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Job summary:
The Home Office is looking for individuals with an enquiring mind who care about the detail and have a passion for Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT). You do not need related qualifications or previous experience – we are particularly interested in your passion for a career in DDaT, your attitude and your potential.
Are you looking for a role fit for our digitally connected world? If you have the commitment to succeed and want to serve the public, then this opportunity to train or retrain through an apprenticeship is for you.
Responsibilities:
As a Business Analyst Apprentice, you will be responsible for, and carry out, tasks to support the understanding and development of a product and/or service under direction and guidance from more senior Business Analysts.
As a Business Analyst Apprentice, you will start to gain the skills and experience and/or understanding in business analysis methods and techniques, utilise relevant tooling and deliver outputs to the required standard before progressing to undertake business analysis activities for which they are fully tasked and responsible.
Refer to the candidate pack for further details.
Salary:
National: £25,750 - £27,650 per annum
London: £29,750 - £31,950 per annum
Person specification:
You will be a hard-working and enthusiastic individual with a flexible and collaborative approach to work. You will be someone who can work well as part of a busy team but are equally comfortable working independently or with limited supervision. In these roles, you will be making a positive contribution to the overall success of your business area.
Essential criteria:
- Demonstrate a passion for pursuing a career in DDaT, the role and public service.
- Commitment to learning.
- A strong interest and knowledge of Digital, Data & Technology.
- Have relevant work experience.
- Have an understanding of business analysis methods and techniques.
- A strong interest of working in a data profession.
- Displaying proactivity and using your initiative to offer suggestions/solutions to issues and problems.
- Undertaking self-development with drive and motivation and a willingness to learn and improve.
- Working collaboratively as part of a team and with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Displaying the ability to organise self and prioritise tasks, whilst maintaining good attention to detail.
- Adapting effectively to changing priorities and persevering in challenging situations.
- Being an effective written and verbal communicator with an ability to tailor messaging to changing audiences.
- Analytical skills, with the ability to analyse and identify patterns in information, trends, emerging issues, data errors and anomalies.
- Critical thinking and the ability to investigate, evaluate information and reach conclusions.
- Logical and creative thinking.
- Be objective, logical and have an enquiring mind with a good attention to detail.
- Be confident engaging with senior colleagues and internal and external stakeholders.
- Knowledge of data modelling, data cleansing and data enrichment skills also including knowledge of different data models and tools and understanding when they could be used.
- Knowledge of statistical methods and data analysis skills, and understanding the theoretical basis for applied practices.
- Take responsibility for own work and deliver quality outputs.
- Cope under pressure and is flexible and adaptable to change.
- Confident working on computers and be able to use programmes such as Microsoft Office suite - Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel.
Desirable criteria:
- Working within a team, ideally in a project or delivery environment.
- Influencing and negotiation.
- Using PowerPoint and/or Jira.
- Quality assurance, validation and data linkage abilities, such as understanding basic data issues, the concept of data being fit for purpose and the context of the data.
- Level 3 Qualification
To be eligible for the apprenticeship:
You should be committed to spend 20% of your working time on learning activity. The expectation is that apprentices are employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Need to ensure you meet Government requirement to complete an apprenticeship:
- You must work at least 50% of the time in England.
- Valid passport/birth certificate and NI number.
- Not undertaking another apprenticeship or government funded qualification at the same time.
- These roles are ideal for candidates who have ‘not studied to degree level and are looking to develop their knowledge and skills whilst in employment’.
- Should have GCSE grade ‘C’ or above in Maths and English, or the equivalent, such as key skills or functional skills. If you do not or are unable to provide evidence of this (e.g., certificate), then you will be required to complete Level 2 functional skills during the apprenticeship programme with support.
- You must not hold a qualification at or above Level 4 in a similar subject. You can hold a qualification in a related subject area at a lower level, e.g., Level 3 (or A-Level equivalent). You may also be ineligible if you have substantial experience in the role for which you are applying, as an apprenticeship must provide you with a significantly new skill set / skills uplift.
Benefits:
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Interview dates:
Sift will take place week commencing 22nd May 2023. Interviews will take place week commencing 19th June 2023.
Further information:
For further information please follow the below link and see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
***DO NOT apply to QA directly via the apply button.***
Please only apply via Civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk:
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Any applications to QA directly will not be reviewed.