People and Organisational Development Senior Adviser - Business Analyst - D Grade

Job Title:  People and Organisational Development Senior Adviser - Business Analyst | Grade: D | Vacancy Type:
Permanent |

Hours:

35 | Salary: £41,567 |

Location:

Scotland (hybrid working to be considered) | Closing Date:
Midnight 30 November 2026| Interview Date: 10/14 December 2026

We're looking for an experienced, positive and pragmatic Business Analyst to join our multidisciplinary agile team and help shape the future of Nature Scot's digital services. Working as part of our Digital Delivery Programme, you will lead and support user-centred business analysis activities, helping to identify opportunities for improvement and translate business needs into effective digital solutions that deliver measurable value.

To be considered for this role, submit a CV and supporting statement demonstrating how your skills and experience will enable you to fulfil the key responsibilities and requirements below.

• Collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders both internal and external to enable Nature Scot to build consensus and common understanding of business needs, goals and opportunities.
• Analyse business processes, services and workflows to identify improvement opportunities and develop evidence-based solution options.
• Produce, maintain and manage appropriate business analysis artefacts, including process maps, service models, requirements, options appraisals, cost-benefit analyses and risk assessments, to support decision-making.
• Elicit, analyse, define, validate and manage business, user needs, functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring traceability throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Assess risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies of proposed changes, providing evidence-based recommendations to support decision making.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative information to identify trends, risks and opportunities, delivering data-driven insights that support business outcomes and service improvement.
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, including technical specialists and service and content designers, sharing business analysis knowledge, contributing to best practice and supporting continuous improvement to deliver user-centred solutions that are aligned to our business objectives.
• Support quality assurance, testing, implementation and business readiness activities to ensure solutions meet user needs and deliver intended outcomes.
• Support business readiness activities and the identification, measurement and realisation of benefits arising from service improvements and digital transformation initiatives.

• Excellent evidence-based analytical, research and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and develop and evaluate options that focus on outcomes and strategic implications.
• Demonstrable experience and confidence in managing and influencing a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including facilitating workshops, building consensus and managing competing priorities.
• Ability to support decision-making through clear analysis, evidence and recommendations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrable commitment to user-centred design principles and experience of translating user needs into practical and accessible digital solutions.
• Ability to facilitate and help create successful solutions that meet end-user needs and deliver greater business value and impact.
• Experience of working with and within agile teams.
• Proficiency with relevant software and tools (e.g. Github and MS Visio).
• Understanding of the external policy,…