BUSINESS ANALYST

BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Business Analyst

Department of Technology and Innovation

Delivery Division

Number of Positions: 6

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $75,336.00 annually

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City's collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) - BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled "Currently employed by the City of Chicago"

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled 'payee/employee number')

3. Select your correct bargaining unit.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION.

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on May 6, 2026.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

* Serves as bridge between business and IT teams, aligning software objectives with business needs.

* Gathers business requirements through interviews, workshops, and other methods.

* Translates user needs into detailed functional requirements.

* Evaluates technical options and communicates trade-offs to stakeholders.

* Facilitates prioritization of requirements among competing stakeholder needs.

* Creates essential documentation including process flows and scope documents.

* Supports development teams during implementation and testing.

* Reviews deliverables to ensure requirements are correctly implemented.

* Identifies process inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.

* Manages and prioritizes information requests, ensuring deadlines are met.

* Creates and maintain process flows.

* Creates and maintains presentations for the Technology Strategy Group as well as the Architecture Team.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: 2 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60602

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Six (6) years of work experience in business analysis or system analysis,

OR

graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate degree, plus four (4) years of work experience in business analysis or system analysis,

OR

graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, plus two (2) years of work experience in business analysis or system analysis,

OR

graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree or higher, plus one (1) year of work experience in business analysis or system analysis.

Licensure, Certification, or Other Qualifications is preferred

* Business analysis certification (e.g., CBAP) is preferred

* Professional certification in agile methodologies

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to successfully complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the oral and written parts of the interview will be selected.

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here.

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor