Business Analyst

Job Title                     Business Analyst     

Function:                   Strategy                     

Location:                   Nottingham, Hybrid

Contract type:           Permanent

Salary:                       £46,524 with potential to rise to £54,735 over 3 years

Closing Date:            Sunday 28^th September

At NHS Supply Chain, we’re on a mission to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first. As part of our Strategy & Architecture function, we’re seeking a Business Analyst who thrives on enterprise-level thinking and wants to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare supply and service delivery. This is more than a traditional BA role. It’s an opportunity to influence and be at the heart of strategic transformation across a complex, national organisation.

As a Business Analyst, you’ll operate at both enterprise and project levels, helping to define and deliver strategic change initiatives that align with our long-term goals. 

Every day you will … 

• Work closely with the business to identify areas of opportunity, helping them articulate the rationale and benefits of changing, particularly in ways of working.
• Facilitate engagement such as workshops with business leads to articulate the benefits of changes to colleagues, stakeholders, ensuring that the rationale for change is clear and aligned with business objectives and delvers tangible outcomes.
• Review and analyse people, processes, information and technology to identify areas for improvement and develop strategies for enhancement alongside technical architecture colleagues.
• Conduct data capture, analysis and visualisation to provide actionable insights and inform decision-making processes.
• Create and update relevant documentation to support business change initiatives.
• Facilitate clear and effective communication between stakeholders, keeping all parties informed and engaged throughout the change process.
• Address any issues or challenges that arise during the implementation of business change initiatives.

Why This Role is Different…

This is a unique opportunity to:

• Influence macro-level transformation in a nationally critical organisation
• Work at the intersection of business strategy, architecture, and change delivery
• Be part of a growing, forward-thinking team that values high-performance, clarity of purpose and drives outcomes

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary: 

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
• We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts. 

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care. 

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• A strategic mindset with the ability to think in terms of capabilities, value, and enterprise outcomes.
• Leading key business activities including the definition of business problems, objectives, and scope.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of working on transformation projects and programmes in a complex business environment.
• Experience of delivering business analysis within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Competent in the use of industry-strength best practice in business analysis tools and techniques for example, BPMN, UML, Lean, Six Sigma, Requirements Engineering.
• Experience in being a change agent and continuous improvement of approaches for Business Analysis.
• Familiarity with Business and/or Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, BizBOK, or Strategy2Execution (desirable).

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk 

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.

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