At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape data governance practices and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to enhance data strategies.
- Company: Join the University of Queensland, a leader in education and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, 17% super, flexible work options, and generous parental leave.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on data governance while working with top minds in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Postgraduate qualifications in IT or related fields and significant business analysis experience required.
The predicted salary is between 120317 - 134892 $ per year.
Information Technology Services Full-time (100%), permanent position. Base salary will be in the range $120,317 – $134,892 + 17% super (HEW Level 8). Based at our St Lucia campus.
About This Opportunity
Join a collaborative and forward-thinking team where your expertise will help shape the University’s data governance capability. As a Senior Business Analyst within Data Strategy and Governance, you will play a critical role in enabling strong data practices, working with the Solution Architect and diverse stakeholders to develop UQ’s conceptual data models and key data governance artefacts.
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will have the opportunity to showcase your expertise in identifying and defining business requirements and risks, providing data governance advice and representing business processes and information in models of varying complexity.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Partner with stakeholders across the University to elicit, analyse and define risks and business requirements, providing complex data governance advice, direction or recommendations.
- Prepare key documentation to support business analysis, such as business cases, risk reviews, conceptual data models and issue papers.
- Develop and maintain enterprise data artefacts such as the information entity catalogue and business glossary.
- Facilitate workshops with stakeholders and work with the Solution Architect to develop conceptual data models, define key information entities and business terms, and help identify data-related issues.
- Support the Solution Architect to develop and implement UQ’s data architecture framework.
- Drive the successful delivery of data initiatives by managing changes to conceptual data models, business glossary definitions and supporting the development of more detailed models where needed.
- Supervise the Data Governance Officer to meet their operational objectives, ensuring all aspects of human resource management are conducted effectively in accordance with University policies and procedures.
About You
- Postgraduate qualifications in Information Technology or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Demonstrated significant experience in business analysis, including requirements elicitation, risk management, analysis, and documentation.
- Proven experience in data governance, information management, enterprise architecture, or data services environments.
- Demonstrated ability to develop business process models, conceptual data models or other enterprise architecture.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex information and develop practical solutions.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
- Strong written communication skills with experience producing high-quality reports and artefacts.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver outcomes within agreed timeframes.
Desirable qualifications include:
- Experience working in a regulated environment with knowledge of Queensland’s regulatory environment regarding data, information and records.
- Experience modelling using the ArchiMate modelling language and using architecture or modelling tools (E.g. Avolution, Lean IX, Visio, Erwin).
- Experience working in the higher education sector or in a large IT department.
- Knowledge of information technology services provided in a large organisation.
About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, working together to create a better world. Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available. Enjoy up to 26 weeks paid parental and primary care leave, 17% super, 17.5% leave loading, flexible and hybrid working options, health and wellbeing programs, a heavily discounted Study for Staff program, on-campus childcare, affordable parking, and salary packaging.
Other Information
Pre-employment checks may include: verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, and criminal history checks. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements. You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.
We’re dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We recognise that career pathways and opportunities differ, and encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every criteria but can demonstrate their potential relative to opportunity. We’re also happy to support any accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process. Just let us know how we can help by emailing or calling.
Applications close Thursday 12 November 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-65385).
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