Junior Business Analyst

ChanceLight Behavioral Health Therapy & Education a rapidly growing organization with a social mission to offer hope is seeking a dynamic Junior Business Analyst to join our award-winningteam and perform meaningful work in a culture that welcomes innovation encourages creative expression and offers limitless potential for personal and professional satisfaction!

If you thrive in a fast-paced collaborative environment enjoy turning business challenges into effective solutions and bring curiosity strong analytical and problem-solving skills a sense of humor and a commitment to continuous improvement We Should Talk!ð²

As the Junior Business Analyst you will support the evaluation improvement and implementation of business processes and systems by partnering with stakeholders to understand operational needs identify opportunities and translate business requirements into actionable solutions.

This role combines research analysis problem-solving documentation and cross-functional collaboration to help ensure technology and process solutions align with business objectives. The Junior Business Analyst will assist with defining project scope gathering and documenting requirements evaluating business processes supporting system enhancements and helping stakeholders navigate changes from concept through implementation.

Success in this role requires curiosity strong analytical thinking attention to detail effective communication and the ability to build productive relationships across teams. The position also demonstrates the principles of Servant Leadership by fostering positive professional accountable and collaborative relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

â Responsibilities Include:

• Learning and developing a strong understanding of business operations stakeholder needs organizational structures workflows systems and requirements to ensure solutions effectively support business objectives.

• Partnering with business stakeholders project managers technical teams and other cross-functional partners to clarify needs define objectives and align project deliverables with established requirements.

• Gathering business functional and user requirements through interviews meetings workshops process reviews research observation and other appropriate business-analysis techniques.

• Analyzing business processes workflows systems and stakeholder feedback to identify inefficiencies gaps dependencies risks and opportunities for process or system improvement.

• Translating business needs and stakeholder expectations into clear organized and actionable requirements including user stories acceptance criteria process documentation and system requirement specifications.

• Documenting current-state and future-state business processes project requirements decisions assumptions workflows and supporting information to establish clear alignment among project stakeholders.

• Developing project and task scopes in collaboration with stakeholders by defining business needs desired outcomes requirements dependencies and success criteria.

• Evaluating proposed processes system changes and solutions against documented business requirements to help ensure deliverables address the intended business need.

• Providing input throughout solution design development testing and implementation activities to help ensure business requirements are accurately understood and incorporated into final deliverables.

• Triaging reported issues questions and system concerns to determine potential causes identify conflicts with documented requirements and route matters to the appropriate stakeholders for resolution.

• Investigating business and system issues by engaging appropriate stakeholders reviewing available information and identifying contributing factors and potential root causes.

• Facilitating discussions among business and technical stakeholders to clarify requirements resolve discrepancies address competing priorities and support informed decision-making.

• Challenging assumptions and critically evaluating requirements to help ensure proposed solutions address the underlying business need rather than only the immediate request.

• Negotiating requirements priorities and potential solutions with stakeholders while balancing business objectives technical considerations project scope resource constraints and operational impacts.

• Developing a working knowledge of assigned applications platforms business processes and operational workflows through collaboration with business stakeholders project managers and technical partners.

• Supporting the evaluation of system capabilities software functionality operational requirements processing considerations and technical limitations when assessing potential solutions.

• Contributing actively to project and development teams by providing business context clarifying requirements participating in planning discussions and supporting successful completion of project deliverables.

• Collaborating with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle to validate requirements communicate updates address questions and maintain alignment as business needs or project conditions evolve.

• Participating in solution testing user acceptance activities implementation planning and post-implementation review to help confirm solutions meet established business requirements and intended outcomes.

• Communicating complex business needs requirements issues and recommendations in a clear and accessible manner appropriate for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Building trusted stakeholder relationships by demonstrating responsiveness professionalism accountability transparency and a consistent commitment to understanding business needs.

• Anticipating stakeholder questions project dependencies and potential implementation challenges and proactively escalating risks or concerns when additional guidance or decision-making is needed.

• Striving to exceed stakeholder expectations by listening actively communicating clearly following through on commitments and helping identify practical solutions that deliver meaningful business value.

• Maintaining accurate and organized project documentation requirements notes decisions and supporting materials in accordance with established project and organizational practices.

• Adapting to changing business priorities project requirements technologies and stakeholder needs while maintaining attention to quality timelines and organizational objectives.

• Demonstrating Servant Leadership principles by fostering collaborative relationships supporting team success taking accountability for commitments and approaching interactions with professionalism and respect.

• Performing other projects responsibilities and duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational priorities.

â Qualifications Required:

• Bachelors degree or higher in information technology business administration project management or a closely related field of study.
• Minimum 1 year of experience working in a program analyst infrastructure analyst and/or business analyst function.
• Prior experience working with technology equipment software and web applications; preferably in an educational or clinical setting.
• Prior experience and/or knowledge of SQL statistics web analytics tools and experiment design.
• Proficient in reading writing analyzing and interpreting professional journals technical procedures and/or governmental regulations.
• Highly skilled in the drafting of detailed reports business correspondence procedure manuals research abstracts and articles.
• History of success building credibility effectively managing multiple projects and collaborating across all organizational levels.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from executives operational leadership staff members external partners and the public.
• Advanced oral and written communication organization conflict resolution multitasking problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Well-versed in the use of relevant technology including experience with computers basic office equipment and Microsoft Office Suite applications including Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint Teams and SharePoint.

ChanceLight Behavioral Health Therapy & Education is the nations leading provider of alternative and special education programs for children and young adults. For more than 50 years and in partnership with over 235 school districts nationwide we have helped change the direction of more than240000 student lives!

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• ChanceLight we believe in providing more than just a job as a member of our team youll receive the opportunity to make meaningful impacts the support needed to achieve success and all the tools essential to reaching your personal & professional fulfillment! Your path to a truly rewarding career starts here where growth empowerment and collaboration define our culture; and every day is aChanceto transform lives through education!

  â Perks and Benefits Include:

  • Comprehensive Medical Dental and Vision Plans
  • FREE Telehealth and Virtual Counseling Sessions
  • FREE Health Advocacy Services and 24/7 Nurse Line
  • Company Paid Life & Disability Insurance
  • Company Paid Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
  • Personal Protection Insurance Plans
  • Cigna Healthy Pregnancies Healthy Babies Program
  • Legal Services Insurance
  • Pet Health Insurance
  • Accrual-based Paid Time Off
  • School Hours and Paid Holiday Schedule
  • Extensive Personal and Life Event Paid Leave Policy
  • 401k Retirement Saving Plan
  • Perks at Work Employee Discount Program
  • Opportunities for Growth & Development
  • And So Much More!

  If youre ready to start making lasting impacts on the lives of students and contribute to the creation of a brighter future This Is YourChance!

  Careers With ChanceLight ð Work. With Purpose.

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  Required Experience:

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