Senior Business Analyst – Innovation Stream
- Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
- Duration: 8 Month Contract
- Remuneration: Level 9 $148,012 - $157,056 (depending on experience) + 17% super + leave loading
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus, with fortnightly day trips to Canberra (schedule may vary).
The Opportunity
UNSW is establishing a new strategic presence in the nation’s capital through the Canberra City Program - a major growth initiative designed to expand UNSW’s education, research, defence and innovation footprint in Canberra.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst with a strong background in translating growth and commercial strategy into operationally executable models. Reporting to the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), you will be embedded in the Innovation stream, playing a key role in shaping how UNSW enables innovation, scales partnerships, and operationalises its strategic ambitions.
This role is ideal for a Business Analyst who operates comfortably at the intersection of strategy, commercial intent and delivery, and who enjoys turning complex, high-level objectives into clear operating models, services and ways of working.
About the Program & Innovation Stream
The Canberra City Program spans five strategic streams: Education, Innovation, Operating Model, Estate, and Site Technology, leveraging UNSW’s strong defence and industry partnerships to drive sustainable growth.
Within the Innovation stream, the focus is on:
- Enabling innovation at scale
- Designing commercially viable partner engagement models
- Establishing repeatable, scalable approaches to onboarding and supporting partners
- Ensuring strategic growth objectives are supported by fit-for-purpose processes, services and governance
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Partner with senior stakeholders to translate growth, innovation and commercial strategies into practical operating models
- Analyse strategic objectives and commercial drivers to define how innovation initiatives and partnerships should operate in practice
- Lead the design and documentation of end-to-end innovation and partner journeys, from initial engagement through onboarding and ongoing delivery
- Facilitate workshops to explore strategic intent, test assumptions, identify constraints, and align stakeholders on future-state models
- Identify gaps between current-state capability and future growth ambitions, and develop clear, implementable improvement options
- Develop service models and service catalogues that clearly define ownership, roles and accountabilities across UNSW and external partners
- Translate qualitative insights and strategic priorities into clear business requirements, process models and procedural documentation
- Support continuous improvement, standardisation and scalability across innovation-related processes and services
- Work closely with delivery teams to ensure strategic decisions are executed effectively and embedded sustainably
About You
You bring:
- Significant experience as a Senior Business Analyst on large-scale growth, transformation or commercially focused initiatives
- A strong track record of bridging strategy and execution, particularly in complex or federated organisations
- Experience working with or supporting innovation ecosystems, partnerships, or externally facing programs
- Advanced skills in journey mapping, operating model design, process mapping and service design
- Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions and shape outcomes
- The ability to turn ambiguity into structure, and strategy into clear, actionable delivery artefacts
- Exceptional facilitation, analytical and written communication skills
Experience in higher education, public sector, or defence-related environments will be well regarded, but is not essential.
This role can be based in Sydney or Canberra and is open to Australian citizens only.
Why UNSW?
You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Contribute to a high-profile national growth initiative
- Work at the intersection of strategy, innovation and delivery
- Influence how UNSW partners, innovates and scales for the future
- Be part of a collaborative, purpose-driven environment with real impact
For further details on role responsibilities and skills & experience required, refer to the position description found under the position listing on Jobs@UNSW
Benefits and Culture:
People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.
Our benefits include:
- Flexible working options.
- Career development opportunities.
- 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments.
- Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period.
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).
For further details on the benefits, please visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits
How to Apply: Submit your CV & a succinct 1-2 page cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & experience bullet points in the job description) by 11:55pm, 19th April 2026
Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.
Contact: Amy Denney a.denney@unsw.edu.au - Talent Acquisition Team
Please apply directly through the website, applications sent to the contact above will not be accepted.
Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:
- National and International Criminal history checks
- Entitlement to work and ID checks
- Working With Children Checks
- Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
- Verification of relevant qualifications
- Verification of relevant professional membership
- Employment history and reference checks
- Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
- Medical Checks and Assessments
- Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
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