Business Analyst 2 - Training Analyst Processes and Scheduling

APR Staffing

Vancouver, WA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Administrative Management, Administrative Skills, Analysis Skills, Background Investigation, Benchmarking, Billing, Business Administration, Business Analysis, Business Model, Business Processes, Business Skills, Business impact analysis (BIA), Change Management, Computer Science, Conflict Resolution, Contract Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Entry, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Design Document, Driver's License, Energy & Utilities, Establish Priorities, Gap Analysis, Microsoft Access Database, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Word, Needs Assessment, Negotiation Skills, Online Training, Operations Planning, Organizational Development/Management, Power BI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Procedure Development, Procedure Implementation, Process Analysis, Process Development, Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Process Improvement, Process Management, Process Modeling, Project Planning, Project/Program Coordination, Prototyping, Quality Control, Reporting Skills, Requirements Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, Strategic Planning, Technical Recruiting, Technical Training, Technical Writing, Technical/Engineering Design, Training Program, Training/Teaching, United States Citizen, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills

LOCATION

Vancouver, WA

POSTED

1 day ago

Job Title: Business Analyst 2 - Training Analyst Processes and Scheduling
Job Number: 11979
Location: Vancouver, WA - Onsite
Travel: Up to 5% occasional transmission field travel
Length: 1+ yrs, up to 5 years

MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check
Real ID or Passport REQUIRED for in-person interviews and onboarding

OVERVIEW
This full-time contract Business Analyst assignment will work within in the corporate Technical Training Center. This position will provide training support to the division’s apprentice, journeyman, craftsman and continuous training programs and will perform related analyst/administrative tasks. In addition, the assignment will: provide data entry on multiple computer applications; coordinate schedules; and research answers for policy application. This assignment will assist the division’s COR with training contracts and conduct annual training needs assessments, track training plan execution, and develop training reports.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Conduct an annual training needs analysis (TNA) for more than 650 divisional craft personnel comprised of more than 20 different crafts, each craft with different training requirements.
Utilize SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Processes Outputs and Customers) to organize annual training project cycle.
Analyze, research and recommend changes/updates to the division’s Mandatory Training List.
Recommend updates to the division’s training “letter of X’s” based on guidance and approval of the Technical Training Manager.
Work with the division’s PowerBI expert to update existing and build new near real-time interactive training reports.
Build and maintain a division task tracker to be used by the Division Manager and at division meetings.
Annually, build out the Annual Training Plan for all district and craft training for the year in SharePoint using information provided by other division personnel. Work with the division SharePoint SME on updates to impacted SharePoint pages and/or workflows.
Work with the Technical Training Manager to build and maintain a project tracker with milestones.
Update and publish, with the Technical Training Manager’s approval, the division Annual Training Plan, District and Craft Training Implementation Guidance.
Develop and implement procedures for tracking training contracts invoicing, payments and total annual expenditures to enable quality control throughout their lifecycle.
Research and recommend best methods and/or benchmarking for training tracking, monitoring and scheduling related functions. Recommend business process improvements.
Facilitate and develop of process improvement efforts for various training programs (e.g. three formal apprentice programs and three formal trainee programs) and their stakeholders. Perform data analysis to determine requirements of these process improvement efforts.
Facilitate training requirements elicitation workshops and present findings. Work results to be used to update the division’s Training Catalog.
Communicate technical information verbally and in writing to a wide variety of technical and business experts, as well as non-technical users, in both individual and group settings
Facilitate After Action Review sessions and produce formal After Action Reports using the format provided by the Technical Training Manager. Research and recommend better formats as applicable.
Evaluate and assess business process change impacts and recommend appropriate change mitigation activities
Facilitate negotiation of training requirement priorities and conflict resolution among various stakeholders
Develop influence diagrams or other conceptual models to define relationships and structure analyses and modeling. Develop visual artifacts, such as context diagrams, process flow diagrams, process maps, SIPOC charts, Pareto charts, etc. to support process and solution analysis and definition
Prepare and present materials on findings
Produce key project deliverable documents including: requirements, process diagrams, project plans, and change management plans
Collect, organize, and validate data and modeling results
Identify modeling results and propose alternative courses of action
Plan, design and facilitate prototyping sessions and requirements gathering meetings. Perform training gap analysis and propose mitigation or training implementation approaches. Develop requirement documents, configuration documents, and functional design documents as needed.

REQUIREMENTS
Education & Corresponding Experience

Bachelor’s or Associate’s Degree in Business Administration, Management, Organization Development, Engineering, Computer Science or a closely related discipline is preferred.
- With an applicable Bachelor’s Degree, 5 years of experience is required.
- With an applicable Associates Degree, 7 years of experience is required.
- Without an applicable degree, 9 years of experience is required
Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of business analysis and progressively more technical in nature.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

Experience with Microsoft Office Suite Software (MS Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Visio, MS Project and SharePoint)
Demonstrated analytical, modeling, and process management expertise sufficient to support corporate Transmission’s technical training programs.
Proficient in communication, facilitation with stakeholder groups
Strong technical writing skills and experience in presenting information in various forms such as textual, graphical and statistical
Skill in modeling business process requirements, verification of deliverables
Demonstrated expertise with logical process modeling concepts sufficient to aid in the documentation of requirements
Skilled in the definition and development of operational governance models to enable programmatic change
Experience Coordinating project tasks and resources
Facilitating meetings between a variety of departments and crafts

Preferred Skills & Experience

PMI -Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
Energy/utility industry experience
Experience in training management, analyzing data and developing strategies

Additional Requirements

Valid U.S. Driver’s License is required.

Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions and Data Resource Group. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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