Summary
The Apprentice Business Analyst will report to the Systems Engineering Manager and will be responsible for supporting the team’s efforts in providing requirements analysis to support product development for customer and R&D projects.
Wage
£20,000 a year
Training course
Business analyst (level 4)
Hours
Monday- Friday 8- 4pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 10 March
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* Requirement Elicitation: Support the elicitation and documentation of requirements for new software features and processes, working with other requirements engineers and internal and external stakeholders
* Document software requirements for use by software developers and testers that capture all customer needs
* Documentation: Prepare and maintain project documentation/artefacts, including business requirements, specifications, process diagrams, and user stories
* Collaborate with software developers and testers and other stakeholders to support product development
* Requirement Gathering: Work with stakeholders to identify, document, and validate business requirements, ensuring they align with business objectives
* Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate with various stakeholders, including Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), technical teams, trainers, and end-users, to understand their needs
* Assist in the maintenance of the software requirements baseline
Where you’ll work
41-47 SEABOURNE ROAD
BOURNEMOUTH
BH5 2HU
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
ESTIO TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Business analyst (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
* Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
* Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
* Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
* Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
* Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
* Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
* Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
* Elicit process information from stakeholders
* Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
* Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
* Produce models of redesigned business processes
* Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
* Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
* Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
* Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
* Validate requirements with stakeholders
* Support the establishment of requirements traceability
* Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
* Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
* Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
* Support the development of models of future state business situations
* Identify key differences between current and future business situations
* Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
* Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
* Support business acceptance of business and system changes
* Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
* Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
* Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
* Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
* Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
* Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
* Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
* Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
* Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
* Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
* Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
* Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
* Elicit process information from stakeholders
* Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
* Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
* Produce models of redesigned business processes
* Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
* Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
* Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
* Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
* Validate requirements with stakeholders
* Support the establishment of requirements traceability
* Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
* Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
* Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
* Support the development of models of future state business situations
* Identify key differences between current and future business situations
* Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
* Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
* Support business acceptance of business and system changes
* Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
* Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
* Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
* Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
* Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
Your training plan
This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
More training information
Estio apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Successful completion of this apprenticeship gives you an accredited Level 4 Business Analyst, with training in how to:
* Investigate the wants, needs, problems and opportunities for your business
* Analyse the performance of your processes and suggest recommendations for improvement
* Identify your data requirements to improve your business
* Create data models to illustrate how your data is represented within your business systems
* Assess costs, benefits and impacts of suggested changes to your business
For a full list of programme modules visit: estio.co.uk/courses/business-analyst
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English and Maths (grade (A*-B))
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Team working
* Analytical thinking
* Critical thinking skills
* Strong problem-solving skills
* Interpersonal skills
* Microsoft Word, Office & Excel
* Technical skills
Other requirements
Qualifications in Business/Data Analysis or similar are not essential but an appreciation of software development methods (including the role of software requirements) would be beneficial.