Job Description

t Lucia Campustime typeFull timeposted onPosted 4 Days Agojob requisition idR-25883

• Information Technology Services
• Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50
• Achieve a work-life balance with 36.25 hours/wk, purchased leave, WFH + more
• Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers 
• Based at St Lucia campus 

About UQ 

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.  

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community. 

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as: 

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave 
• 17% superannuation contributions 
• 17.5% annual leave loading 
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight 
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family 
• On campus childcare options 
• Cheap parking (from just $5 a day) 
• Salary packaging options 

About This Opportunity  

Are you a self-driven and experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst looking for a new challenge? Look no further! We are seeking a talented individual to join our team and support the enhancement of UQ’s core student enterprise systems (SI-net).

In this role, you will have the opportunity to showcase your strong analytical and stakeholder management skills as you undertake business analysis activities to identify, define, and convert business requirements into strategic system designs. You will work with large ERP systems, considering the wider enterprise applications portfolio, and play a key role in supporting and mentoring other team members.

Key responsibilities will include:  

• Promote cyber security practices in compliance with UQ’s policies and standards.
• Analyse business processes, identify opportunities, and recommend solutions.
• Translate customer requirements into system specifications.
• Prepare compelling business cases for new processes and changes.
• Collaborate on high-level design documentation for applications and data.
• Manage IT projects, ensuring adherence to policies and driving change management.

Additional responsibilities include resolving customer issues, driving continuous improvement, providing senior technical support and mentoring, and supporting testing and change management activities.

There are 2 positions available, 1 x full-time (100%), continuing (permanent) position and 1 x full time (100%), fixed-term position for up to 12 months.  

At HEW level 8, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $105,338 – $118,280 plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $123,245 – $138,388 annually.  

About You   

• Postgraduate degree in IT, business, or related field, or significant progress towards such qualifications, along with extensive relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience, education, and training.
• Significant experience in business analysis and requirements gathering across ERP platforms, collaborating effectively with stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct analysis, produce solution designs, and prioritise delivery, aligned with service delivery expectations.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to conceptualise, establish, and implement new initiatives and innovative solutions within specified frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to design IT solutions within a large ERP platform, encompassing business process modelling, and data and systems documentation following industry standards.
• Experience working in an agile development environment and familiarity with software development lifecycle methodologies.
• Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to create clear and precise user and technical specifications.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including effective mentoring and technical leadership abilities, along with adept communication and negotiation skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and achieve desired outcomes.
• Ability to evaluate and provide recommendations on emerging technologies, research, methodologies, and best practices, and develop and deliver services that leverage best practices and suitable technology to meet the University’s business requirements.
• Capacity to prioritise workload, work autonomously, and meet deadlines effectively.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply: 

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.  
• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.  

  
Questions?  

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Nathan Tran, Manager Enterprise Support Systems at nathan.tran@uq.edu.au. For application queries, please contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (R-25883) in the subject line.  
 

Want to Apply?  

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered: 

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section   
• Resume  

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form. 
 

Other Information  

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion.  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au   

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board. 

Applications close 15 June 2023 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number – R-25883). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled in the week beginning 19 June 2023.