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Who are we?

Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) launches technology and business careers for young adults and military veterans. We partner with corporations throughout the United States to open up full-time, entry level career pathways. If you are struggling to get your foot in the door, we can help you navigate your first steps. Our employees receive personalized mentoring and a benefits package to ensure their continued success.

For more information about WOS, visit our website: Workforce Opportunity Services

Candidate Profile:

Post 9/11 Veteran-honorably discharged or currently serving in the National Guard / Reserve OR
Recent college graduate with a degree in a program related to the field
Experience/Training (any of the following)
Associate or Bachelor degree in Computer Science
Associate or Bachelor degree in Business Administration (concentration in Technology Management)
Military experience in Technology/Computer Science
Availability to work full-time

Program Description:

We are a nonprofit that launches careers for young adults of underserved backgrounds and military veterans through consultancy positions with our client companies. We place individuals looking to launch their careers in a minimum of nine month engagements where they learn and grow with our client. Our consultants are provided with a mentor to ensure they are maturing and becoming successful, professional employees.
After a candidate applies, WOS will work to match that candidate’s skill set with the requirements of a current, or future, position. We then work on the candidate’s behalf to place them with one of our partners as a consultant.
After the consultancy period (consultancy period varies for each consult, but averages between 9-12 months), the intent is for consultants to be hired away by the client company. At that point your tenure with WOS is complete and you are a fully integrated employee.
All of our positions are full-time, entry level opportunities. Individuals will receive an hourly wage in addition to our benefits package.
Think of this as a test-drive situation. Throughout the consultancy period you will make an hourly wage, but if you work hard and actively work on bettering yourself, you will transition into a full time employee with the client at a much more competitive salary.

Job Overview

The Business Analyst provides direct support to initiatives by supporting the Project Manager in the development of materials in support of the planning and execution of projects. With the guidance of a Project Manager the Business Analyst actively supports all aspects of the projects from start to finish with a particular emphasis on requirements development and participation project quality activities. The Business Analyst may occasionally serve as the project lead on smaller, well-defined projects or provide support to IT Managers in project initiation activities.

Responsibilities:

Actively support a manageable portfolio of projects from start to finish in accordance with policies and processes, produce clear, detailed project scoping and design documentation to be used by technical specialists to build appropriate solutions
Elicit and develop clear, traceable requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and/or workflow analysis
Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
Collaborate with developers, architects, subject matter experts, and other IT team members to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
Assist in the development of business cases, considering financial, resource, and technological constraints; develops cost estimates with consideration to business impacts and risks
Ensure that approved requirements are developed in sufficient scope and detail to result in the delivery of a solution that meets customer needs as they perceive them
Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts: Functional Requirements; Technical Requirements, include architecture, interfaces, security and business continuity;
Provide support for lower tiered systems and applications supporting the operation
Other duties as assigned

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline
One (1) year experience supporting projects with business user and IT components;
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word and Visio;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including the ability to exercise good judgment in frequency and nature of communications to different parties (senior management, stakeholders, team members, etc.)
Ability to review, consolidate, communicate and reverse-engineer complex technical and systems documentation
Working knowledge of risk management and quality assurance standards and methodologies
Experience in statistical and other quantitative and qualitative analytical methodologies

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

Working knowledge of industry standards in project management and development methodologies (PMBOK, MSF, SEI, Agile Methods, RUP, etc.)
Demonstrated analytical and basic project management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
Strong interpersonal and demonstrated facilitation skills including the ability to motivate and influence others, and able to foster and contribute to a positive, upbeat team environment;
Strong customer service ethic and an understanding of how IT is ultimately delivered to the Customer;
High tolerance for working in a dynamic and shifting environment and able to readily embrace and participate in change initiatives;
Knowledge of technology fundamentals and concepts including Microsoft technologies Ability to work well with others and complete tasks with minimal supervision;
Effective time management and prioritization skills;
Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP)

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