Walsall, Resources & Transformation, ICT      
ICT Business Analyst - Ref: RT64720
Salary G8 £30,150 - £34,385  per annum (plus excellent employee benefits)
Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

Walsall Council is transforming how it works. Developing technologies, customer expectations and external budget pressures mean we need to modernise and rethink how we deliver our services.

We are recruiting an ICT Business Analyst to join our ICT Programme Management Office (PMO) Team, tasked with supporting the PMO function, whilst also delivering small/medium Projects and Services to ensure Walsall Council continues to have an ICT infrastructure fit for the future.

Working as a key member of the ICT PMO, the postholder will help the council implement technology solutions in a cost-effective way by determining the requirements of a project or programme, documenting them and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators and partners.

The postholder will work alongside Programme and Project Managers to support business case production with definitive information, identifying strategic and tactical benefits and providing recommendations on emerging trends. 

You will work with a wide variety of stakeholders including business and technical teams, developers, testers, and third parties where appropriate, to collate, understand and interpret business needs and requirements, translating them into detailed functional specifications which support the delivery of robus technological solutions.  

The postholder will ensure alignment of deliverables from their projects with the ICT portfolio of projects and programmes and also the wider corporate transformation programme initiatives.

If you’re ready for your next challenge, we’re ready to hear from you!  

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. 

Closing date for applications: Monday 1st February 2021
Interviews to take place: To be confirmed

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