Senior Business Analyst

Salary: $116,413 - $140,849 plus Superannuation

Company description:

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Job description:

Join the Bushfire and Forest Services team and have a real impact on communities, emergency management, and Victoria's natural environment.

DEECA's Business Analysis, Delivery and Implementation team help shape the digital and data solutions that support Victoria's bushfire, emergency management and public land operations. In this role, you'll work on complex and meaningful initiatives that improve how data is collected, integrated, analysed and used to support critical operational and strategic decisions across the state.

The opportunity

As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll play a leading role in delivering innovative technology and data initiatives across Bushfire and Forest Services. You'll partner with stakeholders across DEECA and our partner agencies to understand complex business challenges, identify opportunities for improvement, and contribute to solutions that deliver real-world outcomes.

This is a role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of people, process, data and technology—someone who can confidently facilitate workshops, navigate complexity, influence senior stakeholders and turn ideas into practical solutions.

Why join our team?

You'll be joining a high-performing and genuinely supportive team where we work passionately and collaboratively alongside skilled technology specialists to deliver meaningful outcomes for our stakeholders. Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that make a tangible difference to the safety and resilience of Victorian communities.

What you'll do

• Lead discovery, analysis and requirements activities for complex projects
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement activities
• Identify and document business, functional and reporting requirements
• Analyse business processes and identify opportunities for improvement
• Work closely with project managers, developers, architects and product owners to deliver quality solutions
• Provide guidance and mentoring to other business analysts
• Support testing, implementation and change activities throughout the project lifecycle

About you

We're looking for a seasoned Business Analyst who brings:

• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation and influencing skills
• A passion for continuous improvement and delivering positive business outcomes
• Outstanding analytical, problem-solving and systems-thinking capabilities
• Extensive experience delivering business analysis activities for custom-built and commercial off-the-shelf solutions

What we offer

• VPS5 salary: $116,413 - $140,849 plus superannuation
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• A supportive and inclusive workplace culture
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• The chance to work on projects that directly support emergency management and public land outcomes across Victoria

Specialist/Technical Expertise/Qualifications

• Substantial experience as a Senior Business Analyst, with broad and diverse experience in multiple organisations. Experience should include custom application development, enhancements to existing applications, and assessment, configuration and delivery of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products.
• Tertiary degree in an information technology or information systems-related discipline, or a degree in another discipline plus a postgraduate qualification in IT or related discipline, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education/training.

This is a fixed term position available for a period until 29 September 2028. The work location for this position is 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne with hybrid work arrangements available.

To be considered for this position, applicants are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter (no longer than 2 pages) summarising their skills and relevant experience.

Please refer to the Key Selection Criteria provided in the Position Description, including the mandatory requirements.

How to Apply:

If you are a current DEECA employee, please apply via DEECA Careers.

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Applications close 11.59pm on Wednesday, 21 October 2026.

All applications must be submitted through the online portal. We are unable to consider email or manual applications at this time.

Other relevant information:

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a Declaration and Consent form and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing position is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

An inclusive, culturally safe and flexible workplace

DEECA fosters an inclusive workplace culture and is committed to a fair, accessible, and equitable recruitment process.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. We recognise the strengths, knowledge and perspectives First Nations people bring and DEECA is committed to a culturally safe and respectful workplace. If you need support to participate, please contact [email protected].

We support flexible working arrangements, including hybrid work, varied hours, part-time work and job sharing. For more information about our recruitment processes, visit applying for a role with us.