Senior Business Analyst

Apple Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior Business Analyst on behalf of the NI Assembly. These
roles will be up to 31 st December 2026. Hourly rate based on £44,039 p.a. (+£4,875 salary
supplement p.a.)

Job Description:

The main duties and responsibilities of the post are to:

• Build knowledge and understanding of two main areas;
o Current IS technology base – infrastructure and software environments; and
o Assembly Procedures.

Assist in the running of IS Office related Project and Change Management projects
Work alongside Assembly Commission business units to assist in and improve the planning and
delivery of ICT enabled projects. This will involve:
Assisting Assembly Commission business units by providing support in the delivery of;

▪ Innovative digital solutions;
▪ Business improvement processes;
▪ Change management;
▪ Business mapping processes;
▪ Pre Market Engagement activities as required;
▪ Strategic business cases to support the replacement of key systems;
▪ Outcome-based requirements to support procurement activities;
▪ Utilising MS Dev Ops to support capturing requirements and assign tasks;
▪ Guidance on how to make effective use of existing IT solutions;
Information gathering, analysis and regular review meetings with Assembly Commission
business units: identifying potential key business development opportunities.

• Have an understanding of basic finance and HR processes to support the
organisation replace core applications.

• Participate in business modelling processes, being conversant with techniques
covering the full range of modelling situations and have ability to gather insight from
stakeholders and communicate modelling results clearly to them.

• Understanding and experience of software product life cycle especially the Agile
development methodology;

• Providing business analysis of software development requests to support IS
Application and Infrastructure teams to ensure that requests align with the vision, objectives
and strategy of the organisation.

• Production of user stories (requirements) in relation to software development
requests and then working collaboratively with the lead software developers to finalise
these stories from a user and technical point of view.

• Review design and requirements documentation in order to assist and support the
end user in the testing of developed systems. Support the recording of these results and
provide analysis and feedback to IS Developers.

• Manage and use feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure
effectiveness of stakeholder management. Help develop and enhance customer and
stakeholder relationships.

• Manage contracted equipment or services suppliers to ensure project timetables are
met and services are being delivered to agreed standards via scheduled review meetings.

• Support creation and delivery of training across the M365 products and newly
provisioned application as procured / delivered.

• Support end users with the adoption of new technologies and applications.

• Comply with the Assembly’s Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work policies and
procedures.

• Manage information and records in accordance with established policies and
statutory requirements.

• You may also be required to carry out other duties that the Assembly Commission
reasonably requires of you.
If you wish to apply or would like more information,  in Microsoft word
format to Caroline Parker by Monday 17 th August 2026  must also include a bullet
pointed synopsis at the top of your CV demonstrating how exactly you meet the

Essential Criteria
below.

Essential Criteria :
Applicants for the post of Senior Business Analyst must, by the closing date for applications, have:
(i) A primary degree, 2:2 classification or post-graduate qualification, in computing or
information management related discipline*.
Applications will be considered from applicants with formal qualifications of an
equivalent or higher standard to those stated.
AND
(i) Possess up to date PRINCE2 or PMI Agile Practitioner certification
Successful candidates who do not have up to date Practitioner certification will be
expected to attain this within the first six months following appointment.
AND
(ii) At least 3 years’ experience in…