Business Analyst & Test Lead

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The Strategic Delivery Team works across Mencap to plan and implement a range of strategic initiatives ensuring that Mencap delivers its vision for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We are recruiting two experienced Business Analyst & Test Lead to join our vibrant and inclusive team. Both roles are on a full time 37.5 hours per week permanent basis Mon-Fri. This role is home based, with aprrox.1 monthly trip to our Peterborough office and approx.1 trip per quarter to either Birmingham or our London office.
The successful applicant will lead on the business analysis and testing processes across a range of initiatives. The initiatives by their nature will typically be large and cross-cutting, involving significant people, process and technology changes. Strong stakeholder management and the ability to demonstrate the value of utilising methodologies, as well as to apply them proportionally and visually will be key to keeping stakeholders engaged and supported.
You’ll have experience of applying best practice business analysis and testing methodologies across the full lifecycle on multi-million pound initiatives, which also have significant technology deliverables.
Your main duties will include:
- Apply your knowledge of proven Business Analyst methodologies and techniques to elicit, document, prioritise and agree requirements.
- To map the required business architecture for longer-term strategic solutions determining their scope and business capabilities, undertaking options analysis.
- Planning for and managing the human impact of change through the application of change management techniques.
- Working independently towards agreed outcomes and producing business analysis and testing artefacts to a high-level of quality
- Apply your knowledge of testing approaches to develop and execute testing strategies and plans, ensuring projects and programmes have delivered solutions in alignment with their requirements.
The skills and experiences we are looking for are:
- Experience in Business Analyst, having undertaken requirements elicitation, process analysis and architecting and designing business solutions.
- Experience as a test manager or Test Lead who has developed and executed test strategies and plans to ensure the quality of solutions meet stated requirements.
- Experience of line management and in coaching other team members.
- Experience of working with senior stakeholders
- Professional Business Analyst qualification
We’re looking for people who can demonstrate experience and expertise. If this sounds like you, please don't hesitate to apply. Please click the “Apply” button to register your interest today.
More information is included in the job description.
This role will close on Thursday 15th February and interviews will take place W/C 19th February.
At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!
Job ID: 31006
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.
Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
- 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
- Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
- Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
- Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
- Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
- Access to award winning training and development
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes;
- providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
- providing advice through our help lines and web sites

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