- Continuing | Full time
- Higher Education Officer Level 8 | $116,349 - $128,806 p.a.
- Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role

This newly created role responds to ongoing system, regulatory and service change, and will support sustainability and continuous improvement across Student Administration Services. A unique opportunity at Flinders, the role suits someone with business analysis experience in the information technology space who will work closely with Information and Digital Services (IDS) and the business during a period of significant innovation, including the transition of our timetabling system from an on-premises solution to the cloud. You will provide high-level business analysis, process improvement and system assurance capability for Student Administration Services and the broader Student Experience and Management portfolio.

Based within Student Administration Services, you will work with business owners, Student Experience and Management units and IDS to identify operational, process and system gaps, translate business needs into clear requirements, and support the design and adoption of practical, governed solutions. You will help reduce reliance on unsupported local tools by improving process design, system assurance, documentation and decision-making across core administrative functions

Some of the responsibilities of the position are:

- Translating operational requirements into practical process and system improvements, including AI opportunities;
- Supporting major University projects affecting student administration;
- Reducing manual handling, duplication, and key-person dependency;
- Strengthening system testing, implementation readiness,



and governance; and
- Improving service consistency, staff capacity, and student outcomes.

For a more comprehensive list, please view the Position Description.

About You

You have experience in Higher Education and understand how systems and data work / interrelate across various platforms, governance & risk and working with significant data sets. Your exemplary analytical, problem-solving and strategic thinking skills include the ability to investigate complex issues, evaluate options and develop practical recommendations that support organisational objectives.

Your high-level interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills, include the ability to influence, negotiate and build productive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, ensuring you are able to translate complex business, technical and process information into practical outcomes.

This position requires you to have demonstrated ability to assess and apply artificial intelligence tools in a responsible and practical way to improve business analysis, process documentation, workflow design, data analysis and service improvement, while maintaining appropriate governance, privacy, security and human oversight.

About the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students)

The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students)



provides administrative support to key strategic and operational functions of the University’s student-related and academic services. Under the general portfolio, the Office team support Portfolio leadership and facilitate dialogue between key service areas to help the Portfolio ensure Flinders’ educational offerings are creative, of assured quality, and are student centred. This drives our values and ethos, our impact and engagement, and our vision to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

Life at Flinders

They say know your place.We sayyou’vefound it right here.

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrateindividualityand give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.

Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years,we’venavigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic,environmentaland technological developments. Through it all,we’vecontinued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. Wedon’tjust accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate the

📌 Senior Business Improvement Analyst (Australia)
🏢 Flinders University
📍 Australia