Source: https://deftridge.com/job/user-story-backlog-grooming-blackpool-dt-1818740/ Title: User Story Backlog Grooming, hybrid, Blackpool | Deftridge Summary: User Story Backlog Grooming (Jira) for a specialist Business Analyst, hybrid in Blackpool. £28-£32 an hour, 3 to 6 hours a week. Starts within 7 days. Regular Posted Oct 20 · DT-1818740 # User Story Backlog Grooming (Jira) Specialist · Business Analyst · Hybrid · Blackpool **£28–£32** / hour About £580 a month at 5 h a week. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Connectivity provider serving businesses · 201–500 employeesCL-66719 · based in London - **Where** Hybrid · Blackpool - **Format** Regular role - **Time needed** 3–6 h a week - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Specialist · 2-5 years - **When you work** Weekday evenings **4** professionals have asked about this task **2,227** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This connectivity provider serving businesses (201–500 employees) is looking for a specialist Business Analyst for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–6 h a week. Writes and refines stories so engineers can start. The person who did this left, and the company would rather bring in an experienced part-timer than rush a permanent hire. It is a telecom company, with large datasets and long-running programmes. The team sits in Blackpool. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. ## What you deliver - Refine 20 backlog stories each week with acceptance criteria and open questions listed. - A written update every Monday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked - Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day - A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends ## What a week looks like - Thursday: pick up the queue and confirm priorities - Midweek: two short working sessions of one to two hours - Monday: update sent before the company's end of day **Duration:** 8 weeks, renewable. Accepted when the output matches the agreed checklist and the sample check passes; the recruiter confirms by e-mail. ## Tools Jira Confluence ## Who fits - 2-5 years of hands-on work as a Business Analyst, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Jira and Confluence - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Has worked with a distributed team across time zones - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader ## Not included - Travel or work at a fixed location - On-call availability outside the agreed window - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in GBP after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Specialist Business Analyst - **Experience** 2-5 years in data & analytics - **Tools** Jira, Confluence - **Offers** 4 hours a week, weekday evenings - **Rate** £30 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, £30 an hour, is **in line with** the median specialist Business Analyst rate in North West (£30). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median £30 This task £30 £22 £42 [All Business Analyst jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-analyst/united-kingdom/) · [Business Analyst rates in North West](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/north-west/) · [Data & Analytics jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/data-and-analytics/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-66719 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, User Story Backlog Grooming (Jira) is noted. 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