Location
Hobart
Period of Appointment
Permanent
Hours per fortnight
73.5 hours per fortnight
Duties
- Conduct in-depth analyses into complex and often ambiguous business scenarios to uncover underlying issues, opportunities and organisational impacts, to ultimately provide well-founded recommendations for improvement.
- Evaluate business change proposals, assess viability, and provide strategic and expert advice on business requirements to guide decision making, while simultaneously managing expectations and resolving conflict when advice and demands diverge.
- Autonomously lead initiatives to improve business processes, applying structured methodologies and delivering high-quality business analysis, project and change management outputs, as well as procurement documentation and contracts.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with DPFEM stakeholders, from end users to senior leadership, ensuring their requirements, expectations, and priorities are clearly understood and effectively translated into business outcomes across the requisite portfolios.
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of Junior Business Analysts in all aspects of business analysis and its application within the DPFEM environment.
- The incumbent can expect to be allocated duties, not specifically mentioned in this document that are within the capacity, qualifications and experience normally expected from persons occupying positions at this classification level.
Essential Requirements
Pre-Employment Checks
The Head of the State Service has determined that a person nominated for appointment to this position is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer. Any relevant serious criminal offence or repeated serious offences over any period, which are not mitigated by additional information, may provide grounds for declining an application for appointment. Such offences would include, but are not limited to:
- Arson and fire setting;
- Sexual offences;
- Dishonesty (e.g. theft, burglary, breaking and entering, fraud);
- Deception (e.g. obtaining an advantage by deception);
- Making false declarations;
- Violent crimes and crimes against the person;
- Malicious damage and destruction to property
- Trafficking of narcotic substance;
- False alarm raising.
Desirable Requirements
Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or commensurate experience.
Experience in the delivery and management of complex business and technology related projects involving multiple agencies/organisations.
Statement of Duties and Associated Documents
Short Form Application Guidelines for Applicants Final.DOCX
Short Form Application Guidelines for Applicants Final.pdf
005578 - SoD - Principal Business Analyst - OoCITO - Band 7.docx
005578 - SoD - Principal Business Analyst - OoCITO - Band 7.pdf
DPFEM is a child safe organisation which is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people; and every member of DPFEM has a responsibility to keep all children safe.
As the organisation moves towards a more inclusive workplace which better reflects our community, we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, cultures and abilities, and those that may require flexibility such as part-time, compressed days, or adjustments around start or finish times.
How to Apply
To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.
Online applications will only be accepted, please click the blue Apply now button to apply. If you experience any technical difficulties, please contact (03) 6173 2955.
Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.
Further Information
For further information on this position, please contact Tim Rutherford, Chief Information and Technology Officer on 0417 212 501.
Applications close on: 11:55pm Sunday 1st February 2026