Business Analyst Apprentice

OUTSOURCE AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Recruiting nationally

Closes in 29 days (Thursday 30 April 2026)

Posted on 31 March 2026

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Summary

We are a growing, close-knit team looking for a Business Analyst Apprentice to join us and play a key role in delivering intelligent automation & AI solutions for our customers. This is a Level 4 apprenticeship, combining structured learning with real project experience.

Wage

£16,000 a year

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Training course
Business analyst (level 4)
Hours
9.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Saturday 30 May 2026

Duration

1 year 8 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

You'll learn how to:

  • Work directly with customers and internal team members to understand how their processes work
  • Ask questions, gather requirements, and identify opportunities for automation
  • Process maps (as-is and to-be)
  • Process Definition Documents (PDDs)
  • User stories and acceptance criteria
  • Designing & Building Automations (Blue Prism)
  • Learn how to design automation solutions using Blue Prism, integrating AI where required
  • Translate requirements into structured designs (Solution Design Documents)
  • Test automations to ensure they meet requirements and work reliably
  • Support deployments and help monitor automations in production
  • Troubleshoot issues and suggest improvements

Where you'll work

Remote working with occasional travel.

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

NOWSKILLS LIMITED

Training course

Business analyst (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
  • Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
  • Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
  • Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
  • Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
  • Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
  • Elicit process information from stakeholders
  • Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Produce models of redesigned business processes
  • Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
  • Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
  • Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
  • Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
  • Validate requirements with stakeholders
  • Support the establishment of requirements traceability
  • Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
  • Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
  • Support the development of models of future state business situations
  • Identify key differences between current and future business situations
  • Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
  • Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
  • Support business acceptance of business and system changes
  • Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
  • Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
  • Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
  • Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
  • Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
  • Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
  • Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
  • Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
  • Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
  • Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
  • Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
  • Elicit process information from stakeholders
  • Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Produce models of redesigned business processes
  • Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
  • Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
  • Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
  • Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
  • Validate requirements with stakeholders
  • Support the establishment of requirements traceability
  • Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
  • Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
  • Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
  • Support the development of models of future state business situations
  • Identify key differences between current and future business situations
  • Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
  • Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
  • Support business acceptance of business and system changes
  • Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
  • Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
  • Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
  • Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
  • Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

  • Strong interest in business processes, problem-solving, and technology
  • Good communication skills and confidence speaking with others
  • Logical thinking and attention to detail
  • Willingness to learn and take initiative
  • Ability to manage your time across work and apprenticeship study
  • Excellent attention to detail

Some exposure to:

  • Business analysis or process mapping
  • Automation or coding concepts
  • Tools like Excel, Word, Visio, Whimsical or similar

About this employer

OAS offer software and services to businesses wishing to automate administrative functions. This includes Intelligent Automation and deployment of AI where appropriate.

https://www.globaloas.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

The role is 100% remote working, with occasional paid travel for corporate events and customer meetings.

£16-20k (depending on experience) plus Company Pension Scheme

After this apprenticeship

The successful candidate will be offered a full-time role after completing their apprenticeship, subject to performance.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOWSKILLS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000024168.

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Closes in 29 days (Thursday 30 April 2026)

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