Business Analyst (contract or perm)
Today, Australia

We’re interested in meeting talented Business Analysts who want to work on projects with purpose.

We are mostly based in Yálla-birr-ang (Collingwood, Melbourne) and we welcome applications from all lands and backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQA+) people.

We are Australia’s most awarded social impact agency.

We use design and technology to make change happen, at pace and at scale. In the last 12 months, we’ve designed and built Australia’s first online family violence intervention order, established a new approach to co-design for the Victorian mental health sector, built a peer-to-peer product that helps people learn Auslan, and launched a campaign to shift mainstream perceptions of climate changeplus many more.

Our practice is built on strong foundations of human-centred design and digital making. There are 50 of us, working across strategy, research, design, content, delivery and a wonderful support team.

At Today, you’ll experience a welcoming environment filled with smart, fun and caring people from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines, who are passionate about creativity, making change, and learning from each other.

We’re interested in meeting talented Business Analysts who enjoy collaborating in a meaningful way to create work that has a positive impact on people, society and the environment. As a Business Analyst at Today, you will play a pivotal role in translating insights into precise requirements and ensuring a seamless connection between the needs of the user and the technical solution.

Your days will be spent:

• Translating insights into development requirements, bridging the gap between user experience design and technical implementation
• Creating user journey maps and technical maps to ensure alignment between user needs and technical solutions
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand and define the scope in technical terms, advocating for the user perspective throughout the process
• Acting as the bridge between experience design and technical teams, ensuring effective communication and understanding of project goals and user requirements
• Participating in research efforts to gather insights and contribute to technical scoping sessions
• Contributing to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and agile rituals to drive project success
• Advocating for accessibility and ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.0 standards

Requirements

You will be above to demonstrate:

• 3+ years experience as a Business Analayst or Technical Project Manager in an agency, consultancy or large organisation
• Experience with human-centred design
• Advanced understanding of WCAG 2.0 standards, with demonstrated knowledge of additional accessibility standards
• Experience with agile methods
• A level of comfort with ambiguity, complexity and a process for working through it
• Exceptional communications skills
• You must be legally able to work in Australia

You will also bring:

• An ability to thrive in a collaborative, creative team environment
• You treat others with kindness, empathy and respect
• You are optimistic and bring humour, lightness and play into your work
• You approach every moment thinking ‘how can I help?’
• You know your strengths and can support others to grow their skills in these areas

Benefits

We work on work with purpose. Our projects see us finding solutions to big, complex challenges around climate, care and communities.

Above all else we strive to protect our team’s capacity for resilience and their general wellbeing. This goes beyond our dog-friendly workplace and regular pub lunches as a team.

• We offer a compelling career framework and learning budget to support your growth
• Today is a truly flexible workplace, making space and valuing the other important parts of your life, including generous parental leave and your birthday off
• You are actively empowered to help shape the business, the work we do and the impact we create
• We have an open workplace culture that asks for everyone’s input and is constantly welcoming new ideas and ways of working
• You will work in close-knit, multi-disciplinary, self-managed project teams that make interesting, beautiful things that positively impact the community
• Everyone is equally talented and trusts each other to experiment, and suggest new ways to crack client problems, there is no hierarchy
• There are frequent and respected check-in sessionsdigitally or in personto

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