Junior Business Analyst

Junior Business Analyst

Join to apply for the Junior Business Analyst role at News UK.

Join the News Broadcasting Digital Team, where we drive digital innovation creating award‑winning national and local radio and podcasts which are must‑listens for millions. You will work across the Audio Team, which looks after our universal web player housing Virgin Radio, Times Radio, and talk

SPORT, helping us maintain brand consistency across a diverse digital portfolio. Additionally, the team includes backend engineers who look after customer data and user preferences, ensuring we deliver a seamless experience to our audience.

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the Product Manager and Senior BAs to learn how to translate complex business needs into ready sprint items. You will partner with developers to ensure system solutions align with long‑term business goals and technical specifications. Furthermore, you will champion value creation by ensuring that delivered stories provide clear feedback and benefits to the business.

• Work within an Agile product team that comprises engineering, QA, product management, and UX&D.
• Engage in business analysis activities that ensure we continue to develop and improve our widely recognised media products.
• Analyze, document, and improve existing backend workflows, APIs, data structures, and integrations.
• Collaborate with technical teams to gather and translate business requirements into backend system designs.
• Research best practices and strategic direction within the industry to share insights with the team.

• Ability to elicit requirements through various techniques and demonstrate curiosity by asking “Why” until the root cause is found.
• Strong verbal and written skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical people.
• Ability to present information in different styles according to the need of the dev team and the stakeholder type.
• Understanding of iterative product development including MVP, prototyping, and lean start‑up techniques.
• Ability to create simple flowcharts or diagrams to visualise user journeys.
• Knowledge of responsive websites, REST APIs, and tools such as Postman and Graph
  
  QL is desirable.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our news‑brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and the TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talk

SPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market‑leading local stations across Ireland. Our world‑famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month.

At News UK we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in‑office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We are committed to diversity, inclusion and a culture where everyone can thrive.

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre‑existing conditions.
• Discounted gym memberships, free Class Pass at Home, weekly in‑person or virtual exercise classes.
• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme.
• Up to 60 % discount on Harper Collins books.
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks at full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks.
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talk
  
  SPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities.
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling.
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5 %.
• Wide range of training available, plus full Linked In Learning access.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year.

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us at