Business Analyst

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Business Analyst

• Location: Kelburn
• Type: Contract
• Post Date: Mon Feb 26 20:36:57 2024
• Ref: 795AA

• Have you got strong technical writing skills, system configuration and administration experience?
• Do you enjoy collaborating and sharing ideas, yet owning the delivery of your own workstreams?
• Are you an experienced Business Analyst with a strong customer focus and keen to help transform HR administration in a complex organisation?

Mō Te Herenga Waka - About Our University

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic university with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our tūrangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university.

Our core ethical values are respect, responsibility, fairness, integrity, and empathy. These core ethical values are demonstrated in our commitment to sustainability, wellbeing, inclusivity, equity, diversity, collegiality, and openness. With, and as, tangata whenua, we value Te Tiriti o Waitangi, rangatiratanga, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, whai mātauranga, whanaungatanga, and akoranga.

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Business Analyst. In this role you will work collaboratively with members the wider team, subject matter experts and other teams and business groups to ensure the successful implementation of assigned project workstreams, including:

• Facilitating the capture of current state and future design with end users and stakeholders, ensuring their needs are listened to and responded to.
• Define, document and analyse processes, systems, gaps and information to ensure the future design proposed is fit for purpose.
• Work with stakeholders and system users, coordinate workstream changes and improve business performance.
• Measure the benefits and impacts of changes through development, testing and implementation to ensure the desired outcomes are achieved.

Ō pūmanawa - About you

You will be a motivated, customer-focused well rounded Business Analyst who can take the initiative, manage challenging workstreams and identify and resolve complex and emerging issues.

You will consider yourself a generalist BA, perhaps with a strong interest in process development and an appreciation for change and project management.

We are working largely with an Oracle HCM product (Requirement Module), SharePoint data management. While strong technical writing skills and system configuration and administration experience are required in this role, you will also bring the ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing, and a logical systems mindedness as part of your toolkit.

You will be a highly organised self-starter and natural relationship builder, who relishes working autonomously as well as contributing positively to a high performing team. You will need effective time management and forward planning to balance meeting project deadlines and engaging effectively with users across the University environment.

Key Requirements: 

• A minimum of 4 years in a Business Process or Systems Analyst position preferably experience in recruitment implementation project.
• Proven conceptual and analytical ability, with the ability to deal with emerging issues that contain a high level of ambiguity, translating and documenting complex information in a way that enables business and end user understanding.
• Demonstrable experience working with customers to gather, understand and clarify their needs through interviews, workshops, facilitation or similar.
• The ability to influence others towards changes in behaviour, process and approach in order to adopt the desired solution.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders. 
• Experience in an HR environment and working with people data will be an advantage.

Ētahi kōrero hai āwhina i a koe - Why you should join our team

We are not just a team; we are a force of highly committed individuals pooling a diverse range of skills and experiences. Together, we embark on a mission to drive significant technological and process changes for the HR team and the entire University. Our ongoing workstream is set to revolutionise HR/Recruitment administration, elevating the integration of HR and Payroll systems with other business processes to new heights.

We like sharing ideas, and working in an open and collaborative style, but also like to own the delivery of our own workstreams. We offer you flexible working arrangements, and the ability to be involved in teams cross the University as our project work streams integrate with a range of areas and other projects underway in Digital Solutions, Finance and the Research Office.

This isn't just a job; it's a phenomenal opportunity to shape the future of a complex organization. If you are someone with the vision and passion to contribute to transformative change, join us. Together, let's redefine the very fabric of how our University operates. Your journey to make a lasting impact begins here!

Role Description

Close Date for Vacancy: 5 March 2024. We will be reviewing applications as they are received and may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date.

Contact Details for Vacancy:  If you have any questions regarding this role please get in touch with [email protected] ). But applicants should follow all steps listed below. 

Download and complete the University Application Form . Then, please combine your cover letter, CV and the University Application Form into a single file (preferably in pdf format). Click Apply and follow the process to enter your contact details and attach your combined file (CV, cover letter and the University application form) using the “CV/Resume” button.

If you are unable to combine your documents or have further supporting documents, please email these to [email protected] stating the reference number and position title from the advert in the subject line.

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