Dept. of Employment RFQ 755
Role: Multiple Business Analysts Sydney
Closing Date: 10 AM , 1st Nov 17
Contract Start Date: ASAP to 31/06/18 plus extn options
NOTE:
· Please answer all questions in sections:
o YOUR RESPONSE, and
o SELECTION CRITERIA
· Attach Resume in Word format.
· Please submit all applications via either:
o www.softtestpays.com or
o Direct email
· Respond quickly as the number of candidates allowed to be put forward maybe limited.
· Please do not send your application to any individual softtestpays email address.
· On request by the Client, you must comply with the Commonwealth security clearance process, including obtaining the level of security clearance required by the Client. If costs relating to obtaining the level of security clearance required are not paid by the Client, then the Applicant will be required to pay the cost.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Item number / Description / Details /1. / Proposed Work Order Start Date / ASAP
2. / Proposed Contract Period / ASAP - 30/6/2018
3. / Contract Option Period / NA
4. / Number of Specified Personnel required / Multiple
5. / Reduced activity period / Public holidays and Christmas closedown period
6. / Business Hours / From 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on a Business Day, unless specified otherwise.
Maximum of 40 hours per week unless given prior approval by the relevant Branch Manager.
7. / Replacing Specified Personnel / Clause11.6 Consequences of replacing Specified Personnel of the Terms and Conditions of Contract will not apply
8. / Maximum no. of candidates / Not applicable
9. / Purpose of Services / Experienced Business Analysts to:
· Engage with stakeholders across the department, such as relevant business areas, IT development and support teams and others;
· Undertake business analysis tasks such as organising and conducting stakeholder workshops, collecting user requirements.
· Scope, cost and document business high level requirements
· Methodically investigate, analyse, review and document business processes and specifications.
· Contribute to business process modelling.
· Analyse and document detailed business requirements in the form of systems specifications
· Liaise with business to resolve system issues
Liaise with development team to implement required system development
10. / Indigenous Opportunities Policy / Clause24 of the Terms and Conditions of Contract will not apply
11. / Methodology / Agile or Waterfall
12. / Performance / Services to be performed in accordance with department’s standards.
13. / Documentation / The Department may provide to the Vendor Department Material and the Vendor must ensure that the Departmental Material is used strictly in accordance with any conditions or restrictions specified in item 9 of the Deed Details and any direction by the Department.
14. / Skills knowledge transfer / Clause 35 of the deed applies (The contractor will be expected to transfer skills and knowledge to departmental officers and/or other contractor as requested)
15. / Selection criteria
Please note the importance of responding to this Selection Criteria. / Essential Criteria:
1. Demonstrated experience as a business analyst within an application development environment, with preference to those with no less than 5 years in analysing complex business processes within an agile framework such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or equivalent.
2. Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise and negotiate with business and technical personnel.
3. Well-developed documentation skills for writing clear concise business requirements including features and user stories
4. Sound and effective organisational skills, including the ability to manage changes to business requirements and priorities and work within tight timeframes.
5. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a team to achieve outcomes and meet deadlines.
6. Hands-on experience with EA, Visio and Agile tools.
Desirable Criteria
6. Demonstrated knowledge and experience of Department of Employment Programmes, the Employment Services System (ESS) and/or related Department of Human Services IT systems.
7. Experience in producing Business Process Models and using BPM software.
16. / Intellectual Property Rights – ownership of Contract Material / The Department owns the Intellectual Property Rights in Contract Material
Limitation of liability – cap / For SMEs, the Department will consider a liability cap at either:
$ 5 million per occurrence, or
$ 10 million in the aggregate
For non-SMEs, the Department will consider a liability cap at either:
$ 10 million per occurrence, or
$ 20 million in the aggregate
18. / Insurance / As per Item 10 of Schedule 1 of the deed details
19. / Fee structure / Hourly rates including both GST inclusive and exclusive rates, and quoted in either half or full dollars.
20. / Other requirements
E.g Location / Job Properties
Title of the Project: Various
Technical Director or Project Manager: Various
Department: Department of Employment
Group: Employment Systems Group
Branch: Application Development Branch
Section: Various
Role Location: Lvl 3 5 Eden Park Drive Macquarie Park Sydney
Note: The specified personnel must be covered by the Workers Compensation in the relevant States or Territory.Special Conditions
All Candidates must be Australian Citizens to be considered for the role.
Candidate reffered previously under SR No 739 should not be referred again.
Security Clearance Requirements
The minimum security clearance level for this particular position is: Police Check Only
All positions are “Trusted” and the successful candidate is required to undertake police check to be conducted by the department. Unfavourable outcome may result to early termination of the contract. This check will be arranged by the Shared Services Centre on commencement of the contractor. The Australian Government will meet the cost of police check.
Standard form of Quotation
Please respond using the ‘Standard Form of Quotation’ (asattached).
YOUR RESPONSE
Name / First Name / <candidate response>Surname / <candidate response>
Gender / <candidate response>
Your mobile number / <candidate response>
Your email / <candidate response>
Date of birth / <candidate response>
Home address / <candidate response>
Candidate availability
Citizenship Status / Australian Permanent Resident Work Visa
Referee 1 / Name: / <candidate response>
Title:
Organisation:
Professionals relationship to you:
Phone:
Mobile:
Email:
Referee 2 / Name: / <candidate response>
Title:
Organisation:
Professionals relationship to you:
Phone:
Mobile:
Email:
Selection Criteria
Essential Criteria:
1. Demonstrated experience as a business analyst within an application development environment, with preference to those with no less than 5 years in analysing complex business processes within an agile framework such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or equivalent.
2. Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise and negotiate with business and technical personnel.
3. Well-developed documentation skills for writing clear concise business requirements including features and user stories
4. Sound and effective organisational skills, including the ability to manage changes to business requirements and priorities and work within tight timeframes.
5. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a team to achieve outcomes and meet deadlines.
6. Hands-on experience with EA, Visio and Agile tools.
Desirable Criteria
6. Demonstrated knowledge and experience of Department of Employment Programmes, the Employment Services System (ESS) and/or related Department of Human Services IT systems.
7. Experience in producing Business Process Models and using BPM software.
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