Senior Business Analyst

Swinburne University of Technology

Reference #
0345_03/25_RTR
Closing Date
02-05-2025
Salary
Fixed Term (12 months), full-time position in a central Hawthorn location

About the Role 
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to join our ePMO team at Swinburne.

The Senior Business Analyst plays a pivotal role in driving change and enhancing business outcomes through innovative business analysis services. This role is essential for identifying business needs and delivering solutions that maximize organizational value. It demands deep expertise in business analysis, process improvement, and project management to ensure alignment between business objectives and technology solutions. The analyst is responsible for planning, managing, eliciting, and defining requirements from inception to implementation on various large-scale, complex projects across the University.

The Senior Business Analyst collaborates with project team members, including Project Managers, IT teams, business units, and external vendors, to support business case development, procurement processes, development, testing, UAT, operational readiness, change management, and post-implementation support. The role also involves leading process improvements to optimize business operations by analysing current processes and designing innovative future state processes. Furthermore, the analyst provides leadership and acts as a role model in enhancing Swinburne’s Business Analysis capability by defining and embedding best practice processes, methods, and techniques within the Project Delivery Framework.

About You  
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities: 

•    Lead of large scale strategies to improve efficiency 
•    Leading large scale and complex projects 
•    Mentoring junior and mid-level business analysts at Swinburne 
•    Development (or contribution to) and ongoing management of the Business Analysis plan and approach for all allocated work. 
•    Understanding and analysis of business problems and the development and effective articulation of business solutions 
•    Leading the development of fit for project BA standards, templates and procedures for business analysis in line with relevant BA industry standards
•    Contribute to the establishment of processes and procedures to ensure quality and consistency in business process designs and documents
•    Contribute to the documentation of business procedures, and assist in advancing the BA processes and procedures;
•    Work in partnership with stakeholders and colleagues to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

For more information please refer to the job description.

Qualifications 
•    Post Graduate qualifications and demonstrated BA experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or training
•    Certification in Business Analysis ( i.e CBAP, CBATL)

About Swinburne University of Technology 
Swinburne’s strategy draws upon our understanding of future challenges. We choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research. 

To Apply 
Please submit your CV and cover letter addressing your suitability for this position.  

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Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Swinburne Talent Acquisition Team on talentacquisition@swin.edu.au.

Applications Close: 2nd of May at 11.30 pm

Swinburne offers flexible working options contained in our leave and parenting/carer policies to support work-life balance.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Swinburne has become a world-class university, driving social and economic impacts through science, technology, and innovation. As a dual-sector university, our vision is for people and technology working together to build a better world.

Central to our vision is our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer focused on attracting, retaining, and developing great talent. We work to remove barriers related to gender identity, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and age.

We strongly encourage applicants from diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Our Moondani Toombadool Centre leads our Indigenous education and culture at Swinburne, guided by community wisdom and leadership.

We support applicants with disabilities. Adjustments can be requested at any time during the recruitment process. For Reasonable Adjustment requests, including accessible formats for the PD, application form or any other document, please contact at DCR@swin.edu.au or call +61 3 9214 3550.

Victoria’s Commitment to Action: Improving international student employment outcomes. As a signatory to Victoria’s Commitment to Action, Swinburne seeks to remove barriers to international graduate employment. We welcome and encourage applications from international graduates.  

As a Circle Back Initiative Employer, we commit to responding to every applicant.

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