Business Analyst - IT in London

IT BUSINESS ANALYST – "GREY" IT SERVICES

Salary: The starting salary is £58,310, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.

The salary is broken down as £55,469 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale - £60,507.

Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location / Hybrid Working:

Primarily the role is based in Bow, East London but there may be a need for you to attend offsite meetings as required by the business.

We actively support hybrid working solutions, and the recruiter can discuss this with you.

Security Clearance:

Due to the secure nature of our work, successful candidates must pass all vetting and security requirements, including Counter Terrorism (CTC), before they you can be appointed.

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The Role:

Most business analyst positions involve optimising internal processes - important yet it can become mundane work.

This Business Analyst opportunity at the Metropolitan Police is different.

You'll play a pivotal role in a force-wide digital transformation with the ultimate goal of directly impacting community safety across the UK capital.

You will bring rigorous governance to the Met's technology ecosystem by consolidating and vetting all solutions.

Strong technical depth, business acumen, and stakeholder management skills will be key as you deconstruct complex challenges and architecting pragmatic, secure solutions.

Currently, approximately 80 unsanctioned 'grey IT' services are operating outside central IT governance, draining budgets and potentially opening vulnerabilities.

You'll inherit this role from a departing contractor, continuing their work in setting the path for streamlined processes and rock-solid cyber resilience.

Partnering across all Met commands, you'll quickly understand stakeholder needs - from frontline officers facing volatile situations to senior leadership setting strategy.

With your business acumen and technical credibility, you'll build solid business cases for eliminating wasteful redundancies and hardening indispensable solutions against emerging threats.

The Met is the nation's lead for combating evolving cyber-crimes and upholding the rule of law in an increasingly digital world.

By optimising our technological muscle, your efforts will have a multiplier effect on crime prevention and community safety across London's diverse neighbourhoods and beyond.

We'll rely on you to proactively identify new pockets of shadow IT spend, governing the force's authorised application catalogue.

You'll enforce robust vetting of all proposed solutions, ensuring a lean, secure and cost-efficient technology ecosystem for decades to come.

What we can offer:

• Hybrid working arrangements for a healthy work-life balance
• 28 days annual leave (excluding public holidays), rising to 33 days after 5 years continuous service
• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Enrolment with the Met’s employee incentive partner, Edenred, giving access to a range of rewards and incentives
• Access to a range of financial products via the Metropolitan Police Trading Service, including preferred credit facilities
• Generous family leave for pregnancy, adoption, paternity and shared parental leave
• Childcare support including nursery and play scheme discounts
• Excellent contributory pension scheme for your financial future
• Access to the Bluelight Emergency Services discount card with a range of official discounts from large national retailers to local businesses including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and much more
• A substantial range of health and wellbeing benefits including physiotherapy, 24/7 rehabilitation services and free eye tests
• To promote physical well-being you will have full access to subsidised sports centre membership to over 3,000 UK gyms and 80 London Fitness Centres. There is also an excellent range of sporting activities on offer through the various Met Police Sports and Social Clubs.

Essential Criteria

• Business Analyst experience.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT and in particular cyber and business continuity risks.
• Ability to write business cases and identify costs and benefits – optional.
• Good communication skills to build and maintain relationships with Service Delivery, MO6, Business Engagement, service users across the Met and suppliers.
• Evidence of Inclusive Behaviour.

Desirable Criteria

• Understanding of key policing processes would be an advantage.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success.

To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we welcome applications from all of our London communities.

Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT)

DDaT is committed to creating an inclusive working environment.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working arrangements, including part time working, job share or carers and career break returners.

We also support blended working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.

Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day .

We are therefore committed to ensuring our staff and officers can develop the right IT skills with a continuous learning culture.

DDaT provides the Met with information and communications technology (ICT) and digital and data services to help frontline officers and staff do their jobs more efficiently, keeping up to speed with developments in technology and make recommendations for new equipment and systems that will help modernise policing.