Job Description
Senior Business Analyst -Inspiring the Future
(12 months fixed term)
The TEC - Te Amorangi Matauranga Matua is a small Crown agency with a big job to do – ensuring New Zealanders have the skills and the knowledge they need to ensure lifelong success to build a great country. We lead the Government's relationship with the tertiary education sector in New Zealand and provide career services to lift the aspirations and skill bases of all New Zealanders from ages 7 to 74.
We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst for one year fixed term to support the Inspiring the Future (ItF) project. ItF will broaden young people's career aspirations and challenge biases. It is one of TEC's priority workstreams to help deliver on the Career System Strategy to ‘raise New Zealanders' education level and their skills and aspirations to meet the demands of work now and in the future'.
The programme connects school students with role models from the world of work in fun and inspiring events that broaden students' horizons about future work possibilities. Role models talk about their jobs, the career pathway they took, challenges they faced and the skills they have developed.
You will be working with designers, other business analysts, a product owner, developers, testers, and other key project team members to design the online platform and functionality to connect role models with schools.
What will you be doing?
Leading the business analysis effort for the project
Contributing to the design of the online tool to match role models with schools, alongside the product owner, designers, developers, information architect, and other business analysts
Eliciting requirements, collaborating on design and implementation approaches, and creating buy-in to the solutions proposed
Creating and maintaining EPICs, user stories, use cases and process flows
Liaising with technical teams to ensure the IT support model is fit for purpose and to reach consensus about how different teams will work together to support the solution
Drafting general support material content, e.g. FAQs, that will be formed into support material by the technical writer and change manager
Coaching and guiding other business analysts
What will you bring?
Extensive expertise and experience in business analysis and service design
Experience working in an agile environment
Extensive experience in online or digital product delivery, ideally of new products and services
Ability to plan and estimate work effort for BA deliverables
Ability to work effectively with technical teams
An ability to anticipate and speak up about potential problems, and develop contingency plans accordingly
Prior BA leadership experience and a genuine enjoyment of coaching and mentoring others
Advanced MS Office skills including Visio, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
What will you get in return?
An opportunity to work on a meaningful programme of work that will have a significant impact on young people's career aspirations.
$108-115k per annum, depending on experience.
Working with a dynamic and vibrant team.
If this sounds of interest, please apply now. Applications close onThursday 20 August 2020. For more information see the position description or if you have any questions, please contact **********. Please note you must be a NZ citizen or have permanent residency to be considered for this role.
