Business Analyst | Public Sector Digital Transformation, Data

Project overview

Contract Data Business Analyst 📍 Newcastle, Manchester or Birmingham (40% onsite)

💰 Up to £360 per day (Inside IR35)

📅 Initial 3-month contract

🔒 Active SC Clearance highly desirable

We're supporting a leading UK B Corp consultancy delivering critical transformation programmes across the public sector.

We're looking for multiple experienced Data Business Analysts to join a major government-backed data platform programme focused on improving data accessibility, governance, quality and self-service capabilities.

You'll work within agile delivery teams, partnering with stakeholders across business and technology to define requirements and help shape data products and services used at scale.

What you'll be doing

We're keen to speak with candidates who have:

✅ Strong Business Analysis experience within Agile environments

✅ Experience working on data, analytics or data platform programmes

✅ Stakeholder management across business and technical teams

✅ User story creation and backlog management experience

✅ Exposure to data governance, quality or lineage activities

✅ Public Sector, Central Government, NHS, Local Government or Regulated Sector experience

✅ Active SC Clearance (desirable)

Why consider this role?

If you're a Data BA looking for your next contract opportunity, apply today for a confidential discussion.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know. We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre-interview. We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent.

Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you’re working with us. Futureheads is a B Corp™ accredited digital recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in recruiting permanent, contract and freelance digital and tech professionals in creative, data, design, digital marketing, engineering, product, project and programme management, UX and service design jobs.

• Gathering and managing business requirements
• Running stakeholder workshops and engagement sessions
• Supporting backlog refinement and prioritisation
• Facilitating 3 Amigos sessions
• Mapping data flows and analysing business processes
• Supporting data governance initiatives
• Working on data lineage, data quality and data dictionary activities
• Contributing to modern data platform and data product delivery
• One-stage interview process
• Major government transformation programme
• High likelihood of extension beyond the initial term
• Opportunity to secure further public sector engagements
• Multiple positions available

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: United Kingdom, GB
• Rate: 39-39 EUR/h