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Form of workJob Type: 12 months Fixed Term Contract
- Become part of the solution to climate change, accelerating Victoria’s renewable energy transition.
- Join a ‘for purpose’ government-owned energy company that empowers its people to make a difference.
- Enjoy competitive pay and flexible work/life balance.
More action is needed to reduce emissions and manage climate change. At the SEC, we are building an enterprising and dynamic team to accelerate Victoria’s transition to renewables and help achieve Victoria’s renewable energy target of 95% by 2035.
We are working together for renewable, affordable reliable energy for all Victorians.
Your role
As the Energy Business and Systems Analyst, you be responsible for overseeing the development of business processes, policies and systems that will support the delivery of the SEC’s energy market objectives.
This role can be based in either our Melbourne CBD office or our regional office located in Morwell.
What you will do:
- Business Analysis & Process Definition– identify, document and maintain business processes across the Customer and Trading Domains.
- Business Requirements Specification – collaborate across the Energy Markets team and conducts business requirements workshops to illicit and capture business requirements for Customer and Trading systems.
- Vendor management – Working with the Head of Technology and Data, manage the relationship with software providers, such as ETRM and Retail solution providers ensuring that requirements are completely and appropriately presented
- Technology Governance – Collaborates with architecture team and participate in Architecture Review Board discussion.
- Business process and systems improvement – collaborate across the Energy Markets business to develop and maintain a forward-looking view of market competitive requirements and supporting technical capability. Support solution design via translating information from stakeholders, systems, delivery and business artifacts into clear specifications that enable quality outcomes.
- Partnering and co-creation – Work alongside the Energy Markets team to capture end-end business/user requirements and enable solution identification. Identify and partner with users/stakeholders/experts to ensure active collaboration in the design process to understand user needs, obtain ideas, insights and input.
- Data Governance – Ensure solutions across the Energy Markets domain meet established data standards to help achieve ‘Data as an Asset’ objective.
Who you are:
Must Have:
Experiences and Skills:
- Strong technical nous with deep understanding of Energy Markets business, application and systems landscape for electricity retailers.
- Exceptional analytical skills and ability to apply a structured and systemic approach to articulating requirements and solutions.
- Systems Thinking: Formulates potential courses of action to achieve objectives based on an in-depth understanding of the business environment & its systems
- Great relationship building, communication, negotiation and collaboration skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, a proactive approach and ability to thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment.
- Ability to write high quality reports, deliver presentations and run requirements workshops, business case development and have experience presenting information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Project Delivery: Defines tasks to be delivered to meet agreed outcomes; Coordinates and guides others in the execution of work activities; Monitors progress of tasks against plans and takes corrective action when required.
- Influence and Persuasion: ability to gain agreement to proposals & ideas; build behind the scenes support for ideas to ensure buy-in & ownership; use chains of indirect influence to achieve outcomes; Involve experts or other third parties to strengthen case.
Qualifications and experience:
- Business Analysis qualifications (e.g., CBAP/Agile) is highly desirable.
- Managing solution requirements and project deliverables through various range of project management qualifications tools (Agile and Waterfall), such as MS Project, Jira, Scrum Boards.
- Minimum 5 years working in a Business Analyst role or similar on IT or Business change projects / programs is highly desirable.
- Solution delivery experience covering one or more of Customer (CRM), Metering or Utility Billing
- Solid understanding of Victorian Electricity market regulations and key compliance obligations for retailers.
Our empowered workforce
A career with us means you’ll be joining a new and vibrant ‘for purpose’ government-owned renewable energy company that:
- Empowers you to influence how we accelerate Victoria’s renewable energy transition and decarbonise our economy.
- Inspires you through meaningful, challenging work in an environment that encourages leadership and an entrepreneurial spirit.
- Supports your growth through career advancement and professional development opportunities.
- Provides hybrid work arrangements, with around 3 days working in Melbourne or Morwell, with flexible work options to meet individual circumstances, providing greater choice and autonomy.
About us
We have an exciting and ambitious road ahead with a focus on:
- Investing in renewable energy and storage projects that accelerate the transition and deliver commercial returns.
- Supporting households to go all electric to reduce their emissions and energy bills.
- Building the renewable energy workforce our energy transition requires.
We’re partnering with industry to transform the energy sector, opening the state up for further innovation and investments in renewables. This includes an initial $1 billion towards delivering 4.5 gigawatts of power through renewable energy and storage projects – the equivalent replacement capacity of coal-fired power station Loy Yang A, which is set to close in 2035.
We will also play an important role in helping Victorian households to reduce their energy bills and emissions by offering simple and effective solutions to help them switch to electric.
The energy transformation will create thousands of jobs. The SEC will play a role in attracting and training our future renewable energy workforce, including through the SEC Centre of Training Excellence.
How to Apply
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We are also deeply committed to building an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and people with disability, people from the LGBTIQ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. We strive to create a respectful and collaborative workplace culture that allows all employees to thrive.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job, but we recognise that there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. At the SEC we offer more than a job. We provide a platform for growth, encouraging you to bring your whole self to your role. However, you identify and whatever your background, please apply if this is a role that excites you.
For further information and to explore this opportunity further please contact ***********@delwp.vic.gov.au
Please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your resume and/ or a cover letter (optional) addressing how your skills, knowledge and experience will be relevant to this role.
Applications close at midnight on 18th April 2024
Other things to know
- Applicants must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold a valid work permit to be eligible to apply.
- To receive this information in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) or if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to ***********@delwp.vic.gov.au
- The SEC affirms that the collection and handling of applications and personal information will be consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014
