Job Introduction
Buttercups Training are part of BPP Group and we are a specialist, market leading training provider within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. We have a track record of delivering high quality training programmes to pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and healthcare support staff with high achievement rates.
Due to continued success and expansion, an opportunity has arisen for an experienced Business Analyst to join our Business Change Team.
This newly established role presents an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to autonomously shape the position and utilise your expertise to drive our delivery model forward. You will identify areas for improvement, map out change processes, collaborate with stakeholders and use analysis led insights to support business change decisions.
What if you read the description and don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway - we value diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity!
Why work for Buttercups Training?
It is a great time to join Buttercups as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many great reasons to join the team such as:
- Brilliantly, you can study any of our courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.
- With hybrid and flexible working available, you’ll be able to split your time between our beautiful modern office and wherever you choose to call home.
- Birthday or Buttercups anniversary off – your birthday is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate all things you, we allow all staff members to take a paid day off each year to celebrate
Other key benefits include Free Parking on site, Additional Annual Leave, Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, Employee Assistance Programme and much more!
What you’ll be doing
In this role, your innate curiosity will drive you to unravel the complexities behind every change request. You'll ensure clear understanding of the requirements, explore a variety of possibilities, and confidently challenge assumptions to uncover the most efficient, innovative solutions.
As such, you will be responsible for:
- Analysis and understanding business problems and opportunities
- Undertaking research and analysis to understand how business areas work, considering the people, organisational goals, processes, information, data and technology
- Identifying areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures
- Identifying and elaborating on user and business needs to enable effective design, development and testing of services and business change
- Making decisions related to prioritisation and minimum viable product by using analysis led insights
- Ensuring new products and services meet business and user needs and are aligned with organisational goals
- Understanding any business and policy constraints that need to be considered and assess the implications
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
- An inquisitive and innovative mind with the confidence to challenge the status quo and influence positive change
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain successful stakeholder relationships
- Can work independently and manage/prioritize workload autonomously
- Experience of analysing business goals, objectives, functions and processes, using relevant information and data to support the definition of requirements
- Ability to conduct options analysis, assess feasibility and operational impact, quantify potential business benefits to contribute to business case development
- Possess an understanding of the impact of potential changes and how business processes, systems, data, roles and responsibilities interact
- Ability to analyse, design and prioritise business changes and support their implementation
- Experience of identifying, analysing, challenging and validating business and user requirements and manage them throughout their lifecycle
- Experience of identifying and analysing IT system capabilities
- Ability to understand the stages and purpose of testing and support the use of relevant tools and techniques
- Identifying business scenarios and develop acceptance criteria to ensure requirements can be traced to develop functionality
- Experience of agile working to help teams to prioritise work and adhere to agreed minimum viable product (MVP)
- Experience in the education sector would be advantageous
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check.
BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices
BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.
