Summary
We are the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do - and we are seeking an enthusiastic Business Analyst to support us.
Wage
£22,000 a year
Hours Monday to Friday between 8am - 5pm.
40 hours a week
Start date
Start date Wednesday 30 September 2026
Duration
Duration 1 year 6 months
Positions available
Positions available 1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You'll learn on the job by getting hand-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Supporting Business Analysts and Project Managers with analysis activities across projects and change initiatives within Wolseley
- Assisting with the investigation of business processes and problems, gathering information through meetings, workshops, shadowing and reviewing existing documentation
- Supporting the documentation of requirements, processes, impacts and analysis outputs, using agreed Wolseley templates, tools and standards
- Helping to maintain analysis artefacts, logs and documentation repositories in a clear, accurate and organised manner
- Supporting stakeholder engagement activities, including meeting preparation, note-taking and follow-up actions, with guidance from more experienced colleagues
- Assisting with analysis activities related to testing, business acceptance and transition of solutions into business-as-usual operations
- Learning and applying core business analysis techniques and ways of working through structured training, coaching and on-the-job experience
- Building knowledge of Wolseley's business, operating model and delivery environment, demonstrating increased confidence, judgement and independence over time
- Acting professionally at all times, managing time effectively, seeking feedback and taking responsibility for personal development
- Performing other ad-hoc duties as appropriate, including supporting special projects or improvement activities
You’ll be completing a structured training plan, which will be complimented by a Level 4 Business Analyst Apprenticeship, where you will be provided time each week to complete your training activities.
Where you'll work
2 Kingmaker Court
Warwick Technology Park
Gallows Hill
Warwick
CV34 6DY
Training Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
QA LIMITED
Training course
Business analyst (level 4)
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
Why choose our Business Analyst Level 4 apprenticeship?
Our Business Analyst Level 4 apprenticeship develops learners to investigate information systems solutions and gain the know-how to improve operational efficiency for your organisation. The principles of data analytics are being applied across just about every industry. Using past-event data, business analysts are making important insight-based business decisions and driving customer value across every team and function, including operations, finance, sales and marketing.
QA's Business Analyst Level 4 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:
- Become a change professional that helps organisations deliver business and digital change successfully
- Regularly investigate and analyse solutions to ensure the right one is chosen
- Experience a flexible learning journey using a blend of learning methodologies, including online learning, practical exercises, video content, coaching and workshops
Tools and technologies learned: Apprentices will learn to use Unified Modelling Language (UML), Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), Data Modelling, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SWOT & PESTLE.
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
- Organisation skills
Other requirements
- A Level 3 qualification plus 12+ months of work experience
- A business-related degree (e.g. business, finance, economics, maths)
- A non-business-related degree plus 6+ months of work experience
- Existing staff with 2+ years of relevant work experience
You may also have a combination of qualifications and experience which demonstrate the minimum foundation needed for the programme. In this instance you could still be considered for the programme.
If you hold international equivalents of the above qualifications, at the time of your application you must be able to provide an official document that states how your international qualifications compare to the UK qualifications.
For more information, please visit the UK ENIC website.
About this employer
With 560 UK branches, Wolseley is one of the UK's leading merchants in plumbing, heating, cooling and infrastructure, we've been helping the trade succeed for decades. Over this time, we've built an unrivalled reputation for expert knowledge and customer support.
Company benefits
- Annual leave (increasing with length of service)
- Generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%)
- Potential to earn bonuses
- Enhanced maternity / adoption leave
- Access to a great range of online and high street discounts
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.
Reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC .
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