Business Analysis & Knowledge Management Apprentice
N.I.S. LIMITED
Lancashire (PR7 1NH)
Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 7 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 September 2026
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Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to combine formal business analysis learning with practical experience, helping NIS Ltd to capture, share and make better use of the knowledge and experience within our organisation.
- Wage
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£16,931.20 a year
- Training course
- Business analyst (level 4)
- Hours
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37 hours per week, worked over four days.
Monday to Thursday, 9 hours and 15 minutes per day, with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day. The 9 hours can be flexible between the hours of 6.00am and 6.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 12 October 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Support business and knowledge analysis activities, including stakeholder interviews, workshops, requirements gathering and process/knowledge-flow mapping.
- Support LFE capture, review and analysis, translating project and operational experience into clear, structured and reusable learning
- Assist with tacit knowledge capture from subject matter experts using interviews, walkthroughs, observation, storytelling and other appropriate methods
- Help maintain and improve KM systems, registers and SharePoint resources, including taxonomy, metadata, data quality, searchability, AI and content organisation
- Analyse KM/LFE information to identify themes, recurring issues and improvement opportunities, and develop clear knowledge resources such as guides, briefings, videos and case studies
- Work with project and functional teams to identify knowledge needs and gaps, embed KM into ways of working, and support KM communications, knowledge-sharing and improvement activities
- You don’t need previous experience in business analysis or knowledge management. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in IT and technology, who is curious, organised, willing to learn and interested in business analysis
Where you'll work
Ackhurst Road
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 1NH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
INTEC BUSINESS COLLEGES 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
The apprenticeship will be delivered with a blend of online & onsite meetings with the assessor every 4 - 6 weeks until completion of the apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A* - C / 9 - 4)
- Maths (grade A* - C / 9 - 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Keen interest in IT
- Keen interest in Technology
- Curiosity for how systems work
- Very organised
- Proactive & eager to learn
- A career in Business Analysis
- Microsoft 365 Outlook skills
- Microsoft 365 Word skills
- Microsoft 365 Excel & Teams
- Microsoft 365 P/point skills
- Analytical and logical thinker
- V Good problem solving skills
- Strong communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Work effectively in a team
- Upholding our core values
Other requirements
NIS operates within the nuclear sector, which can include areas such as nuclear power generation, defence, and related industries.
Due to the nature of the work, successful candidates must be willing to undergo security clearance and DBS checks and must have the legal right to work in the UK.
About this employer
- Established in 1983, we have a long and proud track record of delivering high quality, often bespoke, products and services across a broad range of markets.
From initial contact through to work completion, our Excellent People offer customer focused, pragmatic engineering services. Although bespoke solutions are one of our specialities, we also recognise the benefits of utilising and integrating existing technologies. Frequently drawing on our many years of experience and diverse industry presence, our focus is to deliver value-for-money engineering excellence to our current and future clients.
We are privileged to work for a wide variety of prestigious clients on some of the most exciting and complex engineering projects in the world. From cleaning up nuclear legacies to developing the next generation of security scanning products, the one thing all our projects demand is excellence in engineering and manufacturing.
Achieving that excellence is at the forefront of everything we do, working to the values that we have embedded within our people. This ensures that we perform to the very best of our collective abilities to deliver pragmatic, cost-effective services – powered by pride.
https://www.nisltd.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
This employer works four days a week from Monday - Thursday, and working hours can be flexible between 6.00am and 6.00pm each day.
After completion of a successful probation period there may be the opportunity to work from home one day a week subject to business requirements.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
For the right candidate, there will be opportunities to continue their professional development beyond the apprenticeship. Following successful completion of the programme, further training, qualifications, and career progression opportunities may be available to support long-term growth within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INTEC BUSINESS COLLEGES LIMITED
Tracey Ann North
tracey.north@intecbusinesscolleges.co.uk
07580997408
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055058.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 7 October 2026 at 11:59pm)