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Associate Business Analyst Jobs in Leicester, England, United Kingdom at Leicester City Council
Title: Associate Business Analyst
Company: Leicester City Council
Location: Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Reference: REQ7166
Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent Are you inquisitive, analytical, and creative? Do you want to develop valuable project management and business analyst experience with options to progress? Then you may be interested in a new role in the Social Care and Education Project Management Office. Join us as a Junior Business Analyst, where your role will be to work with key stakeholders to deliver initiatives that further the strategic and operational aims of the Social Care and Education department. You will do this by undertaking investigations and analysis of a variety of projects being delivered, supporting senior managers to make decisions. You'll work with business change commissioning managers, business analysts and supporting staff in a recognised team, with opportunities to learn, shadow, and develop your analytical and project management skillset. The role is hybrid, meaning most of your working time will be spent at home, with the expectation that you work from a city council office at least twice a week. When working in the office, you'll be based at Halford House, but may be required to travel across the city to undertake visits and attend meetings. This is a full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. On occasions, you may be required to work evenings to attend meetings. We offer flexible and agile working to promote a healthy work-life balance. What you'll be doing In this role, you will be supporting the delivery of important, strategic initiatives by developing and demonstrating your abilities to investigate issues, analyse data, and report information – to assist key decision making. On a day-to-day basis, you will be meeting and working with a range of stakeholders across the Social Care & Education department to source, collect, and understand information used to progress projects that instigate change. You'll use this information to create documents, plans and designs that you will use to present recommendations/ solutions to decision makers. You'll report to the Business Analysis and Change Manager in the team, and will be part of a growing team of Business Change Commissioning Managers, Business Analysts and Project Officers – that have a wealth of experience for delivering initiatives that instigate change. Like Patrick, a Business Analyst in the team you can progress within this role. See below what he says about the role: "As an Associate Business Analyst within this team, you will be working in a dynamic and complex environment. This will involve working with a mixture of qualitative and quantitative data sets. This role will test your ability to not only analyse data but to analyse the business itself. As part of working with this team I have developed significantly in stakeholder management. Within the role I have had to handle varying projects in order to understand the root causes of issues that have been identified across Adult Social Care. This has required me to utilise a broad set of skills such as: process mapping, demand forecasting, and leading workshops. The team itself is a highly skilled and motivated group who try to bring out the best in each other; providing many opportunities for development to build key business analysis and project management skills." What you'll need We are looking for someone that has an enthusiasm for fact-finding, analysis, and sharing ideas. If you are: Analytical A problem solver Inquisitive Interested in business analysis Interested in project management Looking to develop and progress your career Then please consider reviewing the job specification and applying for this exciting post. What we can offer you As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator. Join us We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment' page. For an informal discussion, please contact Adam Lacey on 01164542282 or [email protected] Assessments/Interviews will take place throughout May and June 2026.
Region: Central
Location: Hybrid working – Home and Leicester City Offices
Salary: *GBP*28,598 – *GBP*31,022 Per Year
Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*42,300
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time,
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Are you inquisitive, analytical, and creative? Do you want to develop valuable project management and business analyst experience with options to progress? Then you may be interested in a new role in the Social Care and Education Project Management Office.
Join us as a Junior Business Analyst, where your role will be to work with key stakeholders to deliver initiatives that further the strategic and operational aims of the Social Care and Education department. You will do this by undertaking investigations and analysis of a variety of projects being delivered, supporting senior managers to make decisions.
You’ll work with business change commissioning managers, business analysts and supporting staff in a recognised team, with opportunities to learn, shadow, and develop your analytical and project management skillset.
The role is hybrid, meaning most of your working time will be spent at home, with the expectation that you work from a city council office at least twice a week. When working in the office, you’ll be based at Halford House, but may be required to travel across the city to undertake visits and attend meetings.
This is a full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. On occasions, you may be required to work evenings to attend meetings. We offer flexible and agile working to promote a healthy work-life balance.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you will be supporting the delivery of important, strategic initiatives by developing and demonstrating your abilities to investigate issues, analyse data, and report information – to assist key decision making.
On a day-to-day basis, you will be meeting and working with a range of stakeholders across the Social Care & Education department to source, collect, and understand information used to progress projects that instigate change.
You’ll use this information to create documents, plans and designs that you will use to present recommendations/ solutions to decision makers.
You’ll report to the Business Analysis and Change Manager in the team, and will be part of a growing team of Business Change Commissioning Managers, Business Analysts and Project Officers – that have a wealth of experience for delivering initiatives that instigate change.
About
Like Patrick, a Business Analyst in the team you can progress within this role. See below what he says about the role:
"As an Associate Business Analyst within this team, you will be working in a dynamic and complex environment. This will involve working with a mixture of qualitative and quantitative data sets.
This role will test your ability to not only analyse data but to analyse the business itself. As part of working with this team I have developed significantly in stakeholder management.
Within the role I have had to handle varying projects in order to understand the root causes of issues that have been identified across Adult Social Care. This has required me to utilise a broad set of skills such as: process mapping, demand forecasting, and leading workshops.
The team itself is a highly skilled and motivated group who try to bring out the best in each other; providing many opportunities for development to build key business analysis and project management skills."
What You’ll Need
We are looking for someone that has an enthusiasm for fact-finding, analysis, and sharing ideas.
If You Are
- Analytical
- A problem solver
- Inquisitive
- Interested in business analysis
- Interested in project management
- Looking to develop and progress your career
Then please consider reviewing the job specification and applying for this exciting post.
What We Can Offer You
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
For an informal discussion, please contact Adam Lacey on 01164542282 or [email protected]
Assessments/Interviews will take place throughout May and June 2026.
