Business Readiness Analyst

** Business Readiness Analyst
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* Location:

** Remote, must be UK based
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* Contract:

** Permanent, Full Time
** Salary:** £50,000 per annum plus benefits  
* As part of the recruitment process for this role, we will carry out a Background, Identity, Security Clearance & BPSS check. For these checks to be completed, we will require from you the relevant identification, including Proof of Address, References, a valid passport and proof that you have lived in the UK for the last 5 years*.  We are looking for an experienced and motivated Business Readiness Analyst to join a major strategic transformation programme focused on migrating housing management functionality from an existing housing management platform into our in-house platform.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of a modern, scalable housing management solution that will support property management, tenancy management, landlord management, service user management, repairs integration and regulatory compliance.  
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* About the Role:

** As a Business Readiness Analyst, you will act as the bridge between operational stakeholders and technical teams throughout a major transformation programme. You will gather, analyse and document business requirements, support solution design activities and ensure business needs are represented throughout delivery.
• Facilitate workshops and requirements gathering sessions with operational teams and stakeholders
• Analyse existing processes and identify opportunities for improvement
• Document business requirements, user stories, process maps, workflows and functional specifications
• Review and challenge current processes to support simplification and standardisation
• Support solution design activities to ensure business requirements are fully represented
• Work closely with developers, testers, project managers and operational teams throughout the project lifecycle
• Assist with data migration requirements, validation activities and business readiness
• Support User Acceptance Testing including test scenario creation, test scripts and defect triage
• Ensure requirements support compliance with housing legislation and operational policies
• Maintain requirements traceability from discovery through to delivery
• Contribute to project governance, reporting and stakeholder communications  
** Key Criteria**:
• Proven experience as a Business Analyst on business change, transformation or systems implementation projects
• Strong requirements gathering and documentation skills
• Experience producing user stories, process maps, business requirements documents, functional specifications, UAT test scripts and gap analyses
• Experience facilitating stakeholder workshops and managing competing priorities
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple work streams
• Good understanding of housing management, social housing, temporary accommodation, supported accommodation, lettings and allocations, tenancy management, property management or landlord management
• Understanding of housing legislation and regulatory requirements
• Willingness to travel across the UK with prior notice  
** Desirable Experience*
* • Experience working with housing management systems
• Experience supporting data migration programmes
• Knowledge of housing repairs and maintenance processes
• Understanding of housing rent and tenancy administration
• Experience working within large-scale transformation programmes
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments
• Full UK driving licence  
** Benefits*
* • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity (14 weeks full pay, 12 weeks half pay and 13 weeks statutory…