About the role

The Business Analyst deepens RDA Great Southern's capacity to support moving regional opportunities towards fundable projects. The role brings rigour to grant writing and funding support, market research, and the business feasibilities that underpin them - building the evidence base that helps local leaders address capacity constraints and development gaps. This is a role for someone with business sense and demonstrated traction in moving ideas on to successful funding outcomes. The Business Analyst supports both RDAGS's own priorities (including the role in leading and operating the Great Southern Universities Centre across Albany, Denmark and Katanning) and those of regional stakeholders working at the nexus of economic and social impact.

Key responsibilities

- Lead and support high-quality grant and funding applications, from opportunity identification through to submission.

- Support regional stakeholders to identify and pursue grant opportunities that advance strategic regional priorities.

- Support development of business feasibilities and investment cases that are funder-ready.

- Support the Great Southern's response to major development opportunities, and infrastructure priorities, quantifying benefits, gaps and flow-on effects.

- Conduct research and analysis to identify opportunities, size markets, and understand industry and investment trends relevant to the Great Southern.

- Contribute analysis and evidence to submissions, inquiries and business planning.

- Contribute to defensible, well-evidenced outcomes and performance reporting under the RDA funding agreements. Translate data into clear, concise decision-useful analysis for the RDA, partners and funders.

About you





- Strong demonstrable business experience and commercial sense

- Demonstrated success supporting successful grant and investment outcomes across a range of funders, including government, private and philanthropic institutions.

- Excellent written communication and proven ability to write compelling evidence-based funding applications and subsequent reports

- Ability to work independently and as part of a small team, managing multiple priorities, and delivering to deadlines

- Sound judgement and First Nations cultural competency, and strong interpersonal skills

- Experience in regional or economic development (desirable)

- Knowledge of the Great Southern region and its communities, industries and stakeholders (desirable)

- Familiarity with the RDA program, the Regional Investment Framework, Great Southern Universities Centre (desirable)

About us

RDA Great Southern is an independent, locally-led not-for-profit, funded by the Australian Government to help deliver the Regional Investment Framework. We also lead and operate the Great Southern Universities Centres (Study Hubs) across Albany, Denmark and Katanning. RDA support local leaders in building a strong, connected and resilient Great Southern. As part of a national network of RDAs, we work where economic and social impact meet to support a thriving regional economy and a thriving regional community. We connect and collaborate across government, business, not-for-profits and First Nations communities to unlock investment and innovation, bridge development gaps and back local priorities.

Benefits

- A high-impact role turning the region's opportunities into investment and funding outcomes.

- Breadth across sectors, funders and projects

- A passionate, committed, flexible, locally-led working workplace

📌 Business Analyst (Albany)
🏢 RDA Great Southern
📍 Albany