ICT Business Analyst

The Opportunity

As we further develop our Research Strategy, we now have an exciting opportunity for an ICT Business Analyst to join our Information Communication Technology team. This newly created role will play a key role in delivering a major enterprise system implementation that will transform how we support our research community. Working closely with researchers, clinical partners and technical teams, you will translate business requirements into practical technology solutions while contributing to our broader digital transformation program, including cloud migration, research data platforms and cybersecurity initiatives. You will translate complex scientific workflows, operational processes and strategic requirements into clear, structured and actionable technology solutions ensuring every system we build or buy genuinely improves research outcomes and, ultimately, the lives of children and families. Working across a portfolio of high impact initiatives - from cloud research platforms and genomics data systems to enterprise applications and clinical integrations - you will bring intellectual curiosity, rigour and a genuine commitment to our Research Reimagined vision.

Key responsibilities

• Lead structured discovery engagements with research teams, clinicians, operations staff and external partners to elicit, validate and document business requirements.
• Translate scientific and operational workflows and processes into functional and non functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews and observation sessions with diverse stakeholders from principal investigators and theme leaders to ICT engineers, SMEs and vendors.
• Develop or support the development of business cases, feasibility assessments and cost benefit analyses to support technology investment decisions.
• Support data analysis activities including requirements for research data pipelines, LIMS integrations, Research Systems and cloud analytics platforms.

Based in our offices within Perth Children's Hospital in Nedlands, this part time (0.5 FTE) position will be offered for an 18 month period.

About You

• Relevant tertiary qualification in a field such as Information Systems, Computer Science, Business or a related field. CBAP, IIBA certification or equivalent is desirable.
• Experience as a Business Analyst in complex, multi stakeholder environments, ideally within research, health, higher education or government sectors.
• Strong skills in requirements elicitation, process mapping, use case development and user story writing.
• Experience working across both software/application projects and data or infrastructure initiatives.
• Proficiency with BA tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio or similar.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage audiences from scientists to IT engineers.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

• We actively recruit, support and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, people of all ages and those with diverse lived experiences.
• We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Benefits

• Extra annual leave at Christmas and Easter.
• Salary packaging and entertainment benefits.
• Health and wellbeing programs with weekly events.
• Flexible and hybrid working options.
• Recognition and professional development opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning.
• Modern offices with sit to stand desks and end of trip facilities.
• Staff discounts on travel, IT, stationery and access to corporate health insurance.