Business Analyst (Part-Time)
Employer
Job Location
Main Campus, Graham, NC
Salary/Grade
Benefits
Job Category
- Professional
Application Period
Closes: Monday, January 10, 2022
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Expected Work Hours
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Minimum Qualifications
Required skills:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Must be able to effectively and comfortably communicate with all types of individuals from the customer technical expert to the customer executive management
- Experience and comfort with business analysis, requirements definition & vetting
- Strong analytical, design, and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of and experience with agile methodologies
- Strong documentation skills
- Ability to work independently/self-reliant and show initiative with minimum supervision
- Ability to quickly learn new technology and apply appropriately to business situations
- Strong team player who enjoys working in a fast paced team atmosphere
- Ability to listen effectively and seek clarification
- Strong computer skills, Operating Systems, Office suites and presentation software, project management software, communication tools, etc. a necessity
Education or Required Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree with a focus in IT or equivalent combination of experience/knowledge
- Minimum one to three years of experience in agile business analysis techniques
- Proven experience planning, facilitating, eliciting, documenting and managing business, functional and technical requirements
Physical Requirements:
- Positions in this class typically require: climbing, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
- Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Incumbents may be exposed to hazardous physical conditions, such as, mechanical parts, electrical currents, and vibrations.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree with a focus in IT or equivalent combination of experience/knowledge
- Business Analyst, Agile (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), User Stories, Documentation, Gathering Requirements
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Visio
- Superior communications (written and oral)
- Strong business process modeling
- Strong project planning and management
- Excellent time management and personal organization
Position Description
This new position will be a temporary part-time position to be financed with pandemic relief funds. The person in this position will focus primarily on projects financed with pandemic relief funds, assisting the project sponsor(s) and coordinator(s) toward testing, other analysis, and full implementation. The person’s work area will be located near others in the Information Services Office. As a full-time position, the position would be classified as B22. As a temporary part-time position, the position will be paid $16 per hour. The person in this position will work no more than 29 hours per week for the next 12 months, provided pandemic relief funds are available.
The Business Analyst (BA) will assist the Information Services Director in the management of the project work by facilitating with project sponsors, development team, and business stakeholders as necessary using agile methodologies. The BA will elicit business requirements (features & user stories) for incoming project requests. The BA will assist in identifying and detailing acceptance criteria for upcoming stories. The BA will ask business stakeholders probing questions to ensure the development team understands the requested work. The BA is expected to learn and understand the business processes in order to identify possible enhancements for the business and improve the value to the end user.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES:
- Works independently in assisting the business in building upon the project definition, description and vision document, which may include scope, risk, and identification of stakeholders with infrequent oversight.
- Plans, coordinates, and creates written documentation that clearly describes the needs of the business, which may include Business Requirements, Business Use Cases, Process Models, Business Needs Analysis, or Conceptual Design Documents.
- Gathers requirements, researches and analyzes existing, and proposed solutions in the development, modification, or enhancement of programs or systems.
- Engages in dependency analysis, functional design, workflow analysis, use case analysis, data and process modeling, and has a clear understanding of the current and future business rules.
How to Apply
An ACC on-line application MUST be fully completed for consideration, which includes a required letter of interest and transcript attachment. Resume attachments are welcome but will not be accepted in lieu of complete application. Transcript MUST be scanned and attached in order to be considered for this position!