Business Analyst – SharePoint & Teams Migration

New Zealand Government; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks annual leave + university days

Employer superannuation up to 6.75%

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Staff discounts and campus benefits

Job summary

University of Canterbury in Ōtautahi/Christchurch is seeking a proactive Business Analyst for a fixed-term role until 25 June 2027. The role focuses on discovery, analysis, and solution shaping across UC’s collaboration environment, especially SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams.

You will translate business needs into structured artefacts and work with stakeholders and technical teams to deliver a governed, user-centric migration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of recent business analyst experience in a large organisation.
• Experience in requirement gathering, gap analysis, data modelling and analysis, system/process analysis and user journey mapping.
• Proven experience in delivering digital solutions.
• Excellent writing skills, including the production of business requirements in the form of user stories, work stream documents, and detailed reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent documentation, planning, organisational, and time management skills.
• Willingness to work with a cross-functional team and be open to learning new skills.
• Competency in te reo Māori me ōna tikanga is an advantage.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and iterative delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Support discovery, analysis, and solution shaping across UC’s collaboration environment, with a focus on SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams.
• Work with stakeholders and technical teams to understand challenges and define clear requirements for migration from on-premises storage to SharePoint Online.
• Develop structured artefacts including user stories, process maps, and supporting documentation to enable efficient delivery.
• Facilitate workshops and guide discussions to define problems, opportunities, and future-state requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of ways of working and onboarding of new processes.

Skills

Discovery and analysis

Requirements gathering

Gap analysis

Data modelling

User journey mapping

Stakeholder engagement

Digital solutions delivery

Documentation and writing

Tools

SharePoint Online

Microsoft Teams

Job description

University of Canterbury in Ōtautahi/Christchurch is seeking a proactive Business Analyst for a fixed-term role until 25 June 2027. The role focuses on discovery, analysis, and solution shaping across UC’s collaboration environment, especially SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams.

You will translate business needs into structured artefacts and work with stakeholders and technical teams to deliver a governed, user-centric migration.