Senior Business Analyst - London - hybrid 3 months+ contract - Enhanced Security Clearance

Please note: Due to the immediate sensitive nature of the project, successful applicants need to hold active Enhanced SC clearance (eSC)

Damia Group is searching for a Senior Business Analyst with Enhanced SC clearance (eSC) for a 3 months + contract inside IR35 with likely rolling extensions, for our client, Global Consultancy to work on a confidential project within Central Government. The Senior Business Analysts will work under the direction of the Client Delivery Manager as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will follow established delivery processes and working practices.

Daily rate inside IR35 - £550-600 per day

Profile:

• Exceptional business analysis and consulting skills
• Comfort with ambiguity and fast paced change
• Leadership skills and ability to translate concepts appropriately for varied audiences, including C-suite and lead governance fora.
• Proven delivery experience especially with proven ability to direct business change activity.
• Confident working with Central Government processes and methods, including the GDS Service Standard and Technical Code of Practice.
• Governance and Stakeholder Management: Strong client influencing skills and proven ability to manage senior level (e.g. CTO/CIO) relationships. Provides regular progress reports to stakeholders
• Professional, proactive, ‘can-do’ and flexible attitude towards the work required and the teams being worked with.

Responsibilities:

• Onboard and confirm scope and mandate
• Identify and map stakeholders
• Review and assess existing workstream resources, artefacts, plans, and analysis approaches
• Review workstream (Analysis) scope
• Engage stakeholders across workstreams (workshops/interviews)
• Identify critical risks, dependencies, and capability gaps
• Capture lessons learned from prior implementations
• Assess existing analysis ways of working across workstreams
• Co-design the integrated analysis approach.
• Identify resourcing and capability requirements (primary workstream + other workstreams)
• Identify tool and template requirements
• Initiate definition of MVP approach (e.g. big-bang vs iterative releases)
• Validate findings and approach with stakeholders.
• Build the detailed implementation plan for Phase 2 delivery
• Agree handover approach with workstream lead
• Finalise stakeholder mapping and engagement plan
• Present final deliverables

Damia is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.