Business Analyst Apprenticeship

Summary

This apprenticeship can offer you the support, training and industry recognised qualifications to get you on the path to a career in Business analytics. You will provide essential support to our IT Service Management and Business Continuity Management teams in managing & driving innovation and improvements to our processes.

Wage

£22,911 a year

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Your starting salary will be £22,911 with the opportunity to progress to £24,259 over time. Your total package is potentially worth up to £32,339 annually, which includes basic salary, potential corporate bonus and employer pension contributions.

Training course

Business analyst (level 4)

Hours

Monday - Friday - 9.00am - 5.00pm

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 2 September

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Please note that this is an apprenticeship position and therefore anyone with more than six months professional experience working as a Business analyst or who holds a degree or Master’s degree in a subject such as Business Studies or an MBA will not be eligible.

You will also need to commit to completing a Level 4 Business Analyst Apprenticeship.

Job Introduction
The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of apprenticeships, which will commence in September 2025.

We’re looking for two Business Analyst Apprentices to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Business Analyst Apprentice, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

Whilst this is a temporary position for up to 22 months, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position on successful completion of your apprenticeship.

World changing work
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact.
We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better.
We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making.
We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater.
We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers.

Your key duties
We would look for you to join us in September 2025 with your apprenticeship training beginning shortly afterwards. You would have 1 day per week dedicated to your 20% off the job training. The training will mostly be delivered online/face-to-face as well as self-study with the training provider, Digital Native. Before applying, we recommend you consider if the delivery method suits your learner needs along with whether you feel you are committed to your own development and training as this element forms a significant aspect of a modern apprenticeship.

You will be managed by a line manager and have a mentor to offer further support. In addition to the formal training with a registered training provider, you will also have in house and on the job training. You will have the opportunity to work with a team, allowing you to develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours in this occupation whilst contributing to Met Office aims.

Key duties include:

Assist in gathering, documenting and analysing business requirements to process improvements from stakeholders
Help maintain Business Continuity & IT Service Management documentation and procedures.
Support the evaluation of changes and their impacts.
Help analyse data quality and integrity.
Assist in ServiceNow testing plans and user acceptance testing.
Learn all the various roles within the team.

Where you’ll work

Fitzroy Road
Exeter
Devon
EX1 3PB

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

DIGITAL NATIVE (UK) LIMITED

Your training course

Business analyst (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
Elicit process information from stakeholders
Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
Produce models of redesigned business processes
Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
Validate requirements with stakeholders
Support the establishment of requirements traceability
Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
Support the development of models of future state business situations
Identify key differences between current and future business situations
Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
Support business acceptance of business and system changes
Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
Elicit process information from stakeholders
Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
Produce models of redesigned business processes
Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
Validate requirements with stakeholders
Support the establishment of requirements traceability
Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
Support the development of models of future state business situations
Identify key differences between current and future business situations
Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
Support business acceptance of business and system changes
Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience

Your training plan

As part of the Level 4 Business Analyst apprenticeship standard, you’ll be registered as a member with the British Computer Society and be on a fast track to an industry recognised qualification and your dedicated industry coach will support you through a blended approach that will include remote, in person, 1-2-1 and group learning.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade A*-C/9-4 (or equivalent))

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

STEM / Business (grade A - C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental

Other requirements

If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via careers@metoffice.gov.uk . You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information.

About this company

We combine weather and climate science and data with expert insights to help with those decisions so people can be safe, well and prosperous. Everything we do is based on world-leading science and enhanced by the close working relationships we have with partners around the globe. We collect and make sense of massive amounts of data every day, using cutting-edge technology to deliver it into the hands of the people that need it, when it matters. We are the Met Office. This is world- changing work.

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Company benefits

Outstanding Civil Service pension. Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays). Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands.

After this apprenticeship

Whilst this is a temporary position for up to 22 months, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position on successful completion of your apprenticeship.

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