Junior Business Analyst

Organisation / Entity NSW Ministry of Health, System Performance Support Branch

Program State Operational Data Store Program

Job location St Leonards, with hybrid working

Job reference number REQ659674

Work type Temporary full-time until 30 June 2027, 38 hours per week

Position classification Health Manager Level 2

Remuneration $118,821 to $140,201 plus 12% super and annual leave loading

The Junior Business Analyst supports Senior Business Analysts and Project Managers working on NSW Health applications and State Operational Data Store initiatives. The role contributes to discovery, requirements elicitation, process mapping, user stories, backlog refinement, testing, release readiness and implementation. It also supports documentation and governance across data quality, privacy, cyber security, AI use and delivery risks.

NSW Government Candidate Requirements

The candidate requirements describe the technical experience, documentation skills and governance awareness the panel wants to assess. Use the cover letter and target questions together so each major requirement is supported by a clear example.

Candidate Requirements For Junior Business Analyst At NSW Ministry of Health

Requirement or capability from role How to demonstrate it

More than 2 years of business analysis, project support or digital delivery experience Choose work involving stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, process analysis and solution implementation in a technology-enabled program. Explain your responsibility and the delivery outcome.

More than 2 years of software development lifecycle experience Show your contribution across discovery, requirements elicitation, user stories, backlog refinement, testing, release planning, implementation support or continuous improvement. Make clear where you worked with product and technical teams.

More than 1 year of requirements and documentation experience Describe how you elicited and managed business, functional and non-functional requirements and translated stakeholder needs into useful artefacts such as user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, business rules or solution designs.

Contemporary documentation and digital tool capability Name the relevant tools you used, such as Confluence, GitHub, Azure DevOps Wiki, Markdown, Excel, Teams or SharePoint. Explain how you maintained accurate, accessible and traceable information for delivery teams.

Data, AI and governance awareness Use an example involving data quality, reporting, analytics, workflow automation or approved AI tools. Explain how you checked outputs and addressed privacy, cyber security, responsible AI or other governance requirements.

What the panel will want to see in your examples

• Clear personal responsibility within a technology, data or workflow initiative.
• Practical requirements techniques and well-formed BA artefacts.
• Evidence of collaboration across business, product, technical, testing and implementation teams.
• Accurate documentation with a clear approach to validation and traceability.
• Careful handling of data quality, privacy, cyber security and governance risks.
• Results that improved delivery, testing, implementation, workflow quality or stakeholder understanding.