Business Analyst
| Job Type | Contract |
| Location | London/ Hybrid |
| Area | London, UK |
| Sector | Programme & Project Management |
| Salary | £650 Per Day |
| Start Date | May 13th, 2026 |
| Advertiser | Jack Latter |
| Job Ref | 7465-PSR1JP00100639 |
| IR35 | Inside |
| Security Clearance | DBS/DS |
- Description
- The Client:
A government department client is looking for a Business Analyst to join them on a 4 month contract. This position will be based in London/ Hybrid.
Job Summary:
The client supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. It is also the corporate headquarters for government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. We are the client's cyber security team, and our mission is to secure the department against cyber threats. We protect our nationwide internal IT infrastructure, and high-profile citizen-facing digital services such as GOV.UK.
What you’ll do:
As a Business Analyst, your main responsibilities will be:
- Build a deep understanding of existing business processes.
- Understand new business and stakeholder requirements through common requirement elicitation techniques.
- Work closely with user researchers to understand user needs, write user stories and acceptance criteria documenting both user and business needs as well as enabling development teams to understand the context behind them.
- Liaise with engineers and technical architects to identify and select appropriate technical solutions based on a deep understanding of requirements.
- Support product managers to form and groom product backlogs, using evidence and data to drive prioritisation and scope.
- Liaise with service managers, product owners and delivery managers to support the necessary business change activities required.
- Ensure business requirements are fully understood by external suppliers and work with those suppliers to support delivery through planning, implementation and testing.
- Carry out functional testing of completed user stories, ensuring services meet requirements and other internal standards, documenting and managing defects as they arise.
Must Have:
- Agile GDS.
- Cyber Security.
- Trello or Jira.
You will have relevant experience in:
- Working in a dynamic, fast paced agile environment, as well as working collaboratively and openly with others.
- Working with a broad range of stakeholders to elicit business requirements and model complex business processes.
- Experience of documenting user needs and requirements in the form of user stories but also have experience of more traditional requirements documentation.
- Working with backlog and defect tracking tools such as Trello and JIRA.
- Working on and prioritising multiple projects at the same time.
Who you are: It’s desirable that you have:
- Experience in Cyber Security.
- Experience of delivering services in a regulated environment, or to a high level of security classification.
- Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
- Experience of managing and coordinating third party suppliers.
Our Company:
Malikshaw Interim & Executive is a specialist provider of talent management solutions helping our clients transform the delivery of our public services. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we combine providing the best talent with delivering diverse, inclusive workforces and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and women.
How to Apply:
Please apply through the link provided to send your application directly to the Recruiter managing this assignment.
Disability Confident:
As a member of the disability confident scheme, the Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant:
As a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, the Client guarantees to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for any of the above, please notify us on your covering letter and your recruiter will confirm if the client is a member. We will then be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
- Build a deep understanding of existing business processes.
