Applications Analyst

BaptistCare NSW & ACT; The Hills Shire Council; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BaptistCare NSW & ACT is looking for an experienced Applications Analyst to join our Information and Digital team. The successful candidate will enhance and support HR technology systems, ensuring reliability and alignment with organizational needs.

This full-time role offers flexible hybrid working arrangements. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications in Information Technology and experience in enterprise applications, specifically in HR systems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Applications Analyst or Functional Consultant in a corporate IT role supporting enterprise applications.
• Experience with core HR systems including compliance, payroll, and learning management platforms.
• Strong technical capability across cloud and hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and support technology solutions for HR.
• Enhance, optimize, and support HR technology platforms.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and agile delivery practices.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving skills

T-SQL

Agile delivery

Data analysis

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Information Technology

Tools

HR systems

Cloud technology

On-premises technology

Job description

• 12-month max term full-time contract (maternity leave cover) | Based in Norwest, NSW
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements to support how you work best
• Support and enhance enterprise HR systems across recruitment, learning and human capital management

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Applications Analyst to join our Information and Digital team and play a key role in delivering and supporting technology solutions that enable high-quality services across BaptistCare. The role will focus on the ongoing enhancement, optimisation and support of critical HR technology platforms, helping ensure our people systems remain reliable, secure and aligned to organisational needs.

Working closely with business stakeholders, vendors and technology teams, you will contribute to the delivery of application enhancements, system integrations, upgrades and continuous improvement initiatives. You will facilitate requirements gathering, support agile delivery practices, manage application backlogs and help drive user adoption through training and process improvements.

You will also play an important role in maintaining the stability, security and compliance of business-critical applications, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and deliver meaningful outcomes for the organisation and the people we support.

About you

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Proven experience working as an Applications Analyst or Functional Consultant or in a similar corporate IT role supporting enterprise applications.
• Specialised experience supporting core HR systems, including compliance, recruitment, payroll, WHS, learning and human capital management platforms.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments, including backlog management, sprint planning and continuous improvement practice.
• Strong technical capability across cloud, on-premises and hybrid technology environments.
• Experience supporting application integrations, data migration activities, reporting and process automation.
• Exposure to data analysis and T-SQL, with the ability to work with complex business systems and datasets.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into practical business outcomes.

Desirable

• Agile Practitioner, Scrum Master, Product Owner or Business Analysis certifications.
• Experience working with NFP, healthcare, aged care or community services technologies.
• Exposure to design thinking, product development and management or lean six sigma process improvement.

If you're passionate about using technology to improve employee experiences, enjoy partnering with stakeholders to solve complex problems, and want to contribute to an organisation with genuine purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Successful applications will be subject to a variety of background checks including a police background check via our online police check system.