Job Description

Business Analyst

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Vacancy Reference Number
19552


Number of Vacancies
1
(B) OCU
Digital, Data & Technology
Location
Bow, Other
Building
BOW CENTRAL COMMS
Band
Band M
Part/Full Time
Full Time
Hours per Week
36 hours per week
Type of Contract
Permanent
Job Advert

Job Title:

Business Analyst

Salary:

The starting salary is 60,893, which includes allowances totalling 2,928.


The salary is broken down as 57,965 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale 63,230. Plus, a location allowance of 1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of 1,000.

Location

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The primary Met Location for this role is Bow. Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.

"Keep checking Met Careers on a daily basis for new and exciting opportunities being released to join DDaT!"

Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day.

To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As a Business Analyst, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering 'More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards'.


As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a

continuous learning culture.

Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT)

The mission of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) is to provide the Met with information (and specifically data), communications and technology to help frontline officers and Met staff do their jobs more efficiently, to deliver the New Met for London plan. In other words, DDaT is about "passionately delivering trusted technology for precise data driven policing".


As well as keeping up to speed with developments in technology and making recommendations for new equipment and systems that will help modernise policing, DDaT also comprises the Data Office which:

Owns and drives the data compliance and analytics agenda. Brings together the accountabilities that are currently dispersed across the Met business areas. Consolidates and further develops existing Met data and insight services. Enables data sharing and collaboration to serve the public and external partners.

DDaT is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We support hybrid working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.

Job Purpose

As a Business Analyst in the Business Engagement Team, you will be responsible for:

Engaging with all seniority levels of the business to understand and analyse their business problems, technology requirements and to concisely articulate this into decision papers for board review and approval. Designing business activities and processes with a requirement on technology enabling the progression of projects into delivery. Working alongside DDaT leads, you will come together with operational colleagues, project teams and third-party suppliers to translate business needs into requirements, business capabilities and solution options that can be delivered by DDaT. Conducting assessments of products available to the Met as well as market scans to understand options and value for money. Providing information to enable the business to make informed decisions on the options to meet the business outcomes, their relative business value and therefore which projects to progress. Creating key artefacts used in the project lifecycle: i.e. process models and maps, statement of requirements, decision and options papers, benefits realisation etc. Consulting on other artefacts including business and technology design, business change requirements, impact assessments etc.

Key Role Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the delivery of discrete items of work that will inform spends of up to 10M on Met Technology projects. You will typically work on 8-10 projects each year, and to simultaneously manage 3-4 depending on their size and complexity.


Primarily you will work on the scoping, planning and analysis phases of project delivery, with some design and implementation projects also. You will work closely with business users to coordinate and prepare the following artefacts with support as required:

Supporting Analysis Documentation - problem statements, gap analysis, use cases, process models, functional specifications and designs. Statement of Requirements - business / functional / non-functional requirements. Decision Papers - business cases (OBC / FBC), business justification papers, discovery papers, options papers etc. Business Benefits - benefits mapping / linkage, benefits realisation.

You will be responsible for engaging with the business to obtain the information to produce these artefacts (above). This will be done through workshops, meetings, observations etc, and populated in templates for presentation at decision making boards.


Your engagement will span all levels of seniority and business areas. Relationship management and effective communication will be important as you prepare for and facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings identifying relevant information for your artefacts. You will act as a bridge between the business and the technology, ensuring a common understanding of the needs and constraints of both to ensure alignment. You will manage the delivery of all Business Analysis products within project deadlines ensuring that you identify and document gaps, highlight risks and recommend mitigations or business improvements. You will author Business Cases and be responsible for collating the information required for them - these papers will be compendious.


You will work with other teams within DDaT to scope and assess system / supplier viability and understand value for money. You will conduct horizon scans (internal) and market scans (external) to identify available solutions to meet business needs, while mindful of value for money.

Additional Information

Vetting Clearance

For this role the Vetting Clearance is Force Clearance Level, Recruitment Vetting (RV), and National Security Vetting (NSV) Level, Counter Terrorism Check (CTC).

Hybrid Working

Hybrid Working available in line with the Metropolitan Police Service hybrid working policy.

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement (1000 words maximum), and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences (see stated criteria) make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 24th July 2025.

Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence early August.


Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence mid August.

www.metpolicecareers.co.uk

Essential For The Role

Essential Criteria:

Skills

Report writing and artefact production. Communication and personal skills. Work collaboratively. Manage workload.

Experience

Authored ICT Business Cases, Process modelling, Statements of Requirements and Benefits Realisation artefacts. Business Analyst working across multiple simultaneous project deliveries. Delivered small, large and complex projects.

Desirable Criteria:

Knowledge

The Green Book Treasury's Guidance.

Experience

Supported procurement processes through government frameworks. Business Analyst in a complex ecosystem of suppliers and managing third-party suppliers. Business Analyst in other public sector organisations, running both agile and waterfall deliveries.

Qualifications

BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis - desirable, not essential.




Reports To
Band L - Senior Business Analyst
Candidate Information Pack
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Additional Information
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Disability Confident Statement

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.



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