APS6 Business Analyst - Digital Health

Location: Canberra, ACT / Sydney, NSW / Brisbane, QLD / Hobart, TAS / Coffs Harbour, NSW
Contract: ASAP to June 2027, with possible extension options available for the right candidate, pending budget decisions as always
Pay: $100 - $120 p/h including super (negotiable)
Work type: Full-time
Work arrangement: Flexible hybrid arrangements, with specific arrangements agreed with your supervisor on a case-by-case basis
Clearance: Must hold a current Baseline clearance or above

About the Role
Our Federal Government client is looking for an experienced APS6 Business Analyst to join a digital health delivery team working on a nationally significant ICT initiative.

This is a hands-on business analysis role with a strong delivery focus. You will work across requirements analysis, business process analysis, impact assessment, testing, business validation and implementation. You will also support the governance and coordination needed to keep the project moving. That includes maintaining plans and registers, preparing reporting and executive material, and coordinating workshops and governance forums.

The role suits a well-rounded Business Analyst who can move comfortably between detailed requirements work, stakeholder engagement and project delivery support.

What You'll Be Doing

- Undertake requirements analysis and maintain clear requirements traceability throughout the project
- Elicit, analyse and document business needs, requirements and process impacts
- Support business process analysis and identify how proposed changes affect users,



systems and existing processes
- Contribute to impact assessments across business and ICT changes
- Support testing activities, business validation and implementation readiness
- Work with business and technical stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve delivery issues
- Help maintain project plans, schedules and key delivery documentation
- Maintain risk, issue, action, decision and dependency registers
- Prepare project reporting, progress updates, executive briefs and governance papers
- Coordinate workshops, governance forums and project meetings
- Prepare agendas, capture minutes and track actions through to completion
- Support consistent project governance across planning, delivery, reporting and implementation activities
- Work collaboratively across a distributed delivery team
- Adapt priorities as project needs change while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail

What You Bring (Essential Criteria)

- You've worked as a Business Analyst on complex ICT, digital or government delivery projects
- You can elicit, analyse and document clear business requirements
- You've maintained requirements traceability from analysis through testing and implementation
- You've completed business process analysis,



process mapping or impact assessment work
- You've supported testing, business validation or implementation activities
- You can work effectively with both business and technical stakeholders
- You've produced transparent project documentation, reporting, briefs or governance material
- You can manage risks, issues, actions, decisions and dependencies in a structured way
- You communicate clearly in writing and in meetings, workshops and stakeholder discussions
- You're proactive, organised and able to work independently in a distributed team
- You're an Australian citizen
- You must hold a current Baseline clearance or above

Nice to Have (Desirable Criteria)

- Experience in digital health, interoperability or government ICT environments
- Experience supporting project governance, reporting and assurance activities
- Experience with Agile, PRINCE2, P3 or similar project delivery frameworks
- Strong experience with requirements traceability and business process mapping
- Knowledge of the Medicare Benefits Schedule
- Knowledge of Medicare Online Account or related Medicare services
- Experience working across business analysis and project delivery activities in the same role

This is a strong opportunity for a Business Analyst who wants long-term work across digital health, requirements delivery and implementation.

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