Business Analyst
Job Description:
Australian Citizens residing in Australia only respond.
- Contract start 01 October 2023 to 12 months, 2 x 12 months extensions.
- Australian Citizen, Clearance, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne role.
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Services Australia is seeking to identify suitable Candidates to perform the role of Business
Analysts, Systems Analysts and Solution Design Managers up to manager levels to support
the agency to document business requirements, capture business needs, and design, create,
evaluate, and document ICT solutions in new and existing ICT systems.
Business Analysts analyse and integrate information provided by customers, staff,
Information Technology (IT) professionals, executives, and other internal and external
stakeholders. They are responsible for understanding the core needs and requirements of
stakeholders and the agency. Business Analysts often play a central role in aligning the
needs of business units with the capabilities delivered by IT or business activities and may
serve as a translator between stakeholder groups. Business Analysts exercise a degree of
independent judgement and make decisions within defined parameters that rely on skills and
knowledge.
The level of Security Clearance required for a Role will be confirmed at the time of Contract.
Job Title Business Analyst
APS Equivalent Level APS5
Main Duties Duties may include, but not limited to, some or all of the following:
contribute to the creation of action plans, solution reports and business cases for review by senior staff
liaise with stakeholders to develop an understanding of their requirements and concerns in line with the agency's business objectives
contribute towards business analysis approaches that may include specifying team roles, deliverables, analysis techniques or stakeholder communication
assist on recommending improvements for consideration by senior staff and provide support on the analysis, verification, and validation of the recommended improvements
provide support on stakeholder analysis to assist the team engage with stakeholders and effectively understand cross business functions
participate and assist facilitation across business units with stakeholders and represent the work area at meetings, conferences, and seminars
draft business analyst artefacts and documents that may include risk analysis, scope modelling, problem tracking and sequence diagrams for review by senior staff
draft or contribute to change management plans and/or communication plans
participate and provide support in brainstorming, workshops, prototyping, observation, or interviews, and confirm or report on results
draft and contribute to clear business and stakeholder requirement documentation including prioritising, organising, and verifying the requirements
examine and organise requirements to record dependencies, relationships and identify logical sequences
review project documentation and agency processes to assist with determining areas for improvement or change
identify potential issues or risks, track problems and escalate as appropriate
assist with requirements management plan and its implementation
contribute to performance reporting activities and/or variance analysis
assist with preparing textual statements, matrices, diagrams, and formal models to contribute to the analysis of requirements
Main skills/attributes Ability to:
communicate confidently and present messages in a clear, concise, and articulate manner
research, analyse, apply creativity and problem solve
support and maintain stakeholder relationships
collaborate with other staff in immediate work area and in other areas of the agency
negotiate with others to achieve optimal outcomes
investigate and respond to identified issues and escalate as needed
demonstrate system thinking and a cognitive view
make decisions within defined parameters
manage time and organise work against competing priorities
Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission.
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