Job vacancy: Senior Business Analyst, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area: Business Analysis
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 028-AC173-0725

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Capital Quarter 2
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £46,840 - £53,602 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/07/2025 23:59
Interview date: 07/08/2025

Senior Business Analyst

Band 7

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Business Analysis & Communication

· Apply structured methodologies to investigate and communicate complex business problems, ensuring solutions align with business and user needs across NHS Wales, Local Health Boards, Trusts, Special Health Authorities, and other stakeholders.

· Conduct feasibility and options analyses, quantify business benefits, and contribute to business case development to support both internal projects and initiatives driven by Public Health Wales (PHW) and the Welsh Government.

· Translate complex technical issues and risks into business-friendly language for varied audiences including PHW, DHCW, Local Authorities, and cross-government partners.

· Develop acceptance criteria, advise on appropriate testing methods, and ensure traceability of requirements to outcomes, often in collaboration with external delivery partners and suppliers.

· Liaise with internal users, external suppliers, and partner organisations to clarify complex requirements and design end-to-end data flows that support service transformation initiatives.

· Work independently while providing leadership on defining minimum viable products (MVPs), priorities, and scope for collaborative projects with health and care partners.

Analytical, Modelling & Evaluation

· Analyse business goals, stakeholder objectives, and operational processes, working closely with NHS Wales, Local Authorities, DHCW, and Welsh Government representatives to identify and define sustainable solutions.

· Lead modelling of business processes, systems, and data to support the planning, development, testing, and improvement of cross-sector systems and services.

· Perform logical modelling, scenario mapping, and business process reengineering involving input from Trusts, Special Health Authorities, and external suppliers.

· Evaluate and interpret data from internal and external sources, including cross-organisational initiatives, ensuring critical analysis for decision-making at both local and national levels.

· Ensure the use of business analysis tools and practices are legislatively compliant (e.g., GDPR, DPA, Health and Social Care Act) across projects with wide-reaching health and public sector impacts.

Leadership, Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

· Lead matrix teams and support multi-agency projects involving NHS Wales, PHW, Trusts, DHCW, and Local Authorities, managing cross-organisational collaboration to achieve shared goals.

· Communicate complex, often politically sensitive information to stakeholders at all levels, including Public Health Wales executives, Welsh Government officials, and external supplier representatives.

· Facilitate workshops, lead meetings, and deliver presentations to large groups comprising internal teams, senior NHS leaders, and external health and care partners.

· Represent the organisation at cross-sector forums, ensuring the views and objectives of PHW and NHS Wales are articulated, negotiated, and integrated into wider programme and project workstreams.

· Build and maintain effective, positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders from within and beyond the organisation, ensuring alignment with national health strategies and local service needs.

Improvement, Monitoring & Strategic Planning

· Lead continuous improvement initiatives and service development activities in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including Public Health Wales, Local Health Boards, and Welsh Government.

· Plan, monitor, and report on business analysis activities to ensure alignment with the strategic priorities of PHW and the broader public health system in Wales.

· Provide training and mentorship to colleagues and external partners on business analysis best practices, fostering shared learning across NHS Wales organisations.

· Undertake ongoing performance monitoring and service evaluation, collaborating with DHCW, Trusts, and Local Authorities to identify opportunities for iterative improvement and innovation.

· Support strategic planning efforts by contributing impact assessments, modelling future scenarios, and feeding insights into long-term planning across PHW, Welsh Government programmes, and national health and care initiatives.

Finance and Budget

· Contribute to the teams’ budget management and be aware of spend on services and infrastructure.

· Responsible for budget control within project environment.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view on Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Qualified to Masters Level in a professionally related subject or equivalent level of skills and knowledge
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable criteria

• Possesses (or working towards) a recognised Business Analysis professional qualification (such as BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis)
• Experience of working in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of NHS, Welsh Government and strategies, policies and plans

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of the application of business analysis techniques, methods and tools.
• Experience in defining, documenting and working on projects across all phases either alone or with a small team.
• Experience in investigative work for strategy studies, business requirements and feasibility studies and in the specification of improvements to business processes.
• Experience of effective user engagement with a range of diverse stakeholders, including resolution of conflict in challenging projects.

Desirable criteria

• Highly experienced in influencing and negotiation skills including critical questioning and innovative thinking.
• Demonstrated expertise in a healthcare environment.

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Significant ability to analyse complex information, assess options and make recommendations.
• Demonstrable ability to work effectively between competing activities where required.
• Demonstrable ability to act upon incomplete information, using experience gained to make inferences and appropriate recommendations.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and collaboration skills
• Ability to manage projects, including planning, execution and reporting.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to establish user needs and system requirements and identify how this maps to process requirements

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel around Wales, and possibly further afield as required.
• Flexible approach to work.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn.

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job.

Using a generic application or automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, does not usually provide enough personal evidence of your skills and experience relevant to the role. This can make it difficult for us to assess your suitability and will reduce your chances of being shortlisted.

To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert, providing clear evidence and examples to demonstrate how you meet each requirement.

Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

If you require sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Visa routes, please ensure you self‑assess your eligibility for sponsorship for this role before applying.
Check the Skilled Worker visa guidance or Health and Care visa guidance for details on job eligibility, salary, English language, and sponsorship requirements.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.