Business Analyst, Whole of Government Systems Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet NZ; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet NZ – Canberra ACT is seeking a Business Analyst to contribute to the Whole of Government Systems Branch. You will engage with stakeholders across the application lifecycle to design, document and evolve digital solutions that support core government functions.

In this role you will elicit and document requirements, translate them into viable solutions and act as a conduit between business and technical teams, enabling effective collaboration and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a business analyst.
• Experience in requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication with stakeholders.
• Experience working within SDLC and Agile environments.
• Ability to translate business needs into viable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to elicit, capture and document business processes, requirements and business rules
• Analyse and translate business requirements into viable solutions
• Act as a conduit between business and technical teams, ensuring requirements are clearly understood and communicated
• Coordinate and liaise with stakeholders, including facilitating workshops, discussions and other requirements-gathering activities
• Develop and maintain documentation to support new and proposed functionality
• Prepare mock-ups, presentations and other supporting materials as required
• Support demonstrations and validation of new and enhanced functionality with stakeholders
• Mentor junior team members and support knowledge sharing across the team
• Undertake other duties as required.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Requirements elicitation

SDLC

Agile

Job description

Business Analyst, Whole of Government Systems Branch

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet NZ – Canberra ACT

The Whole of Government Systems Section designs, develops and sustains bespoke digital solutions that support core government functions. These systems enable secure information sharing and collaboration, modernise how important information is created, managed and utilised, and provide a single source of truth across government.

What you will do

The Business Analyst plays a key role across the application lifecycle, particularly in the development and enhancement of digital solutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Engage with business stakeholders to elicit, capture and document business processes, requirements and business rules
• Analyse and translate business requirements into viable solutions
• Act as a conduit between business and technical teams, ensuring requirements are clearly understood and communicated
• Coordinate and liaise with stakeholders, including facilitating workshops, discussions and other requirements-gathering activities
• Develop and maintain documentation to support new and proposed functionality
• Prepare mock-ups, presentations and other supporting materials as required
• Support demonstrations and validation of new and enhanced functionality with stakeholders
• Mentor junior team members and support knowledge sharing across the team

Undertake other duties as required.

Who we are

The Whole of Government Systems Section designs, develops and sustains bespoke digital solutions that support core government functions. These systems enable secure information sharing and collaboration, modernise how important information is created, managed and utilised, and provide a single source of truth across government.

What you will do

The Business Analyst plays a key role across the application lifecycle, particularly in the development and enhancement of digital solutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Engage with business stakeholders to elicit, capture and document business processes, requirements and business rules
• Analyse and translate business requirements into viable solutions
• Act as a conduit between business and technical teams, ensuring requirements are clearly understood and communicated
• Coordinate and liaise with stakeholders, including facilitating workshops, discussions and other requirements-gathering activities
• Develop and maintain documentation to support new and proposed functionality
• Prepare mock-ups, presentations and other supporting materials as required
• Support demonstrations and validation of new and enhanced functionality with stakeholders
• Mentor junior team members and support knowledge sharing across the team

Undertake other duties as required.

The key duties of the position include:

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience as a business analyst
• Demonstrated experience in requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation, business rules definition and process and workflow design
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
• Demonstrated experience working within SDLC and Agile environments

Eligibility

• Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the APS unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing. At PM&C to be eligible for this position you should be an Australian Citizen by the completion of the recruitment process, except under exceptional circumstances.
• The successful candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance, or hold a current security clearance of an appropriate level.
• The successful candidate will be assessed through our pre-employment screening checks, such as an Australian Criminal History Check, and will normally be subject to a six-month probation period if new to the APS or has not yet completed their probation period elsewhere in the APS.

Notes

Ongoing & Non-ongoing (for a period up to 24 months)

This role is being advertised as both ongoing and non-ongoing, with the employment type to be determined in negotiation with the preferred candidate and the PM&C delegate.

Where a non-ongoing specified term is offered, this would be for a maximum period of two (2) years. If the initial contract is for less than 2 years, it may be extended or renewed once, up to the 2 year limit.

A non-ongoing offer may result in conversion to an ongoing offer of employment, however this must occur within 18 months from the opening date of this advertisement.

Getting to know the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) advances Australia’s national interests through high quality support to the Prime Minister and the operations of Cabinet.PM&C supports the Prime Minister as leader of the Government and of Cabinet and as leader of the country. This positions us both to provide visibility of Government priorities and influence outcomes across all Commonwealth portfolios, state jurisdictions, the Australian Public Service (APS) as an institution, and on the international stage.Our role is to provide fresh thinking and creative advice to government as stewards for the APS. We contribute ideas on the many and varied issues facing Australia, taking into consideration the views and opinions of a range of stakeholders across the private, public, not-for-profit and community sectors.The PM&C team provides pragmatic advice and finds solutions to problems so that Government policies can be effectively designed and implemented. We give particular weight to issues that are important to the Prime Minister.Our focus, put in its simplest terms, is to find new ways to improve the lives of all Australians.