Technical Business Analyst (12-month Fixed Term Contract)

Job introduction

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About the role

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people and the difference they make. As a Technical Business Analyst, you’ll play a key role in delivering digital transformation and technology-enabled change across the organisation. Working within our Digital, Technology & Innovation team, you’ll operate at the intersection of business and technology, helping to shape and deliver digital solutions that improve outcomes for residents, customers and colleagues.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking team and contribute to a wide range of transformation initiatives. You’ll work closely with services across the Council to understand business challenges, redesign processes and help ensure technology investments deliver meaningful and measurable benefits. Combining strong analytical skills with technical understanding, you’ll bridge the gap between business needs and digital solutions, supporting projects from discovery through to delivery and adoption.

Additional information

You’re an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in technology-enabled change and digital transformation within complex environments. You’re comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and have a proven ability to translate business needs into functional and technical requirements that support successful project delivery.

You’ll have significant experience defining system, integration and data requirements, working with enterprise applications, APIs and system integrations, and collaborating with architects, developers and third-party suppliers. You’ll bring a strong understanding of software delivery lifecycles, business analysis methodologies and Agile delivery approaches, together with excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and influencing skills.

You will hold a degree-level qualification or equivalent experience, together with a BCS Business Analysis Diploma or equivalent professional experience. A PRINCE2 Foundation qualification, or comparable project delivery experience, is also required. Experience with Power BI, data governance principles or public sector environments would be beneficial but is not essential.

Most importantly, you’ll be a proactive and innovative professional who enjoys solving complex problems, driving service improvement and helping organisations realise the full value of digital technology. You’ll share our THRIVE values and our commitment to delivering modern, user-focused services that help West Northants thrive.

Company information

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

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