Senior Business Analyst

• 18 months, fixed term role, as a Senior Business Analyst within Research Solutions

• Excellent salary package with generous superannuation

The Senior Business Analyst creates, develops, and delivers business analysis, artefacts from inception to delivery that meet the needs of the business.  

UNSW is investing in establishing contemporary fit-for-purpose data storage and management capabilities to enable academic and research excellence, support UNSW's strategic priorities, and be a top 50 global university.  

In partnership with UNSW IT and PVC Research Infrastructure, the multi-year strategic Research Data Experience (RDE) program will uplift research data management functions, including policy development and alignment, to provide an end-to-end experience across the entire research data lifecycle.  

One of the key UNSW Values in Action is to drive innovation and excellence through collaboration. The program will include representatives of internal lines of business, divisional, faculty and external stakeholders, including vendors and partners with competing priorities, needs and interests. Together, the one team, must be agile and pragmatic, able to listen, encourage, and challenge respectfully and constructively to deliver the best outcome. 

As part of the multi-year Research Data Experience (RDE) program, the position will work closely with the Lead Business Analyst, Lead Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, Technology team and the PVC Research Infrastructure to elicit and document requirements towards identifying options and designing holistic research data capabilities, including policy development and alignment, to provide an end-to-end experience across the entire research data lifecycle.  

The Senior Business Analyst will conduct workshops with stakeholder groups, document requirements and technical specifications to deliver future-ready, fit-for-research, secure, sustainable, cost-effective solutions in alignment with UNSW strategy, enterprise architecture principles and framework.   

The incumbent will ensure functional, non-functional, service quality and systems management requirements are aligned to the evolving research needs and business processes. 

The position reports to the Lead Business Analyst– Research Solutions and has no direct reports.  

The Ideal candidate will have: 

• Extensive senior business analysis experience at all stages of project lifecycle from inception to delivery, facilitating workshops with large and diverse stakeholder groups, documenting business requirements and as well as technical specifications for delivery  

• Strong understanding of research lifecycle, strategy, policies and practices, challenges and opportunities and infrastructure and technology needs across different scientific disciplines. 

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.  

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.