Role Description
Senior Business Analysts will exercise a significant degree of independence and perform an important leadership role. They will be responsible for influencing and developing strategies, policies, priorities and operational practices in support of Australian Signals Directorate objectives based on high level decision making and judgement. They will provide strategic advice to senior management and stakeholders as well as leading and assuming accountability for very complex work that have strategic, political or operational significance. They will have extensive knowledge relating to the methodology, systems and procedures within the ICT business change function and have the ability to translate this into strategy. They will provide a strategic level of specialist, professional and technical expertise, potentially relating to the work of different function areas. They will initiate, establish and maintain strong relationships with a network of stakeholders internally and externally and will have the ability to recognise shared agendas and work toward mutually beneficial outcomes.
Criteria
Essential criteria
1. BSMO 6 - Business modelling: Level 6 (SFIA) Defines modelling standards and quality targets for an organisation. Has continuing responsibility for the maintenance of models for a designated function. Initiates organisation-wide modelling improvement activities and obtains customer buy-in to general changes. May represent own organisation as a modelling expert in industry initiatives.
2. BPRE 6 - Business process improvement: Level 6 (SFIA) Plans and leads strategic, large and complex business process improvement activities aligned with automation, or exploiting existing or new technologies. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for business process improvement. Leads the introduction of techniques, methodologies and tools to meet business requirements, ensuring consistency across all user groups. Leads the development of organisational capabilities for business process improvement and ensures adoption and adherence to policies and standards.
3. REQM 6 - Requirements definition and management: Level 6 (SFIA) Champions the importance and value of requirements management principles and selecting effective requirements management life cycle models. Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for requirements definition and management. Plans and leads scoping, requirements definition and priority setting for complex, strategic programmes. Drives adoption of, and adherence to, policies and standards. Develops new methods and organisational capabilities for requirements management.
4. BUSA 6 - Business situation analysis: Level 6 (SFIA) Initiates and leads business situation analysis where there is extensive ambiguity, complexity and potentially significant organisational impacts. Establishes and promotes the need for holistic business situation analysis prior to change programme initiation. Engages with stakeholders at executive level and advises on recommended change initiatives. Defines organisational policies, standards and techniques for business situation analysis.
Desirable criteria
1. RLMT 6 - Stakeholder relationship management: Level 6 (SFIA) Leads the development of comprehensive stakeholder management strategies and plans. Builds long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders (internal and external). Facilitates the engagement of stakeholders in support of the delivery of services and change projects. Acts as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders, facilitating relationships between them. Negotiates to ensure that stakeholders understand and agree on what will meet their needs, and that appropriate agreements are defined. Oversees monitoring of relationships including lessons learned and appropriate feedback. Leads actions to improve relations and open communications with and between stakeholders.
2. UNAN 5 - User experience analysis: Level 5 (SFIA) Determines the approaches to be used for user experience analysis. Plans and manages user experience and accessibility analysis activities. Provides expert advice and guidance to support the adoption and adaptation of agreed approaches. Develops user experience tools, techniques and standards as part of the organisation's framework for user-centred design.
3. Our ideal candidates will bring the following attributes: • Strong written and verbal communication skills; • Desire to be accountable for their actions; • Strong stakeholder management skills; • Demonstrate leadership behaviours; • Willing to challenge the traditional ways of doing business; • Thrive in dynamic environments and comfortable with ambiguity; • Outcome-focused mindset; and • Adaptability, resilience, flexibility and teamwork, including regionally dispersed teams, if applicable. Please provide a brief explanation of your experience covering these attributes. (Guide – 300 to 400 words.)
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