Job ref: 206914
TPR grade: R&O 8 – Specialist
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.
Role
We’re on a fast-paced journey, and in recent years TPR has been through significant technological and business change, including having fully migrated to Microsoft Azure. As part of this, new systems, including an enterprise scale Azure data platform and engineering capability, have been stood-up.
Our Planning, Partnering, and Corporate Reporting (PPCR) team helps us build a resilient, responsive and 'change ready' TPR that maximises our regulatory impact and operates in a way that constructive challenge, teamwork, inclusivity and continuous improvement are the norm. They work to identify and deliver business change, in support of the Corporate Strategy, that is well designed, scalable and 'sticks'. Importantly, to engender a culture where change is positively embraced and where identified business benefits are realised at the earliest opportunity.
We’re looking for a Business Analyst to join our PPCR team to provide high-quality analysis and design products to digital initiatives through the product delivery lifecycle as we build, maintain and transform our services.
This is an exciting time to join our growing team and play a key role in our continuing journey of digital transformation, towards making data the key enabler in our mission to put the saver at the heart of everything we do.
Responsibilities
You will:
- Independent work and collaboration: Work independently with minimal supervision to complete tasks and deliver defined outputs. Collaborate effectively within project teams to achieve project outcomes.
- Business engagement and stakeholder management: Act as the key point of contact for the business, owning and managing stakeholder relationships. Engage with stakeholders at all levels to understand their needs and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Knowledge sharing and mentorship: Develop the business analysis community by sharing best practices and mentoring other team members. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
- Agile methodologies and process improvement: Apply agile methodologies to identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods. Help teams manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work, and adhere to agreed minimum viable product (MVP), priorities, and scope. Lead business process improvement initiatives, understanding how changes affect business processes, systems, structures, data, and roles.
- Business analysis and modelling: Apply structured approaches to identify, investigate, analyse, and communicate complex business problems and opportunities. Conduct options analysis, assess feasibility and operational impact, quantify potential business benefits, and contribute to business case development. Model various elements of the business to understand the effects of potential changes.
- Requirements definition, management, and testing: Define and manage requirements, ensuring they meet business and user needs. Use analysis-led insights to make decisions related to prioritisation and minimum viable product. Support the design, execution, and assessment of business process tests and usability evaluations.
- Systems analysis and user experience: Identify and analyse IT system capabilities. Develop models and system requirements for bespoke IT systems and software packages. Apply techniques to analyse, validate, and prioritise user experience needs, presenting findings to support data-informed decision-making.
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in a Business Analyst role, demonstrating expertise in various business analysis methodologies and tools in an Agile environment.
- Proficient in using a comprehensive Business Analysis toolkit, including tools such as SWOT analysis, PESTLE analysis, and process mapping to identify improvements and recommend effective solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to engage with users to thoroughly understand their problems and pain points and translate these insights into actionable requirements.
- Strong experience in identifying, building, and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met throughout the project lifecycle.
- Skilled in facilitating workshops, conducting interviews, and using observation techniques to gather requirements, and translating research findings into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria that drive value and positive outcomes.
- Extensive experience in mapping business processes and data flows, using tools such as BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) to ensure clarity and efficiency in process design.
Person specification
- Proactive and flexible.
- Can do approach.
- Ability to prioritise and use initiative.
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Communication skills at all levels.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
Salary and benefits
As well as a salary between £41,383 and £47,146, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 206914 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention and development of people with disabilities and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
TPR is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.