Senior Business Analyst (Program Admin Officer 4)

Government of Nova Scotia; Halifax; On-site; CAD 3,000 - 4,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to enhance operational and strategic decision-making within their Safety Branch. In this pivotal role, you will act as a bridge between program leads and management, ensuring that information and analytics services align with the branch's vision. Your expertise in business analysis will drive the optimization of current services and processes, while your facilitation skills will foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and inclusivity, and make a significant impact in public safety and worker protection initiatives.

Benefits

Career Development

Engaging Workplace

Access to Training Resources

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of related experience as a Business Analyst.
• Strong facilitation and analytical skills with a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements and manage change requests for medium complexity initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration and effective communication with stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Facilitation Skills

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Senior Business Analyst (Program Admin Officer 4)

Competition # : 45092

Department: Labour, Skills and Immigration

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date: 14-Feb-25 ( Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

At the Safety Branch of the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration, we are responsible for delivering effective and efficient regulatory management for the protection of the public and workers’ safety through education, outreach, inspection and enforcement, equipment registration, permits, and licenses.

About Our Opportunity

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will report to the Manager of Information and Analytics Solutions, Strategic Planning and Accountability Division, Safety Branch. The Information and Analytics Solutions section is responsible for providing Branch wide information and systems services and support based on an Information Management model that improves operational and strategic decision making, ensuring appropriate governance by adhering to the vision and mission of the Safety branch.

You will be the first point of contact for program leads, management and senior executives who require information, analytics and system business analysis services such as definition of a need, requirement gathering, user research, analysis, business case and recommendations.

Primary Accountabilities

• Make sure outcomes are aligned with branch vision and strategic goals and objectives by contributing to the link between current and future business models and delivering to the business architecture.
• Challenge constructively and act as a critical friend to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose.
• Facilitate collaboration and lead effective communication with all stakeholders to support design, build and delivery to meet the user needs.
• Identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes using the best approach.
• Investigate problems and analyze options for new and existing services.
• Analyze current services and processes and identify and implement opportunities to optimize these.
• Help to evaluate and establish requirements using relevant techniques such as gap analysis.
• Apply a digital understanding to their work and can identify and implement solutions to meet assisted and accessible digital needs.
• Be responsible for gathering requirements, facilitating setting of business priorities for change initiatives of medium complexity and managing and implementing requests for changes to baseline requirements.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing with clients and assist with writing test plans when necessary.
• Identify key stakeholders, tailoring communication to their needs, and work with teams to build relationships while also meeting user needs.
• Strive to build and reach consensus of opposing views.
• Identify and engage with users or stakeholders to collate user needs evidence.

Qualifications and Experience

This may be the right opportunity for you if you have a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 6 years related experience (or an equivalent combination of training and experience) working at the Business Analyst level.

As the successful candidate you must be a strategic thinker – you see and understand the big picture, be self-directed, be a highly skilled facilitator, be a problem solver, work independently and as a member of a team, and value a diverse and inclusive workplace. The ability to exercise professional discretion, manage competing interests, and maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships are critical.

• Experience producing business analysis material (i.e.: process maps, journey maps, user epics and stories, estimations, business requirements and options analysis)
• Demonstrated facilitation skills
• Experience working with both business and technical audiences
• Experience working with executive and management level staff
• A proven track record of successful partner engagements
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills demonstrated through past work experience

The following would be considered an asset:

• Professional Business Analyst Certification.
• Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies and Jira.
• Statistics and/or Analytics experience
• Experience in human centered design.

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Working Conditions

• Normal work week is 35 hours/week, 7 hours/day
• May be required to work overtime on occasion.

What We Offer

• Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our Employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths

Pay Grade: PR 17

Salary Range: $3,107.16- $3,649.33 Bi-Weekly

Employment Equity Statement: Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve.

This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU).

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.