CYOS Solutions Hiring for Business Analysts Job at Canberra Full Time

Application closing date: Monday, 11 April 2022, 06:00 pm (in Canberra)

Estimated start date: Mon Apr 18 2022

Location of work: Australian Capital Territory

Length of contract: 12 Months

Contract extensions: 1x 12 months extension

Security clearance: Ability to obtain baseline clearance (Must be Australian Citizen)

Rates: $80 – $120 per hour (inc. super)

DESE is leading the development of a new vocational education and training (VET) data collection and reporting system. The VET Data Streamlining (VDS) program will transform the national VET data system to increase the timeliness and quality of data collection and use. DESE is working with partner state and territory governments and the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to deliver this initiative through several strands of work over the next few years.

We are looking for the following Business Analysts:
1x Senior Business Analyst – PMO

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to implement a requirements management plan across the VDS program.
The key deliverables of the roles include:

• Develop a Requirements Management Plan with clearly defined tools, roles and processes
• Liaise with the sector, state and territory jurisdictions, policy, data design and development, change and engagement and ICT build teams to ensure clear governance and management of requirements across the program
• Represent policy/ business interests in a large-scale ICT project
• Ensure ICT design, development, testing and prioritisation meets business requirements
• Initiate and run workshops and meetings with business users to gather requirements and confirm deliverables
• Produce artifacts that can be used to progress requirements via an official governance process

1x Business Analyst – Change & Engagement

The position available will require the successful candidate to work cross-collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. Key external stakeholders of VDS include State Training Authorities, Registered Training Organisations, Student Management System providers, Regulatory agencies, government program areas and Peak bodies.

We are looking for a Business Analyst to assist with understanding and providing advice on the potential changes for businesses. The key deliverables of the roles include:

• Understand and provide advice on the VET data reporting and validation processes of VET sector training providers
• Liaise with the ICT and Data teams to ensure design, development, testing and prioritisation meets VET sector business requirements
• Initiate and run workshops and meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements and confirm deliverables
• Co-develop transition pathways and user journeys
• Develop a streamlined business process for VET training providers to validate and submit data as efficiently and accurately as possible.

1x Business Analyst – VET Data Policy

We are looking for a Business Analyst to assist with understanding and providing advice on the potential changes for businesses. The key deliverables of the roles include:

• Understand and provide advice on the VET data reporting and validation processes of VET sector training providers
• Liaise with the ICT and Data teams to ensure design, development, testing and prioritisation meets VET sector business requirements
• Initiate and run workshops and meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements and confirm deliverables
• Co-develop transition pathways and user journeys
• Develop a streamlined business process for VET training providers to validate and submit data as efficiently and accurately as possible.

1x Business Analyst – PMO

We are looking for a Business Analyst to support the Senior Business Analyst in managing requirements across policy, business, data, user and ICT work streams, including gathering, documenting and analysing business requirements for the VDS program.
The role requires gathering and maintaining controls on requirements that will feed into solution development. The VDS program is complex, and the business analyst will need to engage and collaborate with various stakeholders.

The key deliverables of the roles include:

• Participate in workshops and meetings with internal (project teams) and external stakeholders (partners) to gather requirements and confirm deliverables
• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyse, clarify, elaborate, and document requirements
• Document and resolve requirements’ issues and distinguish solutions from business requirements
• Produce documents, process maps, user stories and other artifacts to effectively capture and present requirements

Essential Criteria

• Strong communications skills including the ability to:
  • Prepare and lead workshops and meetings with business and ICT colleagues as well as external stakeholders.
  • Negotiate with various stakeholder groups to reach a decision on complex stakeholder issues
  • Prepare business requirements and project management documentation
  • Develop a requirements management plan for the program
  • Listen, understand and communicate the system and data requirements for VET sector businesses
  • Listen, understand and communicate the business needs and capabilities to the project team.
• Experience in requirements management processes, including using tools to collect, analyse, define, prioritise, agree, and trace requirements
• Experience designing research to discover current business processes and barriers and incentives to change.
• Detailed knowledge of common challenges and strengths of small and medium size business regarding changing business processes in response to regulatory and reporting changes.
• Detailed knowledge of the software development lifecycle and business systems implementation.
• Experience and qualifications or certifications in business analysis, design and change.