Birdcage Walk, London
About the role
We are now looking for a Business Analyst to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36.25 hours per week.
The Role
As a Business Analyst, you will work across the Institution to deliver change, simplify key processes and drive continuous improvements within our digital and IT services.
Specifically, you will independently lead projects for small to medium-sized initiatives and contribute to larger programmes. You will gather and analyse business and technical requirements, helping ensure technology investments deliver maximum value.
Working with stakeholders, delivery teams and partners, you will clearly communicate requirements and help shape effective solutions. You will support the development of these solutions through to implementation, ensuring they align with business objectives and deliver successful outcomes.
Additionally, you will:
- Review and support the development of business cases
- Prioritise requirements and manage backlogs
- Support Agile delivery and represent business priorities
- Lead user acceptance testing and secure business sign-off
- Manage implementation and business readiness activities
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and drive efficiencies
- Build effective relationships and support informed decision-making
About You
To be considered as a Business Analyst, you will need:
- Experience in developing acceptance criteria, UAT scenarios, and leading UAT activities, including issue identification and communication with development teams
- Experience delivering business readiness activities, including training and the creation of user documentation
- Proven experience in eliciting, analysing, and documenting business requirements using techniques such as user stories, and translating them into technical specifications
- Experience supporting process change, with an understanding of change impacts and sensitivity to affected stakeholders
- Working knowledge of system development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall) and experience participating in delivery processes
- Skills in facilitating workshops and engaging with diverse stakeholders (internal and external), including process mapping using tools such as Visio or Lucid
- The ability to work with ambiguity, define problem statements, and shape clear, actionable requirements
- The ability to manage and collaborate with external vendors and partners to gather information and support delivery
- Strong IT literacy, with proficiency in Microsoft Office and the use of digital tools to analyse, manage, and share information effectively
The Benefits
- Salary of circa £45,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days’ holiday per annum plus bank holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Benefits, including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance and private health cover
- Continuous training and career development
- A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced analyst or change project manager to join our internationally respected organisation.
You’ll have the perfect platform to broaden your analytical expertise, expanding your experience, strengthening your professional profile and building an impressive track record across a wide range of change and digitally-focused initiatives.
What’s more, we’ll invest in your continued development with ongoing training and career opportunities, alongside a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
The closing date for this role is 2nd October 2026.
We regret that we are unable to reply to each applicant, therefore, if you do not hear from us within 28 days of your application for this post, you should assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
About the IMechE
With over 110,000 members in 140 countries, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has been at the heart of the mechanical engineering profession since 1847. We strive to improve the world through engineering by developing engineers, promoting engineering, informing opinion and encouraging innovation.
We are proud to have achieved workplace accreditations - Invest in People Gold and Invest in Wellbeing Silver. These awards reflect our organisation’s commitment to our employees, who are a vital part of supporting the engineering community.
This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Webrecruit and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be
Salary description
£45000.00 - £45000.00 per year