Associate Business Analyst

Peoplebank; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplebank in Melbourne is seeking an Associate Business Analyst to support data science, machine learning and AI initiatives on a 12-month contract with a possible extension.

You will elicit requirements, translate them into user stories and acceptance criteria, facilitate workshops, and coordinate with stakeholders and technical teams to ensure delivery success. The role requires Australian citizenship and Baseline security clearance eligibility.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in business analysis within complex delivery environments.
• Ability to translate business needs into functional/non-functional requirements.
• Experience facilitating workshops and translating problems into delivery artefacts.

Responsibilities

• Plan and undertake requirements elicitation through interviews, workshops, document analysis and observation.
• Translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps and traceability artefacts.
• Work with stakeholders and technical teams to define business problems, users, desired outcomes, constraints, dependencies, success measures and expected benefits.
• Support delivery planning, prioritisation, backlog refinement, dependency management, status reporting and the coordination of actions, decisions, risks and issues.
• Assist with establishing and facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, showcases, retrospectives and other delivery ceremonies.
• Prepare and maintain governance and assurance documentation, including business cases, artificial intelligence impact assessments, risk and issue records, pilot plans, evaluation documentation and committee papers.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

User stories

Acceptance criteria

Stakeholder collaboration

Workshops facilitation

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Business Analysis

Job description

Our Federal Government client is seeking an Associate Business Analyst to support data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence initiatives on a 12-month contract with a possible 12-month extension.
As the selected candidate, you will:

• Plan and undertake requirements elicitation through interviews, workshops, document analysis and observation.
• Translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps and traceability artefacts.
• Work with stakeholders and technical teams to define business problems, users, desired outcomes, constraints, dependencies, success measures and expected benefits.
• Support delivery planning, prioritisation, backlog refinement, dependency management, status reporting and the coordination of actions, decisions, risks and issues.
• Assist with establishing and facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, showcases, retrospectives and other delivery ceremonies.
• Prepare and maintain governance and assurance documentation, including business cases, artificial intelligence impact assessments, risk and issue records, pilot plans, evaluation documentation and committee papers.
• Build productive relationships across business, data science, technology, privacy, legal, security, risk and responsible artificial intelligence functions.
• Facilitate workshops and communicate complex information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide coordination and administrative support, including meeting coordination, agenda and paper preparation, correspondence, record keeping and routine reporting.

To be successful in this role you are required to have the following;

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in business analysis, business, information technology, project management, data or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Demonstrated experience undertaking business analysis and gathering, documenting and managing requirements in a complex delivery environment.
• Experience facilitating workshops and translating business problems and user needs into process maps, user stories, acceptance criteria or other practical delivery artefacts.
• Experience supporting agile or iterative delivery, including sprint ceremonies, backlog refinement, risks, issues, dependencies, actions and status reporting.
• Experience preparing high-quality business cases, briefs, impact assessments, governance submissions or comparable decision-support documentation for operational and executive audiences.

To be eligible for this opportunity, Australian citizenship and the ability to obtain Baseline security clearance is required.

Please note that Aida, our after-hours AI conversational screening assistant, may be used as part of the initial application process

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