seek excellent value for money and affordability.