Business Analyst
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Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Topeka KS (Remote and Local to KS)
Duration: 6 Months
Job Description
This position involves highly diverse and complex work characterized by a broad range of activities and frequently changing conditions situations and problems. The individual must be selfstarting motivated and capable of working independently to set and meet goals relative to specific situations and business needs. Analytical thought and problemsolving are crucial for this role to address various data and best practices in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Specific Duties:
- Project Coordination and Business Requirements (45%):
- Collaborate with business units to gather requirements for implementing new or improved processes/systems.
- Challenge business units to think outside conventional processes and promote efficiency.
- Identify business strengths and opportunities offering recommendations based on research for areas of improvement.
- Advise business personnel on current or potential information system capabilities to solve business problems or enhance operations.
- Plan organize and deliver work sessions for gathering business requirements.
- Document the consensus from business requirements using tools like context diagrams flowcharts and project plans.
- Proactively manage changes in work request scope identify potential crises and devise contingency plans.
- Application Testing and Development Collaboration (30%):
- Work with application development staff to test new and modified applications.
- Create test scripts and scenarios and track testing progress.
- Collaborate with developers to isolate and identify test point failures and performance improvement areas.
- Confirm that application development meets project requirements.
- Training Material Development (15%):
- Develop and update application training manuals and other training materials as needed.
- Assist with IT training sessions.
- Special Projects and Disaster Response (10%):
- Complete special projects and perform other duties as assigned including ensuring the agency is adequately staffed during and immediately following natural and/or manmade disasters infectious disease outbreaks and/or acts of terrorism.
- Assist other employees in the work unit to accomplish assignments as necessary.
Expanded Responsibilities:
- Testing Assistance:
- Play a significant role in testing new systems and applications to ensure functionalities meet required standards and specifications.
- State Hospital Commissions Support:
- Provide vital insights and recommendations to support all state hospital commissions enhancing hospital operations and aligning with KDADS goals.
- Process Documentation and Standardization:
- Help document and standardize processes across the organization to ensure consistency efficiency and adherence to best practices in alignment with HSEBIT strategic goals.
Skills required:
Analytical thinking facilitation skills communication requirements gathering and elicitation knowledge of MS Applications (Word Excel etc.) proficient in organizational skills time management.
Experience required:
At least 5 years experience as a Business Analyst or similar position in the IT field.
Education required:
High School Diploma Bachelors degree in relative field preferred but experience can be used in place of a degree.
Physical requirements (lifting repetitive motion etc.)
Standard lifting in an office setting. Sitting for extended periods of time as you will be on a computer most of the day.
Employment Type
Full Time
