"Senior Business Analyst"

Job Description:

Te Ratonga Tautoko Hangarau | Digital Services

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
• Fixed Term until December 2026

Join the University of Canterbury as our next Senior Business Analyst and help shape the future of learning and teaching experiences for our diverse community.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll be both a team player and a coach—eliciting, analysing, and validating business needs for innovative projects. You'll work closely with Product Managers, delivery teams, and stakeholders to ensure solutions are fit-for-purpose and deliver real value.

You will focus on:

• Creating effective communication and relationship-building with stakeholders across the University
• Gathering, analysing, and documenting business and technical requirements for digital solutions
• Facilitating workshops, meetings, and presentations with senior stakeholders
• Supporting the development and delivery of product roadmaps, business cases, and process models
• Championing continuous improvement, simplification, and DevSecOps practices.

Mōu | Who You Are

You will have at least 10 years' experience as a Business Analyst in IT with a commercial or private sector, hold a Bachelor's degree (NZQA Level 7) in IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Strong technical background and ability to lead technical teams
• Proven expertise in requirements gathering, gap analysis, data modelling, and process mapping
• Experience delivering digital solutions and developing business rules/policies
• Skilled facilitator of large meetings and workshops with senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and mentoring of other BAs
• Familiarity with Agile and Lean methodologies
• Excellent communication, documentation, and organisational skills
• An alignment with our organisation's values and culture, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

Building world-class digital capability is crucial to the University of Canterbury's ongoing success. Digital Services is a large team, striving to provide a modern dynamic foundation from which the University (UC) can explore new business models and ways of working. Digital will transform how we work, behave, and the expectations of the communities we service.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC

Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world. We offer a range of fantastic benefits. For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: Sunday 12th October 2025 (midnight, NZ time)

Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.