Canberra, ACT, Australia

Director 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 Director Business Analyst

APS Equivalent Level EL2

Main Duties Duties may include, but not limited to, some or all of the following:

clearly define and clarify business needs to create an action plan,

solution report or business case for consideration of senior executives

understand stakeholder requirements and concerns to meet their

needs in line with the agency's strategic direction and themes

determine business analysis approaches that may include specifying

team roles, deliverables, analysis techniques or stakeholder

communication

identify and recommend business improvements for consideration by

senior executives and coordinate the analysis, verification, and

validation on the recommended improvements

increase engagement with a range of key stakeholders to effectively

understand cross business functions

facilitate and lead communication across business units to represent

the views of the agency at a range internal and external forums with

various stakeholders

manage, produce, and review business analyst artefacts and

documents that may include risk analysis, scope modelling, problem

tracking and sequence diagrams

prepare, drive, and manage change management plans and/or

communication plans

determine, prepare, perform brainstorming, workshops, prototyping,

observation, or interviews, and confirm or report on results

oversee the development of strategic and business requirement

documentation and ensure requirements are clearly understood by

others

oversee and manage the development of strategic and business

requirements dependencies and relationships, ensuring requirements

are clearly understood

define the process that will be used to approve requirements for

implementation and manage change to the solutions or requirements

scope

determine deliverables by considering a range or internal and external

factors

conduct comprehensive risk analysis and problem tracking to mitigate

potential issues

manage the performance of business analysis activities to ensure they

are executed as effectively as possible, including deciding on metrics

to measure work

determine business analyst deliverables, the scope of work for the

business analysis activities, resource allocation and estimates for

business analyst work

identify and define why a business change or capability is required for

the agency and/or conduct a capability gap analysis

assess, validate, and report on solutions to determine how closely the

solution meets the agencys objectives

develop strategic plans for work area or team and consider work in the

context of future strategic priorities

Main skills/attributes Ability to:

understand the audience and context, while anticipating responses to effectively tailor communication and communication style

perform high level research, complex analysis and problem solving to form defensible conclusions based on clear evidence

develop and manage key strategic relationships with a broad range of internal and external key stakeholders

collaborate, negotiate, and influence stakeholders to achieve quality outcomes for work area and the agency

facilitate a diverse range of groups, workshops, and meetings

manage and resolve conflict using appropriate strategies, ensuring suitable outcomes for the parties involved

demonstrate high level system, strategic and lateral thinking with a cognitive view

make balanced decisions using professional judgement in the context of a complex, ambiguous and changing environment

think strategically, understand linkages and develop long term plans

Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission.

Please complete the below forms.

Candidate Application form

Candidate Referee Report