• Daily rate contract role, 12 months as an Senior BA, working on our LEAD program
• Kensington, Sydney with Flexible and or Hybrid working

UNSW IT is part of UNSW’s Finance and Operations Division and provides high quality, sustainable, flexible products and state of the art services to UNSW. Our priorities are to drive innovative architectures that enable UNSW’s digital future and be a trusted partner of the University.

The Integration Business Analyst, plays a lead role within Corporate Services Integration domain in IT. The role is responsible for partnering with business and other IT teams within the university to provide specialist advice and guidance to ensure the sound and effective execution of UNSW’s Integration projects and operational work. The focus of this role is to work closely with the Integration team stakeholders to gain in- depth understanding of business strategy, processes, services, roadmap, and documenting capabilities needed to address business challenges.

This position reports to Integration Technology Lead and there are no direct reports.

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Translate customer needs into documentation that can be presented to all levels of management and teams.
• Validate and transform data extracted from structured and unstructured data inputs, databases, and other repositories, using scripts and other automated capabilities, and queries, as required.
• Support leadership in optimising the way in which the Integration sub domain work, including documentation of business requirements, Mapping of data integration and services, practices, organisation, and resourcing to promote team dynamics and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Oversee and finalise effective communications with key stakeholders, both internal and external and provide influential input with stakeholders to achieve business outcomes.
• Identify and evaluate business requirements for one or more systems or process areas. Investigate, analyse and document business processes and the underlying business model for a system or process area.
• Collaborate closely with developers, Architects and Business SMEs to implement the requirements, provide necessary guidance to testers during QA process. Build and execute product functional test plans prior to release to end-users.
• Develop operational and user guides and develop and deliver end-user training.

Your skills and experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training and experience.
• At least 5 years of functional experience in Integration projects as a business analyst, functional consultant or business systems support role, in a large and complex organisation, ideally in higher education.
• Extensive knowledge of and experience in a range of application development methodologies including ‘agile’, ‘waterfall’, ‘lean’ and ‘rapid’ application development methodologies.
• High-level knowledge and competency in the use of professional business analysis techniques and methods (eg Use Case Analysis, UML).
• Well-developed skills in the use of standard office toolsets including word processors, spreadsheets, drawing/diagramming tools (eg Visio), presentation tools (eg PowerPoint) and project management tools (eg MS Project).
• Comprehensive analytical and problem-solving skills and proven capacity to exercise initiative, flexibility and to be proactive in development of robust solutions to problems
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail for deliverables produced.
• Excellent time management skills, with a demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities, manage multiple tasks and meet competing deadlines by using judgement and initiative.
• Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

  To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience outlined in the position description.
  
  More Information: please see the Position Description or visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

  Contact

  Jen MacLachlan

  email: j.maclachlan@unsw.edu.au

  Applications close:  7th of September at 11.30pm

  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.