Junior Business Analyst

The Opportunity:

• Requirement Gathering: Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners and senior business analysts to elicit and document business requirements. Conduct interviews, workshops and surveys to gather essential information.
  
• User Story creation: Create and maintain detailed user stories that capture functional and non-functional requirements. Ensure user stories are clear, concise and follow best practices.
  
• User Story Management: Use Jira to create, update and manage user stories, tasks and epics. Maintain the product backlog and ensure it reflects the most up-to-date priorities.
  
• Acceptance Criteria: Define acceptance criteria for user stories to ensure they meet business requirements and quality standards. Collaborate with the development team to clarify any questions or concerns.
  
• Jira and Confluence expertise: Leverage Jira and Confluence to track and report on project progress and optimise project management.
  
• Communication: Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and the development team, facilitating effective communication. Ensure that all parties have a common understanding of project goals and requirements.
  
• Quality Assurance: Review and validate completed user stories to ensure they meet acceptance criteria and are aligned with business expectations. Identify and report any issues or discrepancies.
  
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of user stories, requirements and changes throughout the project lifecycle. Keep stakeholders informed of updates and progress using Confluence.
  
• Process improvement: Identify opportunities to improve the user story creation and management process. Suggest and implement best practices to enhance efficiency and quality.
  
• Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate system functionalities and ensure they meet business requirements.
  
• Cross-Functional collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, testers and project managers to ensure successful project delivery. Participate in agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning and retrospectives.
  

Requirements

• Proven experience of 3 years as a Business Analyst with a strong focus on User Stories in ICT projects
  
• Proven, working knowledge of Jira and Confluence for project management and documentation
  
• Experience working in Agile environment for software development
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  
• Analytical mindset with a keen attention to detail
  
• Detail-oriented with exceptional organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively
  
• Experience working with non-technical/business stakeholders
  
• Bacholor's or Master's degree in a related field (e.g. Business Administration, Information Technology)
  

• Experience working in a government agency, consulting firm or with large enterprise clients​
  
• Relevant certifications such as Certified Business Analyst Professional or Certified ScrumMaster
  
• Familiarity with BPMN 2.0
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
  
• Professional development and learning opportunities to grow your skills
  
• Collaborative and inclusive work culture
  
• ​Relocation opportunity is available for the highly talented and experienced and suitable candidate