Job Title: Business Analyst
SF31812
Location: Keynsham, Bristol
Starting Salary: £33,210 - £37,470

About the Role
Due to an internal promotion we are now seeking to recruit a Business Analyst to join us at our offices in Keynsham, near Bristol. As a Business Analyst you'll work within Babcock Digital Solutions within the Engineering Services division of Babcock Naval Marine.

Babcock Naval Marine are a key strategic partner to our customers; the MOD and the Royal Navy delivering through life engineering support of the Royal Navy's critical and complex maritime assets ranging from managed inventories of types of equipment up to whole ships and nuclear submarines. Our business is to provide the engineering assurance, information management and business solutions that keep the Royal Navy at sea.

You'll work as part of the Digital Solutions team providing Business and Systems Analysis to the MoD and our industry partners. You'll be responsible for delivering collaborative solutions for use by the entire UK defence maritime enterprise, including the customer and other industry participants. The products span the solution space from database applications through to big data and analytics.

You'll use appropriate analytical tools and techniques to investigate and analyse business problems and new system capability requirements, your primary objective being to help the business implement technology solutions in a cost effective way.

What do I need to do the role?
You'll be educated to Degree level in an IT related discipline or have significant, relevant experience.

We would also like you to have the following:

• Excellent analytical skills
• Experience of the full system development lifecycle
• Experience of creating written reports and giving presentations
• Possess good understanding of business process and information management principles
• Experience of managing small scale projects

Lastly, you'll need to be personable and professional with strong, clear communication skills and the ability to interface effectively with stakeholders, including customers, developers and business partners.

What else do I need to know?
The successful candidate will need to satisfy Ministry of Defence security requirements. You must be a sole UK national and hold or be capable of achieving 'Security Check' (SC) clearance.

The role will be in an environment regulated by Trade Control legislation and involve working with controlled goods, technology and/or services. This may require you to meet enhanced security and regular screening checks.

We are happy to talk about flexible working. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

About Babcock International
For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence Company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.

Babcock offers a supportive environment including: enhanced employment terms and conditions, money purchase pension scheme with life assurance, share ownership scheme, Occupational Health services, flexible working hours (only non-industrials), career opportunities and specialist advice and guidance from our Learning & Development teams. Additional benefits may also apply for Management posts.

Application Guidance
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to ensure that our recruitment processes are regularly reviewed and adapted, as required, to ensure we're compliant with the latest government advice. We are striving to protect both our current and future employees by acting in a responsible way which reflects the restrictions we face.

Babcock are continuing with essential recruitment activity but implementing relevant recommendations to ensure that this is done in a responsible way with consideration of the unprecedented circumstances we are facing.

Please follow the link to find out more about how COVID-19 is impacting Recruitment and On-boarding for applicants .

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This advice is valid at the time of publication and changing government advice and Babcock working practices take precedence at any particular time.

Armed Forces Covenant
We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom. As part of the Covenant, Babcock offers Reservists and Uniformed Cadet Instructors up to 2 week's special paid leave to help them meet their commitments. To find out more please visit our website.

Closing date: 6 October 2020

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