Business Analyst - SC Cleared - Inside IR35 - Remote

Summary: The role is for two Business Analysts with active SC Clearance, primarily working remotely with a maximum of one day per week on-site in London. The position involves utilizing advanced analytical tools and user research to define needs and guide delivery across multiple workstreams in the public sector. Candidates must have significant experience in complex public sector environments and a strong understanding of GDS standards. The contract is for six months and classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading and facilitating GDS-aligned discovery workshops to understand user needs, organisational pain points, and transformation drivers
• Conducting persona-led user research and stakeholder interviews across business and technical teams
• Producing clear, prioritised requirements backlogs with traceability to programme objectives and GDS/TCoP standards
• Creating high-quality artefacts including user stories, epics, process maps, business rules, and acceptance criteria using Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Acting as a trusted liaison between business, delivery, and technical stakeholders to ensure shared understanding of requirements and constraints
• Supporting prioritisation and planning activities, feeding insights into roadmaps, risk registers, and Statements of Work
• Collaborating with Service Designers and Technical Architects to translate user and business needs into implementable, compliant solutions
• Validating delivery outputs against user journeys, business needs, and government standards, supporting test planning and UAT
• Identifying Shadow IT and business-owned services using tools such as ServiceNow APM/CMDB

Key Skills:

• Significant business analysis experience in complex public sector environments
• Strong, demonstrable understanding of public sector digital delivery, including GDS standards, service patterns, and agile practices
• Proven experience delivering on central government digital transformation programmes
• Hands-on experience applying TCoP and GDS standards throughout discovery and delivery
• Proven ability to lead and structure discovery, user research, and collaborative workshops
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, managing competing priorities across departments, suppliers, and delivery workstreams
• SC cleared

Salary (Rate): £450 per day

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

• Business Analyst - Remote - Inside IR35
• SC Cleared
• GDS - Public/Government sector experience

Business Analyst - SC Cleared - GDS/TCoP - Public/Government Sector experience - Inside IR35 - Remote (1 day a week max in London)

I have an urgent need for 2 X Business Analysts with active SC Clearance on a 6-month contract. This is mainly a remote role with an absolute maximum 1 day a week on site in London.
You will use advanced analytical tools, user research, and collaborative discovery to define needs, identify solutions, and guide delivery across multiple interdependent workstreams. A core part of the role is ensuring that all solutions align to CoP, GDS, GDaD, accessibility, interoperability, and data compliance standards.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant business analysis experience in complex public sector environments
• Strong, demonstrable understanding of public sector digital delivery, including GDS standards, service patterns, and agile practices
• Proven experience delivering on central government digital transformation programmes
• Hands-on experience applying TCoP and GDS standards throughout discovery and delivery
• Proven ability to lead and structure discovery, user research, and collaborative workshops
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, managing competing priorities across departments, suppliers, and delivery workstreams
• SC cleared

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience with contract transition, supplier integration, and application rationalisation
• Familiarity with ServiceNow APM/CMDB or similar tools for identifying Shadow IT and business-owned services

What You ll Be Doing

• Leading and facilitating GDS-aligned discovery workshops to understand user needs, organisational pain points, and transformation drivers
• Conducting persona-led user research and stakeholder interviews across business and technical teams
• Producing clear, prioritised requirements backlogs with traceability to programme objectives and GDS/TCoP standards
• Creating high-quality artefacts including user stories, epics, process maps, business rules, and acceptance criteria using Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Acting as a trusted liaison between business, delivery, and technical stakeholders to ensure shared understanding of requirements and constraints
• Supporting prioritisation and planning activities, feeding insights into roadmaps, risk registers, and Statements of Work
• Collaborating with Service Designers and Technical Architects to translate user and business needs into implementable, compliant solutions
• Validating delivery outputs against user journeys, business needs, and government standards, supporting test planning and UAT
• Identifying Shadow IT and business-owned services using tools such as ServiceNow APM/CMDB

Please forward your CV for immediate consideration.