Venesky-Brown s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Business Analyst for an initial 9 month contract on a rate of 456/day (Outside IR35). This role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.Responsibilities:- Produce clearly defined Product Backlog Items and user stories which have detailed descriptions and testable acceptance criteria- Document business rules and ensure that these are captured as part of the acceptance criteria- Produce models to support the customers understanding of how the service will work- Manage and maintain the product backlog to aid effective project delivery- Deliver effective workshops to support the project- Prepare and deliver Show and Tells to project stakeholders. - Deliver robust services by working with business, developers, and testers to triage bugs - Keep Product Owner and other stakeholders informed about project progress.- Highlight project risks and issues to the Project ManagerEssential Skills:- Excellent communication skills, including experience of translating complex information through the facilitation of workshops, interviews, or reports- Extensive stakeholder management and facilitation skills to articulate business requirements and translate these into project deliverables - Advanced Visio and PowerPoint skills, and similar visual tools to aid requirements gathering- Functional and non-functional skills requirements definition- Experience of working with developers to refine backlog items to provide estimates of the work- Experience of working with developers to identify impact of requirements on the service, both positive and negative and ensure these are documented- Good problem solving, facilitation and influencing skills to reach consensus on the issue and potential options for a way forward Desirable Skills:Experience of testing:- Writing Test Plans from Product Backlog Items ensuring that acceptance criteria are captured as part of the test plan- Methodical approach to testing using test plans and raising defects- Facilitating user acceptance testing and support business users in the execution of user acceptance testingExperience of UI/UX:- Carrying out user research, user design and the development of mock ups in support of system development- Experience with using one or more of the following techniques: Use Cases, User Stories, Wire Framing and StoryboardsIf you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.











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