Senior Business Analyst

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to provide expertise in business analysis, project coordination, and stakeholder engagement across multiple system modernization, replacement, and new solution initiatives. The role involves assessing current systems, gathering requirements, supporting procurement, coordinating projects, assisting with implementation and testing, and providing post-implementation support.

Location:

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Responsibilities:

- Led workshops and interviews to assess current processes, systems, risks, and opportunities, documenting workflows, integrations, and dependencies.
- Elicited, analyzed, and documented business, functional, and technical requirements, maintaining traceability and stakeholder approval.
- Supported RFP development and vendor evaluations by coordinating demonstrations, scoring proposals, and providing selection recommendations.
- Developed and managed project plans, facilitated governance and status meetings, and tracked risks, issues, and dependencies across teams.
- Supported system configuration, data migration, and User Acceptance Testing to ensure solutions met business requirements.
- Developed training materials and delivered sessions while supporting change management activities to drive user adoption.
- Provided go-live and stabilization support, conducted post-implementation reviews, and recommended system improvements.
- Performed additional senior business analysis and project coordination tasks to support departmental priorities as required.

Required Skills &

Certifications:

- Experience in business analysis.
- Experience in project coordination.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement.

Preferred Skills &

Certifications:

- Not specified.

Special Considerations:

- Onsite presence at Place 2000 in Fredericton may be required for some activities.
- Candidate must use their own laptop or desktop computer.
- Candidate may be required to meet with the EECD's Information Security Officer and sign an agreement governing the terms under which non-GNB devices may be connected to the GNB network.

Scheduling:
- Not specified.