Senior Business Analyst

How to Apply:

Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's skills, and potential fit within our organisation.

The selection process for this role will be:

Stage 1: Sift of CV and Personal Statement

Stage 2: Interview and Assessment

You must be successful at each stage to progress to the next stage.

Stage 1: Sift

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:

• Experience ? you will be asked to provide a CV (unlimited wordcount) and personal statement (1000 wordcount). Please provide evidence of your Experience of the following
• • Applied knowledge of business analysis methods, including requirements elicitation, process mapping and benefits analysis.
  • Experience with Agile working, including information about delivery or project management tooling used such as DevOps.
  • Experience working with data, metrics or analytical products, including collaboration with analysts to translate business needs into clear analytical requirements, and familiarity with analytical tools such as Power BI.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to senior non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience influencing decision makers and shaping high value work through structured analysis and insight.

The sift will take place week commencing August 24th 2026.

Stage 2: Interview and Assessment

At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:

• Behaviours ? (Seeing the Big Picture and Working Together)
• Experience ? (Experience working with data, metrics or analytical products, including collaboration with analysts to translate business needs into clear analytical requirements, and familiarity with analytical tools such as Power BI)
• Experience ? (Defining and managing business needs, user needs and requirements, Context, problem and option analysis)

You will also be required to complete an assessment on the experience criteria of working with data, metrics or analytical products, including collaboration with analysts to translate business needs into clear analytical requirements, prioritisation and iteration of evolving requirements, and familiarity with analytical tools such as Power BI.

The interviews will take place week commencing September 7th 2026.

This interview will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

You can find out more about our hiring process, how to apply, and application and interview guidance on our careers site .

Please note that we will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change.

Further information on the selection process

We will also hold a 12 month reserve list for this role, which may lead to potential opportunities beyond the role you applied for.

For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Complete the ?Assistance required? section in the ?Additional requirements? page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you?re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

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Pre-employment Checking

If your application is successful but you have been dismissed from the Civil Service, your application could be removed at the pre-employment checking stage depending on the nature of the dismissal.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant?s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

All external applicants and current employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) will be required to undergo a Social Media Check. A Social Media Check is a review of your publicly available online activity, typically across platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and others. The purpose is to identify any public posts or content that could raise concerns for employers, such as:

• Hate speech or discriminatory behaviour
• Threats or acts of violence
• Illegal activity or substance misuse
• Sexually explicit material
• Extremist views or affiliations

Importantly, this check does not involve hacking into your accounts or accessing private messages. It only considers content you have chosen to make public. Employers use this kind of screening to help ensure their workplace remains safe, inclusive, and aligned with company values. It?s not about judging your personality or lifestyle - it?s about checking for potential red flags that might affect the role or company culture. If you have questions or concerns about the social media check, we would be happy to explain in more detail what?s being looked at and how your data is handled securely and fairly.

Security Checks

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Security Clearance (SC)

See our vetting charter .

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Feedback

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service