Business Analyst Apprentice

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED

Swindon, SN2 8BN

Closes in 10 days (Wednesday 5 March)

Posted on 11 February 2025

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Summary

This is a great opportunity for anybody with a passion for data and analytics, looking to start a career in the Water Industry. You will be learning about new and innovative technologies that will improve the way we work at Thames for years to come. The role involves all aspects of data analytics.

Wage
£21,500 a year

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24 days holiday, pension and other benefits

Training course
Business analyst (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, exact hours to be confirmed.

36 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

1 year 4 months

Positions available

1

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

In this role they will acquire the following expertise and be trained on:

  • Checking Azure Pipeline Runs: Monitoring and ensuring that data pipelines are running smoothly. This includes checking for any failures or delays and troubleshooting issues as they arise 
  • Resolving Issues: Addressing any problems that occur within the data infrastructure. This could involve debugging code, fixing data inconsistencies, or optimizing performance
  • Engaging with the Wider Business: Collaborating with different departments to understand their data needs and acquiring new data sources. This might involve meetings, gathering requirements, and integrating new data into existing systems
  • Data Cleaning and Preparation: Ensuring that data is clean, accurate, and ready for analysis. This can include tasks like removing duplicates, handling missing values, and transforming data into a usable format
  • Documentation: Keeping detailed records of processes, changes, and issues. Good documentation helps maintain clarity and continuity within the team
  • Supporting Senior Engineers: Assisting more experienced engineers with larger projects and learning from their expertise

Where you’ll work

Walnut Court

Kembrey Park

Swindon

SN2 8BN

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

FIREBRAND TRAINING 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

You will receive the certificate of completion of Data Analyst Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard.

You’ll complete your apprenticeship through Firebrand Training Limited via a mix and blend of online/virtual learning and periodic residential block release at their dedicated training centre in Wyboston Lakes, Bedford where accommodation will be provided.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • 5 of any subject including Maths & English (grade 4/C)

Desirable qualifications

A Level or equivalent in:

  • Similar subject (grade Any)

BTEC or equivalent in:

  • Similar subject (grade Any)

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
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

About this company

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.   Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.   But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We must keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Permanent contract

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

FIREBRAND TRAINING LIMITED

earlycareers@thameswater.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000302791.

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Closes in 10 days (Wednesday 5 March)

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