Business Analyst| 6 Months (Inside IR35)| Hybrid (Edinburgh)
Harvey Nash's client is recruiting for a Business Analyst on a 6 month contract.
Main Responsibilities
- Seeking an experienced Business Analyst to help the Project Management team on a project to support the agency's compliance with data protection legislation, Freedom of Information (FOI) obligations, and internal information governance policies.
- This project role focuses on analysing business processes, systems and business requirements and developing creative and economically robust proposals and recommendations for system/business change.
- In addition, the role will identify risks and support the implementation of systems and procedures for effective redaction, data handling, and governance.
- To be successful, previous experience working as a business analyst within data protection related projects is essential, as is good working knowledge of UK data protection requirements, FOI legislation and UK GDPR.
Key Skills
- Strong understanding of UK data protection laws and FOI legislation.
- Good understanding of business analysis tools and techniques.
- Strong documentation and report-writing skills.
- Proficient in methods and techniques for effective management of projects from initiation to completion (e.g. Agile / Prince 2) including risk management.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Proven experience:
- within data protection related projects
- working on UK data protection requirements, FOI legislation and UK GDPR;
- of gathering business requirements and modelling business processes;
- of delivering business and system improvements - defining and evaluating options for change and making the selected option for change happen, e.g. via business case development;
- using information gathering methods, tools and techniques and stakeholder engagement.
- working in a team and of contributing
- constructively to the shared outcomes of the team
This role falls inside of IR35 and is hybrid working with the expectation to attend the Edinburgh office as and when required. Please note that for this role you must have or be happy to get a Basic Disclosure Scotland. To apply, please send your CV using the link.
