An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Analyst to help shape the future of Thames Valley Fire Control Service (TVFCS), our joint mobilising and control room function that serves the communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Royal Berkshire.
As the Business Analyst, you will be responsible for building a comprehensive business case for the future replacement of the TVFCS Command and Control systems and associated technologies that will ensure we can provide a first-class service into the next decade and beyond. You will work at an enterprise level, with the ability to undertake extensive market and sector analysis, staff and stakeholder engagement and long-term evaluation of business requirements.
You will work collaboratively with TVFCS partners from Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Royal Berkshire FRS and across key stakeholder departments in all three Services, following best practice Business Analyst standards, e.g. BCS, BABOK/International Institute of Business Analysis, or equivalent. The role holder will use their analytical skillset to develop a mission critical, future proof specification of the potential Command & Control system and supporting infrastructure.
You will undertake detailed research, market and sector engagement and analysis, as well as comprehensive and sustained staff and stakeholder engagement in order to understand and document current and future requirements, seeking to identify new use cases aligned to end user feedback and market research.
You’ll help the service understand and clearly articulate a future proofed system specification that also identifies enhancements to operational resilience, the scope for potential growth and accounts for local systems and practice, identifying improvements where appropriate.
More specifically, the role holder will be a key element of the TVFCS replacement project, and they will use the business case output to design and deliver a tender specification and support the commencement of the subsequent procurement process, including an analysis of resource requirements to deliver the latter phases of the project.
You’ll be inspired to demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile and our Behavioural Competency Framework as attached.
The key focus of this role is:
Develop and document a clear understanding of market solutions, incorporating an assessment of new and emerging technologies.
Clarify current and likely future service requirements, built on stakeholder feedback.
Consider and incorporate wider service resilience, integration and value.
Produce outline and full business cases to enable early decision making and shape strategic funding proposals.
Shape and support procurement and delivery phases of the project.
Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):
Professional Business Analysis qualification, e.g. International Diploma in Business Analysis.
2+ years’ business analysis experience.
Process mapping and process improvement.
Data analysis/experience of working on projects involving data.
Requirements elicitation techniques and requirements gathering.
A team player who works well with technical and non-technical resources.
Ability to work independently.
Must be located within a commutable distance of HQ in Calcot, Reading
Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience of delivering mission critical public service and/or highly technical projects.
Application and selection process
Appointment is conditional upon undertaking a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.
Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CVs without an accompanying application form.
Closing date for applications is 17:00 hours on 24 February 2025.
It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run week commencing 3 March 2025.
Anticipated start date: April 2025, however, subject to negotiation.
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