Minimum of 1 Systems Analyst

Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Essential

1. Selects relevant feasibility assessment approaches and techniques.
   Identifies the range of possible options. Undertakes short-listing of options and feasibility assessment.
   Engages with internal and external stakeholders to get the information required for feasibility assessment.
   Supports preparation of business cases including cost/benefit, impact and risk analysis for each option.

2. Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
   Contributes to selecting the requirements approach.
   Facilitates input from stakeholders, provides constructive challenge and enables effective prioritisation of requirements.
   Establishes requirements base-lines, obtains formal agreement to requirements, and ensures traceability to source.

3. Designs complex software applications, components and modules.
   Uses appropriate modelling techniques following agreed software design standards, guidelines, patterns and methodology. Creates and communicates multiple design views to balance stakeholders' concerns and to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements. Identifies, evaluates and recommends alternative design options and trade-offs.
   Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders, and effective construction of the software. Verifies software design by constructing and applying appropriate methods.
   Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications. Leads reviews of others designs.

4. Designs system components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
   Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs. Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders and to handle functional and non-functional requirements.
   Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed system components to enable approval by stakeholders.
   Produces detailed design specifications to form the basis for the construction of systems. Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications.

Desirable

1. Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution.
   Identifies, evaluates and recommends options.
   Collaborates with, and facilitates stakeholder groups, as part of formal or informal consultancy agreements. Seeks to fully address client needs and implements solutions if required.
   Enhances the capabilities and effectiveness of clients, by ensuring that proposed solutions are fully understood and appropriately exploited.

2. Provides support on the use of existing methods and tools.
   Configures methods and tools within a known context.
   Creates and updates the documentation of methods and tools.

3. Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism to the organisation's planning and operations.
   Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
   Recognises and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge.
   Where appropriate, collaborates with other specialists to ensure advice given is appropriate to the organisation's needs.

4. Evaluates design options and prototypes to obtain user feedback on requirements of developing systems, products, services or devices.
   Tests the usability and accessibility of components and alternative designs. Administers a range of evaluations, recording data and feedback. Analyses evaluation data and recommends actions. Identifies areas for future user research.
   Checks systems, products, services or devices for adherence to applicable standards, guidelines, style guides, and legislation.
   Evaluates the usability of existing or competitor systems to provide benchmark values and as input to design.

Additional requirements
1. A security clearance will be required for the role prior to starting work under any contract. Does the candidate have the required clearance/s, or the ability to obtain and maintain? Provide ref ID.
2. To identify potential conflicts of interest, is the candidate a director/owner/account manager/partner of a Seller registered on BuyICT? If so, provide the Position Title, Seller Name and Seller ABN.
3. Provide details (e.g. manager, branch) of candidate's previous worked history either as a contractor or employee for the Buyer including its former agencies such as the Department of Human Services.
4. Seller has obtained the Candidate’s consent to be exclusively represented by the Seller for this RFQ. (Note: The Buyer does not want the same candidate submitted by multiple Sellers).
5. Provide 2 referee details for candidate (name and contact details) who can confirm the candidate’s skills/knowledge to fulfill this role. Referees can be a previous manager (within the last 4 years).