Business Analyst

Tēnā koe. Nau mai ki te Kuratini Tuwhera.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Open Polytechnic is currently recruiting for an experienced Business Analyst to join the IT & Strategic Projects team, the Open Polytechnic's hub for planning and delivery of strategic projects. If you want to grow your business analyst career and have a real desire to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

Our Business Analyst's are responsible for working closely with the business to anticipate and capture business requirements, perform business analysis, and then apply creative and innovative thinking to specify and design appropriate solutions. Working consultatively with business, you will understand business needs, offer informed advice, and translate into well-defined specifications.

Ngā pūkenga mo te tūnga | What you will bring to the role

You will have a passion for impacting the lives of everyday people and seeing them achieve their educational goals and dreams. You will also constantly be striving to be the best you can be, just as our students do and you pride yourself on the quality of your work.

You will have:

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst, someone who excels in understanding problems and gathering requirements to deliver business solutions
• Adept at dealing with ambiguity, connecting the dots, and working with complexity
• Experience in analysis, design and deployment of a range of business applications systems
• Great communication skills
• Experience working with CRMs and process automation
• Experience with working with rapid application development approaches e.g. Agile, Scrum
• A results-orientated approach with initiative, drive and a commitment to achieving objectives
• Great relationship-building skills
• An understanding of the tertiary education sector in New Zealand 

Mō mātou | About us

The Kuratini Tuwhera is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading distance and online learning provider. We are also a business division of Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, together with all other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Set up as part of the Government's Reform of Vocational Education , Te Pūkenga is creating a national network of online, on-campus and on-job learning.

We specialise in taking the learning to our students, focusing on enabling the success of approximately 30,000 students each year. We're a place where you can make a difference.

We offer a wide range of learning disciplines from Real Estate to Social Work, Construction and Education. From our Academic Staff Members to our Student Journey Centre, we ensure our students are at the heart of everything we do, every step of the way.

Ngā hua o tō tomo mai ki a mātou | Why you should join our team

We offer our people free education (50% off for whanau), free car parking on campus, flexible working options (including some working from home), a modernised working environment, subsidised school holiday programmes for your children, free fitness classes, and an on-site café.

We are proud of our kaimahi and value every contribution from all of our people.

Tono mai | Apply now

If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Applications must be submitted online via our career's website. Contact Melissa Macdonald [email protected]  with any questions about the role. Applications close 11pm Monday 22 January 2024.

Noho ora mai. Tēnā koe.