Senior Business System Analyst/Business System Analyst

Job no:518042
Work type:full time
Location:Crawley
Categories:Information Technology

• Be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation and continuous improvement.
• Work in a supportive environment that offers opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Play a crucial role in advancing UWA's Student Management System technological capabilities
• Full-time appointment on a 12-month fixed term basis.
• Base salary range: $112,114 – $122,544 p.a. plus 17% superannuation

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is making significant strides in Information and Technology Services to drive its strategic goals. We are embracing technological advancements to optimise our student and staff experience. Our goal is to create a robust, flexible, integrated, and agile enterprise architecture that aligns with the University's strategic objectives.

About the opportunity
As a Senior Business System Analyst, you will operate independently within a dynamic team. You will play a key role in delivering business analysis, gathering requirements, writing user stories, and redefining processes to support the successful delivery of both new and existing products. You will also establish testing strategies and plans to ensure consistent and robust service delivery across the University.

Key Responsibilities:

• Investigate and analyse requirements, problems, and opportunities to provide effective business solutions.
• Lead the selection of business analysis methods and tools, utilising both agile and plan-driven approaches.
• Build and maintain positive stakeholder relationships.
• Design and lead workshops to elicit requirements or user stories.
• Translate business and technical requirements into detailed documentation.
• Develop, refine, and apply analytical tools for resource analysis and cost estimation.
• Ensure consistent documentation and maintain user requirements and stories.
• Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies.
• Mentor junior staff and build their knowledge of University products and processes.
• Foster a culture of service excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

About you
You should have a relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent competency, along with significant experience in a Business or Systems Analyst role within large, complex organisations. You should be proficient in business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, testing, and verification. Expertise in establishing testing strategies and plans is essential, as is a strong understanding of both agile and plan-driven projects. Experience in an agile environment is important, and knowledge of the Higher Education sector and business process engineering methods is desirable. Additionally, ITIL certification and Student Management System experience is a plus.

About your application
Full details of the position's responsibilities and the selection criteria are outlined in the position description:   Position description - Senior Business System AnalystBusiness System Analyst (518042).pdf

The content of your Resume and Cover Letter should demonstrate how you meet the selection criteria.

Closing date: 11:55 PM AWST on Sunday 28th July 2024

To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Brigid Kennedy, Head Service Delivery Design, at [email protected] . 

This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.

Application Details: Please apply online via the Apply Now button.

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity
UWA is committed to a diverse workforce and an equitable and inclusive workplace. We celebrate difference and believe diversity is fundamental to achieving our goals as a globally recognised Top 100 educational and research institution. We are committed to creating a safe work environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQA+ community and people living with disability.

• We have a globally competitive, gender neutral parental leave policy with 26 weeks paid leave after 12 months service and 36 weeks after 5 years.
• We have on-campus childcare facilities for children aged 6 weeks to kindy.
• We facilitate flexible working, with part-time and job-sharing arrangements considered.
• We have an ongoing partnership with Pride in Diversity and were recently awarded a Bronze Employer status for LGBTIQA+ inclusion.
• We have Athena SWAN Bronze accreditation and actively work to improve gender equity.

Advertised:18 Jul 2024 W. Australia Standard Time
Applications close:28 Jul 2024 11:55 PM W. Australia Standard Time