Business Analyst - Social Housing at Endeavour Recruitment, London, 6 Months, £300-£350 per day

Business Analyst - Social Housing

Location: London
Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2-3 days per week onsite
Contract: Outside IR35
Day Rate: £300 - £350 per day (Outside IR35)

We can only consider candidates who have experience in the housing sector.

The Role

Endeavour Recruitment is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join a consultancy delivering digital transformation and software implementation projects across the UK Social Housing sector.

Working with Housing Associations and other housing organisations, you will play a key role in gathering business requirements, improving business processes, and supporting the successful delivery of enterprise software solutions. You will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that solutions meet operational needs while supporting wider transformation initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced contractor with a strong background in Social Housing, software delivery, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Gather, analyse, and document business and functional requirements.
Facilitate workshops, interviews and discovery sessions with business stakeholders.
Produce Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), user stories, process maps, functional specifications and acceptance criteria.
Analyse current business processes and identify opportunities for improvement and automation.
Work closely with Project Managers, Product Owners, Developers, Solution Architects and Test Teams throughout the project life cycle.
Support software implementation, configuration, migration and integration projects.
Ensure business requirements are translated into clear technical deliverables.
Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect resolution and business sign-off.
Build strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
Manage multiple workstreams while ensuring successful project delivery.

Essential Skills & Experience

Proven experience as a Business Analyst within the Social Housing, Housing Association or Local Authority sector.
Strong experience delivering software implementation or digital transformation projects.
Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
Experience producing business and functional documentation.
Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Experience working within Agile environments.
Excellent analytical, communication and documentation skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a client-facing environment.

Desirable Skills

Experience with one or more of the following technologies:

Microsoft Dynamics 365
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O)
Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI)
Microsoft Azure
Jira

Experience across one or more of the following business areas would also be advantageous:

Housing Management
Repairs & Maintenance
Asset Management
Tenancy Management
Rent & Income
Allocations & Lettings
Customer Services
Compliance & Property Safety

Personal Attributes

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
Self-motivated and capable of working independently.
Comfortable working within fast-paced consultancy and client environments.
Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What's on Offer

£300 - £350 per day
Outside IR35
Hybrid working (2-3 days per week in London)
Opportunity to work on high-profile digital transformation programmes within the UK Social Housing sector.
Long-term contract with the potential for extension.
Exposure to Microsoft technologies and enterprise software delivery within a growing consultancy.