Data Business Analyst

Join one of Victoria's leading not for profits and be a part of something big

Competitive Salary + Tax reducing salary package

Full Time | 12 Months Maximum Term | Location: Box Hill | Monday to Friday

About St Vincent de Paul Society

For more than 170 years we have been providing practical and compassionate support to people across Victoria whose daily struggles can include putting food on the table, paying essential utilities and ensuring their children remain at school to obtain an education.

Our organisation provides many services and programs, including soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria (VCV), which assist some of Victoria's most vulnerable communities, such as people experiencing homelessness, the housing crisis and family violence, and the elderly.

Little bit about the role

We're looking for a proactive and collaborative Data Business Analyst to support the ongoing enhancement and rollout of our GoodWorks system across our Assistance and Welfare network.

In this role, you'll work closely with project teams to ensure new technology solutions are effectively implemented and continuously improved to meet business and user needs. You'll play a key role in understanding stakeholder requirements, mapping business processes, driving data quality, and ensuring the system delivers meaningful value to our people and the communities we serve.

Your responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to gather, document and analyse business requirements.
• Translate business needs into detailed user stories, process maps and specifications.
• Support all phases of project delivery to ensure the GoodWorks system is robust, fit for purpose and aligned with end-user needs.
• Act as a system champion. Providing guidance, conducting testing and supporting user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Lead data management activities, including data migration, validation and quality improvement.
• Hands on management of data quality, cleaning and reconciliation activities
• Support change management initiatives and contribute to user training and system adoption.
• Collaborate across departments to identify opportunities for process and system improvements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure clear communication and positive outcomes.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, learning and safety across the organisation.

About you

You're an analytical thinker with a passion for improving systems and processes that make a real difference. You bring both technical and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and translate business challenges into practical, data-driven solutions.

You'll ideally have:

• A Bachelor's degree in ICT, Business, Statistics, Economics or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 2 years' experience in business and/or Data analysis.
• Strong background in business process mapping, requirements gathering and data analysis.
• Experience facilitating workshops and presenting to varied audiences.
• Knowledge of software development methodologies and project delivery lifecycles.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a collaborative approach.
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in the not-for-profit sector (highly regarded).

Why work for us? We offer

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• We make an incredible difference in the lives of over 300,000 people every year.
• We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to a firm committed to helping others. We are passionate about #SocialJustice.
• Hybrid working model.

Where good happens #Goodworks

If this opportunity sounds perfect to you and you meet our essential requirements, we can't wait to hear from you Please send us your updated CV and a cover letter that tells us a little more about you and your suitability for the role.

Applications close: 3rd December 2025 at 12.00 am.

Please note: Candidates may be reviewed and progressed as applications are received, rather than after the advertised closing date. SVDP reserves the right to close the advertisement at any time. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure due consideration is given to your suitability.

Prior to any commencement to employment, pre-employment checks must be completed. This will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check and a working with children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety; we value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences; we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.

No agencies please.