We are looking for an experienced Requirements Analyst. The ideal candidate must have an EU passport/work permit.
This position is mainly offsite/hybrid. It might be necessary to come to the client in Alicante, Spain, two or three times a year for sporadic visits to attend meetings, UATs, etc.
End Date 31st Dec 2024, and the project is having a potential to extend further.
Nature of the tasks
- Develop and propose the approach for the analysis activities.
- Plan analysis activities.
- Establish the contribution that technology can make to business objectives, draw up strategies, conduct feasibility studies, produce high-level and detailed business models, prepare business cases, oversee development and implementation of solutions, considering the implications of change on the organisation and all stakeholders.
- Provide supervision/guidance to Junior Requirements Analysts.
- Ensure the cohesion and coherence of the Requirements Package, considering all the dependencies within and outside the project.
- Perform requirements elicitation/gathering, identifying clear and qualified requirements from unstructured information.
- Organise, trace, prioritise, specify and model requirements.
- Draft IT software requirements, building up requirements packages.
- Verify and validate requirement packages with the relevant stakeholders.
- Maintain up-to-date requirements and system documentation.
- Promote requirements reuse.
- Assess Requests for Change (RfC).
- Assess IT systems and solution limitations as well as recommend actions to increase the value of solutions.
- Participate, under the Office’s supervision, in internal workshops and/or European networks to analyse, discuss and propose improvements to the quality of the processes and systems.
- Design and produce high quality graphic and appealing presentations, project documentation, and reports in English.
- Conduct and support User Acceptance Tests (UATs).
- Develop Business Test Scenarios in order to be used by the stakeholders during the UATs.
- Provide training to support roll-out (if required).
- Communicate the impact of changes to stakeholders.
- Support the Office’s teams in charge of other areas/activities/tasks (e.g. architecture, development, quality assurance and control).
- Contribute to defining quality standards in functional documentation.
- Participate in continuous impro
Education
- University degree (minimum 4 years’ post-secondary education or duly recognised as equivalent to Level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) Bologna Process) in the IT field.
Knowledge and skills
- Strong analytical thinking; problem-solving and critical mindset.
- Ability to propose solutions aligned with the Office’s strategies.
- Fast learner, able to take up analysis tasks quickly in a new domain.
- Responsible, self-organised, able to work to tight deadlines proactively in a team. Good time-management skills and the ability to prioritise and report.
- Communication skills: excellent verbal, written and presentation skills, able to participate in multilingual meetings and to communicate effectively to all levels of stakeholders.
- Interaction skills: good facilitation skills, able to leader and influence.
- Team worker, willing to share knowledge as well as to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Capable of working in an international/multicultural environment.
- Able to moderate discussions and negotiate effectively to resolve differences.
- Customer focused.
- Knowledge and effective use of modelling tools, requirements management tools and other productivity tools.
- Excellent command of Microsoft Office tools (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Ability to work efficiently and to maintain the quality of the analysis service under pressure.
- Knowledge of requirements gathering standards and methodologies, i.e. BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) or IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis) methodologies (or equivalent).
- Excellent command of written and oral English (C1).
Required Certifications
- BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) or IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis) methodologies (or equivalent).