Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.
Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.
That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our team. You'll be on a full time, permanent basis, working 36 hours per week.
We offer flexible working arrangements where the role allows. This role can be based at one of our sites or offices, at home, or worked on a hybrid pattern. You will be required to attend our Swindon office on a frequent basis, for one day per week initially, dropping to one or two days per month. This will be discussed further at interview.
The Benefits
- Salary from £47,670 depending on skills and experience
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events
Our vision is to establish a team of IT Business Analysts who are consistently and continuously advocating the needs and expectations of English Heritage. By doing so, we will empower the technology services team to deliver projects, solutions, changes and help preserve our cultural heritage for generations to come. We need to ensure our organisation can drive forward its corporate strategy by becoming a trusted partner for all technology needs, delivering end to end solutions that add tangible value and benefit to our internal customers and enhance the overall experience of English Heritage's visitors.
The role of the Business Analyst will contribute to the delivery of our vision by working with departments and functions to map and analyse their operational processes, tuning processes that may be inefficient or implemented based on legacy technology or governance. You will understand the priorities and needs of the technology stakeholders, facilitating the capturing and analysing of requirements and upcoming demand to effectively support the delivery of appropriate IT solutions.
Working with members of the Technology Services Team you will support in the development of business cases for new solutions and enhancements to existing technologies, helping to surface opportunities for improved value for money and efficiencies.
As Business Analyst, you will champion the needs of English Heritage, working with stakeholders to understand processes, shape requirements and identify opportunities for better value, so Technology Services can deliver effective solutions that support the corporate strategy and improve experiences for colleagues and visitors.
The Business Analyst will work closely with teams across English Heritage to understand business problems, map processes, capture and prioritise requirements, and shape practical technology solutions that support change and improvement. They will act as a trusted link between the business and Technology Services, building strong relationships, supporting better decisions, contributing to IT standards and architecture, and helping develop a consistent, high-performing Business Analysis practice.
To be considered as a Business Analyst, you'll need:
- Strong stakeholder engagement: able to manage expectations, build relationships and align differing priorities.
- Business process analysis and improvement: experienced in mapping "As-Is" and "To-Be" processes and identifying better ways of working.
- Requirements definition and traceability: able to translate business needs into clear functional, non-functional and technical requirements, with testable acceptance criteria.
- Technology change delivery experience: comfortable working across Agile, hybrid or waterfall environments and supporting backlog refinement, prioritisation and delivery planning.
- Analytical and communication skills: able to interpret business and technical detail, use data to evidence decisions, and produce clear documentation and presentations.
- Experience in a range of BA centric ways of working, methodologies and taxonomies.
First round interviews will be held on W/C 24/08/2026 on MS Teams, followed by an in person second round interview at our Swindon Office.
If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Lee Garner, on
[email protected]. STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.
Find out more about us and what we do: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/ You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/
Everybody's welcome at English Heritage
Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.
We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.
