Intermediate Specialist, Business Analysis

• Posting Reason:
  Replacement of a temporary position
• Job Type: Employee
• Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments): 36
• Job Family:
  Business Systems Analysis
• # of Open Positions: 1
• Faculty/Service - Department:
  Business Analysis
• Campus:
  Main Campus
• Union Affiliation: SSUO
• Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/08/20
• Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/08/31
• Hours per week: 35
• Salary Grade: SSUO Grade 10
• Salary Range: $85,040.00 - $

About the faculty/service:
Facilities Facilities services are characterized by a dynamic and creative growing team where the winds of change are blowing, offering people like you opportunities to use your leadership and innovation skills to contribute to the achievement of their inspiring mission: to deliver best in class research infrastructure, reshape campus life and student experience, and provide a sustainable environment for students, researchers, teachers and community.

uOttawa’s facilities encompass three main sites that are comprised of over 600,000 square meters of building space (over 6.4 million square feet), 42.5 hectares of grounds, 125 buildings and 4,500 beds in 11 residences. There are over 150 employees in Facilities, including Project Managers, Energy and Commissioning Specialists, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Architects, and space Planners. The facilities capital and operating expenditures are in the range of $100M for the University’s $2.0 billion assets under management.

The 20-year Capital spending plan envisions $4.0 billion of new investment highlighted by uOttawa launch of project Top Shelf, a $300 million capital investment to build a new facility for the Faculty of Health Sciences at uOttawa’s River Campus, as well as a tower at the Roger Guidon campus to house uOttawa’s new Advanced Medical Research Center (AMRC).

Plays a critical role in driving organizational effectiveness by performing comprehensive business analysis, process optimization, and strategic solution design. This role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that business needs are accurately captured, prioritized, and translated into actionable solutions. Through rigorous analysis and stakeholder engagement, the incumbent supports the successful implementation of complex initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, improve user experience, and align with organizational goals.

The role also ensures robust documentation, testing, and continuous improvement of systems and processes to deliver sustained business value.

• Business Analysis: Proactively gathers and documents business requirements using tools such as stakeholder interviews, workshops, focus groups, and questionnaires. Identifies both explicit and implicit needs, and develops clear, detailed business requirements documents, including relevant constraints and assumptions. Analyzes requirements to uncover gaps, conflicts, and dependencies, and prioritize them based on business value and feasibility. Prepares comprehensive business cases and collaborates closely with IT teams, managers, and stakeholders to validate requirements and priorities.
• Process Analysis and Design: Evaluates current business processes to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement. Analyzes complex business structures, rules, and policies, and assess operational requirements to propose streamlined, productivity-enhancing solutions. Maximizes the use of existing tools to deliver measurable business value.
• Option Analysis: Generates and evaluates alternative solutions to address identified problems or objectives. Collects and analyzes data on each option, including costs, benefits, risks, and feasibility. Compares options against defined criteria, assesses potential risks, and provides clear recommendations. Incorporates stakeholder feedback into final proposals.
• Impact Assessment: Identifies potential risks and issues in business plans and requirements. Collaborates with IT teams to address these challenges, ensuring system changes are fully integrated and tested. Understands system…