BUSINESS ANALYST CONSULTING ROLE
Primary Responsibilities:
• Understands the Project drivers and expected business outcomes. • Performs activities to “discover” the current state environment. - Stakeholder identification and analysis - Relevant documentation (e.g., policies, processes, procedures, reports) • Builds trust-based relationships with stakeholders. • Plans business analysis approach and deliverables. • Collaborates with PM and the Project team. • Ensures the quality assurance analyst understands the requirements and acceptance criteria. • Elicits, confirms, documents, organizes, analyzes, prioritizes, models, and communicates requirements. • Traces requirements. • Logs and follows-through to disposition BA-related risks, action items, issues, and decisions. • Evaluates the effectiveness of the solution in the production environment once deployed.
Primary Deliverables:
• Business Analysis (BA) plan - Key activities - Stakeholder engagement - Change control process - Decision-making and requirements approval process - Information management - BA performance evaluation • RAID Register - Risks - Action Items - Issues - Decisions • Elicitation Activity Plan • Requirements Models (e.g., scope, process, data, use cases, etc.) • Traceability Matrix • BA Requirements Package • BA Evaluation Reports • Solution Evaluation Report • Status Reports

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT: We are looking for someone who will: 1) Supports end user training and readiness by providing input and reviewing training resources. 2) Supports Capability Team by providing input and review of functional design documents and other documentation as required.

Mandatory Qualifications:
• B.S. or B.A. degree (4 year) (or Associates degree plus an additional 5 years’ experience)
• 5+ years experience in a business analysis role •
•Intermediate-level skills MS Office Suite Candidate
Qualifications Desired Qualifications:
• Experience as a business analyst in state, county, or city governments or non-profit sector
• CCBA, CBAP, PMI-PBA or other business analysis certification
• Note: Diverse and bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Skills and Abilities:
• Knowledge of Business Analysis best practices; ability to adapt to the needs of the organization/Project.
• Business acumen
• Elicitation skills
• Facilitation skills
• Requirements modeling skills
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Influencing skills
• Has or can quickly earn trust and credibility with stakeholders and Project team through empathy, follow through, and transparency.
• Ability to communicate up-down-and-across.
• Analytical, strategic, creative, and systems thinking skills
• Ability to analyze problems, identify and evaluate options, and implement solutions.
• Performs at high levels under pressure, even during organizational chaos.
• Coachable; open and receptive to continual feedback
• An “honest broker” – can deliver bad news in good ways.
• Industry and solution-specific knowledge
• Proficient in MS Office suite and collaboration tools

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