Summary
A trainee business analyst receives direction from more senior business analysts. At this level, you will work with others or under supervision to build and develop your skills.
Background
| Description | Background |
|---|---|
| Shows a systematic, analytical approach to problem solving. Has good interpersonal skills and is confident in dealing with clients/users. Is aware of the software engineering lifecycle for development and the concepts and practices required to implement effective information systems. Possesses general understanding of business and business skills. | Prior Knowledge and Skills |
Behavioural Skills
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Analytical Thinking | Acquiring a proper understanding of a problem or situation by breaking it down systematically into its component parts and identifying the relationships between these parts. Selecting the appropriate method/tool to resolve the problem and reflecting critically on the result, so that what is learnt is identified and assimilated. |
| Customer Focus | Understanding the needs of the internal or external customer and keeping these in mind when taking actions or making decisions. |
| Verbal Expression | Communicating effectively using the spoken word. |
| Written Expression | Communicating effectively in writing, such as reports and via emails. |
| Teamwork | Working collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal. |
Other Skills
| Title | Details | Depth |
|---|---|---|
| Information Elicitation Techniques | The selection and application of information elicitation methods, tools and techniques that are appropriate to the information required and the sources available. | Aware of |
Training
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Security Awareness | Tools and techniques to help users and employees understand the role they play in helping to combat information security breaches and for IT and security professionals to prevent and mitigate risk. |
Professional Development Activity (PDA)
| Title | Details | PDA Group |
|---|---|---|
| Participation in Group Activities | Participating in group activities inside or outside of the working environment that can assist with the development of interpersonal skills. | Broadening Activities |
| Job Shadowing and Special Assignments | Undertaking temporary periods or secondments in other roles, particularly those that offer a new perspective on own function or exposure to other environments and cultures. | Broadening Activities |
| Gaining Strategic Knowledge of Employing Organisation | Developing a comprehensive understanding of the business environment in which the employing organisation operates and its position, policies and direction in relation to health and care, country and global issues. | Increasing Knowledge |
| Gaining Knowledge of Surrounding Technical Areas | Gaining knowledge of IT activities in employing organisation external to own function. | Increasing Knowledge |
| Involvement in Professional Body Activities | Attending meetings, seminars and workshops organised by professional body and reading published material, such as journals and web content. | Participation in Professional Activities |
| Communications | Undertaking learning and practice in oral and written communications, including report writing and presentation. | Developing Professional Skills |
Organisational Skill Name and Description
| Framework | Skill | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Agile working Agile delivery involves encouraging teams to build incrementally, test and iterate their work based on regular feedback and other useful data. |
Awareness Agile working You can: show an awareness of Agile methodology and the ways to apply the principles in practice take an open-minded approach explain why iteration is important iterate quickly |
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Business analysis Availability and capacity management involves ensuring services are available with as little down-time or disruption as possible, whilst making sure we have sufficient resources to support emerging business needs. |
Awareness Business analysis You can: support structured approaches to identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities work under supervision to analyse business goals, objectives, functions and processes, using relevant information and underlying data to support the definition of requirements help to ensure a proposed solution meets business and user needs complete task-based, discrete outputs for parts of the project as directed, using predetermined methods and techniques |
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Business process improvement Business modelling involves documenting how your business operates and intends to achieve its goals. |
Awareness Business process improvement You can: provide distinct task-based outputs, working under direction to support the design and implementation of process improvements and efficiencies to business operations and services |
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Business process testing Business process improvement involves analysing and modifying existing and new processes to make them more efficient. |
Awareness Business process testing You can: work under direction to apply business analysis and evaluation skills to support the design, execution and assessment of business process tests and usability evaluations |
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Requirements definition and management Prototyping a service or product involves exploring, testing and sharing different concepts before committing to the final design. |
Awareness Requirements definition and management You can: support identifying, analysing, capturing and validating business and user requirements work under supervision to manage requirements and support their prioritisation, within a defined scope provide distinct task-based outputs for parts of the project as directed, using a predetermined requirements management life cycle |
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Stakeholder relationship management (business analysis) Stakeholder relationship management involves managing stakeholder requirements and communications throughout a project, while remaining focused on the user needs. |
Awareness Stakeholder relationship management (business analysis) You can: identify, analyse, manage and monitor relationships with and between internal and external stakeholders work under supervision to communicate with stakeholders clearly and regularly |
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Systems analysis Strategy involves creating a plan to achieve a team or organisation's objectives. |
Awareness Systems analysis You can: support the analysis of IT system capabilities and work under supervision to identify and specify system requirements support the development of specifications and models for bespoke IT systems or software packages |
| Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework |
Testing (business analysis) Testing involves ensuring that requirements have been fully met by using appropriate tools and techniques to verify that a product or service works. |
Awareness Testing (business analysis) You can: understand the stages and purpose of testing and have an awareness of tools and techniques used work under supervision to support the representation of business scenarios and to trace requirements to develop functionality |
Qualification Components
| Title | Awarding Bodies |
|---|---|
| FEDIP Associate Practitioner | FEDIP - The Federation for Informatics Professionals in Health and Care |
The Professional Body Responsible for this job family is BCS. This job role profile was created in collaboration with BCS, using Role Model Plus.