The Opportunity
Are you an experienced Business Analyst who thrives on solving complex problems, influencing stakeholders, and delivering meaningful change in Agile/hybrid environments? Join PIRSA's ICT team and play a key role in shaping technology enabled solutions; helping set priorities, clarify outcomes, and support iterative delivery that benefits South Australia's primary industries and regional communities.
At PIRSA, the work you do matters. From agriculture and food to fisheries, forestry and regions, our systems and services help power the state's economy. As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll sit at the heart of major initiatives, turning business needs into practical, high-quality ICT solutions and supporting teams to deliver value in a structured, iterative way.
In this role, you will:
Lead stakeholder engagement to uncover, analyse and document complex business needs, desired outcomes and success measures.
Translate business needs into fit for purpose deliverables, ranging from business cases and process maps to epics/user stories, functional requirements and acceptance criteria.
Provide expert analysis, options and recommendations that support value-based decision making, sequencing and prioritisation.
Support ICT delivery from concept through to release, contributing to planning, dependency and risk management, and transparent progress reporting across delivery approaches (including Agile).
Facilitate workshops, backlog/requirements refinement, user acceptance testing and timely resolution of issues.
Build trusted relationships across PIRSA, acting as a key liaison between business areas and ICT, ensuring priorities, scope and acceptance criteria are clearly understood.
Support delivery governance to ensure outcomes meet agreed quality standards, manage change effectively, and incorporate feedback for continuous improvement.
We're seeking a confident, adaptable professional who brings:
Strong experience in business analysis within complex ICT or digital environments, ideally within Agile or hybrid delivery teams.
Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders, negotiate trade offs, and manage competing priorities with confidence.
Sound understanding of contemporary analysis and delivery practices (e.g. Agile/Scrum, BPMN, Lean), including working with backlogs, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Experience producing clear, actionable documentation and artefacts that enable delivery (e.g. process models, requirements, user stories, test/UAT material).
A collaborative mindset, strong facilitation and communication skills, and a solution focused approach, comfortable working closely with delivery teams to clarify scope and support prioritisation.
About Us
South Australia is internationally recognised for the quality of its agriculture, food, and wine. Our regions are the backbone of our state and the economic powerhouse that drives prosperity for all South Australians.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) is a key economic development agency working in partnership with our primary industries, regional stakeholders and across all levels of government to advance the prosperity and sustainability of South Australia's primary industries and regional communities.
We are a passionate team of around 800 people working across metropolitan and regional South Australia to develop and protect our state's regions and food, wine, aquaculture, fisheries, forestry, grains, livestock, dairy and horticulture industries.
It's no wonder there are so many exciting and diverse career opportunities in our organisation. If you're ready to join us, apply now!
Benefits
At the Department of Primary Industries and Regions, we offer our employees challenging and rewarding work with opportunities for career progression, learning and development and flexibility.
Our Commitment to Diversity
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, irrespective of culture, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or age.
Special Conditions
Successful applicant will be required to satisfactorily complete a National Police Check (NPC) prior to being made an offer of employment.
Opportunity up to June 2027.
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week.
Requirements
Out of hours work and inter / intrastate travel may be required.
Australian residency or current works permit is required (responsibility of applicant to provide evidence of a current work permit).
You acknowledge your work, health and safety obligations and our expectations.
Remuneration
ASO6 - $105,747 min - $111,854 max per annum, plus superannuation
Enquiries
George Kouts
Manager ICT Product Development
Phone: 8429 0136
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pir.sa.gov.au
Application Instructions
All applications must be submitted online through iworkfor.sa.gov.au
Click “Apply” to be directed to the IWFSA website listing, alternatively search for vacancy number 858877 in the keyword search bar at iworkfor.sa.gov.au
If you're interested in this opportunity, please review the applicant guidelines and outline your skills and experience in relation to the following capabilities from the Role Description: 1. Professional and Technical Knowledge, 2. Requirements Definition and Management, and 3. Stakeholder Relationship Management.
Applicants must include the contact information of at least 2 referees with 1 being your immediate supervisor/manager and a completed “Pre-Employment Declaration in the SA Public Sector” form.
Application Guidelines, Role Description and Pre-Employment Declaration in the SA Public Sector can be found on the IWFSA job listing.
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.