L4 Business Analyst Apprentice (Colloids Limited)

Level 4 Business Analyst

Weekly Hours Worked: 37.5

About the company:

Established in 1967 with over 50 years of Masterbatch expertise, Colloids is one of the fastest growing companies in the plastics industry, with a turnover in excess of £80m. It is a global leader in bespoke, technical thermoplastic Masterbatch solutions supplying the automotive, construction, engineering and electrical/electronic markets.

Brief job description:

Estio Training have an exciting new opportunity for a Business Analyst Apprentice with Colloids Limited, a global masterbatch manufacturer and inventor of high-performance black and colour masterbatch solutions based in Liverpool.

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Business Analyst to join our team. In this role, the individual takes and understands the needs/problems from stakeholders and works to provide a solution to how these can be met through business change and digital solutions.

Your duties and responsibilities in this role will consist of:

• Analyse the requirements to identify any technical or resource dependencies.
• Provide feedback on the feasibility of the requirements, including the scope and timeline.
• Verify the validity of the requirements with subject matter experts, business owners, or other stakeholders to ensure that they meet the business needs and objectives.
• Become a successful change professional who helps organisations to deliver business and digital change successfully.
• Regularly investigate and analyse solutions to ensure the optimum one is chosen.
• Expand on logical and creative thinking skills to help solve business change challenges.
• Utilise structured approaches to identify, investigate, analyse and communicate complex business problems and opportunities.
• Analyse practical business cases to further understand different business scenarios.
• Learn how to lead the analysis, identification, design, prioritisation and implementation of processes and business changes to improve operations and services.
• Provide advice and guidance based on your own knowledge and experience.

Qualifications:

5 GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)

Skills Required:

• Understanding of agile methodology.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Problem analysis and troubleshooting.
• Collaborative mindset, openness to feedback and willingness to help others.
• Proactive, able to own projects and work autonomously when required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to meet deadlines and support team members in their ability to do so.
• Maintains accurate records, using relevant systems and business processes.
• Gathers relevant information before making a decision. Considers impact of decisions for the team.

Personal qualities:

The position will suit an analytical, detail-oriented candidate who is able to plan ahead, manage their time efficiently, has a results and service driven mind-set, supported by good organisation and clear thinking. The individual should also show initiative, drive, commitment and enthusiasm to succeed, with a willingness to go the extra mile.

Future prospects:

The role offers a permanent role upon completion of the apprenticeship depending on performance.

Training to be provided:

Estio apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.

Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.

Successful completion of this apprenticeship gives you an accredited Level 4 Business Analyst, with training in how to:

• Investigate the wants, needs, problems and opportunities for your business.
• Analyse performance of your processes and suggest recommendations for improvement.
• Identify your data requirements to improve your business.
• Create data models to illustrate how your data is represented within your business systems.
• Asses costs, benefits and impacts of suggested changes to your business.