Temporary Business Analyst; AR- Development & Records - BC General Employe

Temporary Business Analyst (AR2) – Development & Records – BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

Published on April 07, 2026

Job : T0430 | Internal / External Posting | February 17, 2026

Reporting to the Director, Development & Records, the Business Analyst ensures continuity of business analysis capacity for the Development team while providing dedicated analysis support for BCGEU's mobile application initiative. The role works with stakeholders to translate defined features and emerging needs into development‑ready user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlogs. The Business Analyst will also support solution evaluation and delivery planning for a mobile application under either an in‑house build or third‑party vendor delivery model and will adapt focus accordingly.

Term of assignment:
Temporary – 12 months

• Engage with organizational stakeholders to assess initial requirements and understand their needs.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation sessions with union members and internal stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear, well‑defined business requirements for the Development team and/or vendors.
• Present requirements to internal technical teams for solution discussion and estimation, clarifying vague or unclear requirements.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams to ensure alignment on project goals and user needs.

• Conduct business analysis to define detailed requirements for organizational change requests, software development, and service enhancements.
• Develop comprehensive documentation, including user‑facing requirements documents and Statements of Work (SOW) reviews.
• Break down software feature requirements into actionable user stories and implementation tasks.
• Manage Jira backlogs of user stories, bugs, and tasks.
• Create and maintain a product decision registry.
• Facilitate requirements refinement, release planning, and QA collaboration to ensure delivered software meets specifications.
• Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date project documentation for stakeholders.

• Support evaluation of delivery options (build vs. buy) by documenting requirements, constraints, and decision criteria.
• If BCGEU builds: translate mobile application features into a structured backlog and support release planning.
• If BCGEU buys: serve as liaison with the third‑party vendor, managing requirements clarification, backlog alignment, issue escalation, and change control.
• Document and validate mobile‑specific non‑functional requirements such as authentication, data handling, performance, accessibility, offline behaviour, notifications, analytics, and release cadence.
• Coordinate end‑to‑end readiness activities including UAT support, stakeholder sign‑off, and go‑live/change communications.

• Facilitate decision‑making by documenting options, impacts, and recommendations.
• Ensure timely and accurate updating of user stories and tasks.
• Run agile ceremonies such as refinement, sprint planning, sprint review, and daily scrums.
• Communicate clearly with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Identify, document, and mitigate product and project risks.
• Foster strong stakeholder relationships and manage expectations.
• Provide regular status updates to leadership and stakeholders.

• University degree in computer science, business, or a related discipline focused on IT, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of business analyst and/or product owner experience with software development teams in an agile environment.
• Experience writing user stories and applying Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Experience planning and managing software releases across multiple components/products.
• Delivered at least one mobile application release (Android and/or iOS) as a BA/PO, including requirements, acceptance criteria, and release coordination.
• Experience working with third‑party vendors on software delivery, including requirements clarification and change control.
• Proficiency in product and project risk management.
• Clear…