Senior Business Analyst
Senior Business Analyst
Grade B: £39,784 (National Framework) or £45,456 (London Framework - if you are London office-based or home-based and live within the boundary of the M25) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home.
Contracted Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week. We may also consider compressed hours.Contract Type: Permanent.
Location: Home-based with regular travel to CQC offices.
Closing Date: Sunday 4 May 2025 at 11.59pm.
This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?
When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work, what comes to mind? For 3,000+ people at the CQC, we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities.We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join us and share this sense of achievement.
If you would like to help us make a positive impact on health and social care within England, then read on.
Why this could be a great role for you…
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be part of our Business Analysis Practice within the Product & Service Design function, supporting complex change projects and the continuous improvement of CQC’s digital services. You will be allocated to support the establishment or improvement of one of our digital services and will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to analyse, design, and deliver value to CQC staff, our Providers, and the public.
What we can offer you...
Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through our benefits scheme:
- 27 days' leave per year, rising to 32.5 days with length of service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
- Opportunities and support for in-house and external training and development.
- Free, unlimited access to the Headspace meditation app.
- Sports and gym discounts.
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day.
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution.
- Discounts to high street stores, supermarkets, restaurants and more.
- Eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card, which costs £4.99 and is valid for 2 years.
- Fleet home electronics and car leasing salary sacrifice scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme up to the value of £5,000.
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality Network.
What you will bring...
You will have experience of delivering business analysis within both the business and technical domains and will be comfortable investigating problems, identifying options to solve problems, analysing the current view of a service, identifying areas for improvement, working with other roles to design the future view of a service, and creating relevant technical information to support the delivery of the new or improved service.
You will have experience of working in agile ways and have familiarisation with the Government Digital Services (GDS) Service Manual and you will be used to working in a multi-disciplinary team and regularly collaborating with user researchers, designers, developers, testers, subject matter experts, and other technical roles.
Please be aware the assessment will comprise of a presentation and competency-based interview questions. If you are successful at shortlisting, you will be invited to an interview and provided instructions regarding the presentation at least 5 working days ahead of time.You will be required to submit the presentation prior to the interview and then present this during the interview to the panel. The competency-based interview questions will be based on the requirements of the role, as per the Job Description.
For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact Matt Eastwood, Business Analysis Practice Manager.
Individual adjustments...
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate.Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the recruitment team.
CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
Our Values
Excellence - Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring - Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity - Demonstrating our passion for 'doing the right thing’
Teamwork - Enabling us to be the best we can