Senior Business Analyst – School Resourcing

The School Resourcing team in Workforce Services, Systems and Analytics, Human Resources Branch are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join us in a full-time temporary capacity until 30 June 2025 to play a pivotal role documenting business and ICT requirements to support school, region and corporate system users, looking for improvements and enhancements to business processes, practices and procedures.

About Us

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About The Role

The School Resourcing team are responsible for a number of policies and procedures relating to staffing resourcing for Queensland state schools, along with a HR information system and associated business processes for school leaders and school business managers, and regional and central office teams in a number of disciplines such as human resources, finance and state schooling programs.

As The Senior Business Analyst You Will

• Use your technical expertise in data systems to establish and document business and system requirements;
• Undertake data analysis to support business objectives and facilitate process and system improvements;
• Identify the needs of stakeholder groups, translate the requirements of the business, and liaise with developers and testers to deliver system upgrades;
• Build and sustain relationships to enable the collaborative delivery of customer-focused outcomes;
• Maintain and improve data sources to provide detailed analysis and reporting information that supports evidence-based decision making and planning; and develop and maintain a high level of knowledge of school resourcing processes, systems, and relevant policies, procedures and legislation, and use this expertise to provide reporting solutions and advice. We are looking for someone who:
• Demonstrates accountability for the execution and quality of results through professionalism, persistence, and transparency.
• Gathers insights and embraces new ideas and innovation to inform future practice.
• Demonstrates an ability to be responsive and well organised and to manage time and competing priorities effectively.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

Interested? To Apply:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

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