Business Analyst job
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Informations complémentaires" maybe but keep salary and benefits.
We need to parse the posting.
First part: Description De L'entreprise: about Philadelphia, OIT etc. That's company description. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is about the job, not company. There's no explicit "About the role" heading but we can create a section for overview. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can decide which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- Company description (Philadelphia, OIT) maybe "About the role" or "About the organization". But they said "About the role" is example; we could use "About the role" to describe the job context. Might be okay.
- Responsibilities: Essential Functions list (Business Process Discovery and Management, Relationship Management). Those are duties.
- Requirements: Qualifications section includes education, experience, tools.
- Skills: Competencies, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities.
- Benefits: list of perks (health coverage, wellness program, paid vacation, retirement, student loan forgiveness, free SEPTA commute, tuition discounts, etc.)
- Pay: Salary: $75k-$85k, Salary cannot exceed $85,000.
- Schedule: Work Setting: in-person (onsite). Also maybe mention effective date of vaccination etc but that's not schedule. Could include "Work Setting" as schedule? Not exactly but we can include schedule if present: they gave "Work Setting: in-person (onsite)". That's schedule/location.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include EEO boilerplate etc. Remove that.
Also remove duplicated lines: maybe some repeated sentences.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include all details from company description, responsibilities, qualifications, skills, benefits, pay, schedule.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep specifics like bullet points.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
Thus for each section we will have
heading then either
prose or
- list.
We need to decide which content is prose vs list.
Company description: multiple sentences; we can put in
.
Responsibilities: Essential Functions list includes bullet-like paragraphs each starting with a bold heading? Actually the text: "Essential Functions Business Process Discovery and Management Advocate for the value ..." It's a paragraph with multiple sentences each describing a duty. Could treat as list items: each duty separated by line breaks? In original they are separated by spaces but each starts with a capitalized phrase. We can split into list items: "Advocate for the value of various business processes and encourage their use.", "Lead requirements gathering (including interviewing users, analyzing work processes and operations, establishing solution objectives, and evaluating systems functionality) to uncover insights about various business processes and opportunities to improve existing services and explore new ones.", etc. We'll need to extract each duty.
Similarly Relationship Management list.
Qualifications: list of education, experience, tools, etc. Could be list.
Skills: list of competencies.
Benefits: list of perks.
Pay: just a sentence.
Schedule: maybe a sentence.
We must not include application instructions like "Important: To apply, candidates must provide a cover letter and a resume." Remove that.
Also remove "Effective May 22, 2023, vaccinations are no longer required..." maybe not needed but it's substantive? It's about vaccination policy; could be considered part of job details but maybe not required. The instruction: remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Vaccination info is not exactly that but could be considered health requirement. Might keep? But it's not about pay/schedule/benefits. Could be considered part of "Work Setting" or "Requirements"? Might be considered a condition of employment. However they said preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep it unless it's boilerplate. It's not boilerplate; it's a specific policy. So we could include it under a section like "Additional Requirements" but we only have predefined headings. Could add under "Requirements" as a note. But we must not create new headings beyond the list? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., implying those are examples but we should prefer those headings. It didn't forbid other headings, but says "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect us to use those headings only. So we should map content to those headings.
Thus we can put vaccination info under "Requirements" or "Qualifications". Probably under "Requirements" as a condition.
Now we need to strip duplicated lines: there may be duplicate sentences like "The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency..." appears only once.
Now produce HTML.
Let's extract content.
Company description (About the role? maybe "About the organization"): We'll use About the role
and put description.
Paragraph: "A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of passion and grit, there are countless reasons to love living and working here. With a workforce of over 30,000 people, and more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia offers boundless opportunities to make an impact. As an employer, the City of Philadelphia values inclusion, integrity, innovation, empowerment, and hard work above all else. We offer a vibrant work environment, comprehensive health care and benefits, and the experience you need to grow and excel. If you’re interested in working with a passionate team of people who care about the future of Philadelphia, start here."
Then maybe also include OIT description: "The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia - increasing the effectiveness of the information technology infrastructure, where the services provided are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City of Philadelphia’s businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT responsibilities include: identifying the most effective approach for implementing new information technology directions throughout city government; improving the value of the city’s technology assets and the return on the city’s technology investments; ensuring data security continuity; planning for continuing operations in the event of disruption of information technology or communications services; and supporting accountable, efficient and effective government across every city department, board, commission and agency."
We could combine into same section.
Now Responsibilities: Essential Functions.
Let's list duties:
From text:
"Business Process Discovery and Management
Advocate for the value of various business processes and encourage their use.
Lead requirements gathering (including interviewing users, analyzing work processes and operations, establishing solution objectives, and evaluating systems functionality) to uncover insights about various business processes and opportunities to improve existing services and explore new ones.
Work closely with development and support teams during business process related projects, including writing use cases and assisting in prioritization of features and functionality for systems.
Contribute to the planning for new or enhanced IT services or service bundles based on partner input and knowledge of OIT policies and standards.
Research, investigate, and promote the use of existing and emerging technologies to support or enhance IT operations and/or work.
Perform initial testing of enhancements and provide feedback to developers as needed.
Coordinate with subject matter experts on second level testing.
Keen ability to determine when to apply Project Management principles.
Contribute to Project and Portfolio Management.
Ask smart questions, take risks, and champion new ideas."
Then Relationship Management:
"Build and maintain collaborative and consultative relationships with customers and central OIT areas related to specific business processes being managed and serve as primary point of contact for IT coordination of services, communication, and planning around those business processes.
Gain an in-depth understanding of OIT’s processes and requirements.
Conduct regular reviews, priority-setting, and planning sessions with customers and other stakeholders.
Serve as an advocate for those priorities, plans, and other technology needs within customer departments and OIT.
Monitor, evaluate, and regularly report to Enterprise & Governance PMO leadership on business process-related IT projects, services, and support; the delivery of services according to service level agreements; and levels of client satisfaction."
We'll make each bullet a
- .
Now Qualifications: list:
- Completion of a bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college or university, which has included major course work in Computer Science or Information Systems OR An equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum seven (7) years’ work experience, preferably within IT, and five (5) years business analysis experience
- Extensive experience with relevant tools such as MS Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Visio.
- Experience in leading or managing projects is a plus.
- Experience implementing Organizational Change Management is a plus.
- Experience working in a large governmental environment preferred.
- Must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire (from later)
- Vaccination requirement: Effective May 22, 2023, vaccinations are no longer required for new employees that work in non-medical, non-emergency or patient facing positions with the City of Philadelphia. As a result, only employees in positions providing services that are patient-facing medical care (ex: Nurses, doctors, emergency medical personnel), must be fully vaccinated.
We could include those as list items.
Now Skills (Competencies, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities):
List:
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically about the application of technology to solve business problems and develop user/business-driven technology strategies and plans.
- Ability to work with end users to understand and analyze business processes, define requirements, and assess technologies to determine fit for client needs; and with technical staff to translate those requirements into appropriate technical specifications.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts and information to non-technical audiences in a compelling and empowering way.
- Deep commitment to developing and delivering modern, user-centered, and value-producing technology products, systems, and services in a collaborative way.
- Ability to build effective relationships and strong commitment to working collegially and collaboratively with constituents at all levels in a diverse and distributed environment.
Now Benefits: list from "Discover the Perks of Being a City of Philadelphia Employee:":
- Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
- Wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
- Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
- Generous retirement savings options are available
- Pay off your student loans faster - As a qualifying employer, City of Philadelphia employees are eligible to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Join the ranks of hundreds of employees who have already benefited from this program and achieved student loan forgiveness.
- Enjoy a Free Commute on SEPTA - Starting September 1, 2023, eligible City employees will no longer have to worry about paying for SEPTA public transportation. Whether you're a full-time, part-time, or provisional employee, you can seize the opportunity to sign up for the SEPTA Key Advantage Program and receive free Key cards for free rides on SEPTA buses, trains, trolleys, and regional rails.
- Unlock Tuition Discounts and Scholars
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Thus for each section we will have
heading then either
prose or
- list.
We need to decide which content is prose vs list.
Company description: multiple sentences; we can put in
. Responsibilities: Essential Functions list includes bullet-like paragraphs each starting with a bold heading? Actually the text: "Essential Functions Business Process Discovery and Management Advocate for the value ..." It's a paragraph with multiple sentences each describing a duty. Could treat as list items: each duty separated by line breaks? In original they are separated by spaces but each starts with a capitalized phrase. We can split into list items: "Advocate for the value of various business processes and encourage their use.", "Lead requirements gathering (including interviewing users, analyzing work processes and operations, establishing solution objectives, and evaluating systems functionality) to uncover insights about various business processes and opportunities to improve existing services and explore new ones.", etc. We'll need to extract each duty. Similarly Relationship Management list. Qualifications: list of education, experience, tools, etc. Could be list. Skills: list of competencies. Benefits: list of perks. Pay: just a sentence. Schedule: maybe a sentence. We must not include application instructions like "Important: To apply, candidates must provide a cover letter and a resume." Remove that. Also remove "Effective May 22, 2023, vaccinations are no longer required..." maybe not needed but it's substantive? It's about vaccination policy; could be considered part of job details but maybe not required. The instruction: remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Vaccination info is not exactly that but could be considered health requirement. Might keep? But it's not about pay/schedule/benefits. Could be considered part of "Work Setting" or "Requirements"? Might be considered a condition of employment. However they said preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep it unless it's boilerplate. It's not boilerplate; it's a specific policy. So we could include it under a section like "Additional Requirements" but we only have predefined headings. Could add under "Requirements" as a note. But we must not create new headings beyond the list? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., implying those are examples but we should prefer those headings. It didn't forbid other headings, but says "use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect us to use those headings only. So we should map content to those headings. Thus we can put vaccination info under "Requirements" or "Qualifications". Probably under "Requirements" as a condition. Now we need to strip duplicated lines: there may be duplicate sentences like "The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency..." appears only once. Now produce HTML. Let's extract content. Company description (About the role? maybe "About the organization"): We'll use
About the role
and put description. Paragraph: "A best-in-class city that attracts best-in-class talent, Philadelphia is an incredible place to build a career. From our thriving arts scene and rich history to our culture of passion and grit, there are countless reasons to love living and working here. With a workforce of over 30,000 people, and more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia offers boundless opportunities to make an impact. As an employer, the City of Philadelphia values inclusion, integrity, innovation, empowerment, and hard work above all else. We offer a vibrant work environment, comprehensive health care and benefits, and the experience you need to grow and excel. If you’re interested in working with a passionate team of people who care about the future of Philadelphia, start here." Then maybe also include OIT description: "The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia - increasing the effectiveness of the information technology infrastructure, where the services provided are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City of Philadelphia’s businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT responsibilities include: identifying the most effective approach for implementing new information technology directions throughout city government; improving the value of the city’s technology assets and the return on the city’s technology investments; ensuring data security continuity; planning for continuing operations in the event of disruption of information technology or communications services; and supporting accountable, efficient and effective government across every city department, board, commission and agency." We could combine into same section. Now Responsibilities: Essential Functions. Let's list duties: From text: "Business Process Discovery and Management Advocate for the value of various business processes and encourage their use. Lead requirements gathering (including interviewing users, analyzing work processes and operations, establishing solution objectives, and evaluating systems functionality) to uncover insights about various business processes and opportunities to improve existing services and explore new ones. Work closely with development and support teams during business process related projects, including writing use cases and assisting in prioritization of features and functionality for systems. Contribute to the planning for new or enhanced IT services or service bundles based on partner input and knowledge of OIT policies and standards. Research, investigate, and promote the use of existing and emerging technologies to support or enhance IT operations and/or work. Perform initial testing of enhancements and provide feedback to developers as needed. Coordinate with subject matter experts on second level testing. Keen ability to determine when to apply Project Management principles. Contribute to Project and Portfolio Management. Ask smart questions, take risks, and champion new ideas." Then Relationship Management: "Build and maintain collaborative and consultative relationships with customers and central OIT areas related to specific business processes being managed and serve as primary point of contact for IT coordination of services, communication, and planning around those business processes. Gain an in-depth understanding of OIT’s processes and requirements. Conduct regular reviews, priority-setting, and planning sessions with customers and other stakeholders. Serve as an advocate for those priorities, plans, and other technology needs within customer departments and OIT. Monitor, evaluate, and regularly report to Enterprise & Governance PMO leadership on business process-related IT projects, services, and support; the delivery of services according to service level agreements; and levels of client satisfaction." We'll make each bullet a - . Now Qualifications: list: - Completion of a bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college or university, which has included major course work in Computer Science or Information Systems OR An equivalent combination of education and experience - Minimum seven (7) years’ work experience, preferably within IT, and five (5) years business analysis experience - Extensive experience with relevant tools such as MS Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Visio. - Experience in leading or managing projects is a plus. - Experience implementing Organizational Change Management is a plus. - Experience working in a large governmental environment preferred. - Must be a city of Philadelphia resident within six months of hire (from later) - Vaccination requirement: Effective May 22, 2023, vaccinations are no longer required for new employees that work in non-medical, non-emergency or patient facing positions with the City of Philadelphia. As a result, only employees in positions providing services that are patient-facing medical care (ex: Nurses, doctors, emergency medical personnel), must be fully vaccinated. We could include those as list items. Now Skills (Competencies, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities): List: - Demonstrated ability to think strategically about the application of technology to solve business problems and develop user/business-driven technology strategies and plans. - Ability to work with end users to understand and analyze business processes, define requirements, and assess technologies to determine fit for client needs; and with technical staff to translate those requirements into appropriate technical specifications. - Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts and information to non-technical audiences in a compelling and empowering way. - Deep commitment to developing and delivering modern, user-centered, and value-producing technology products, systems, and services in a collaborative way. - Ability to build effective relationships and strong commitment to working collegially and collaboratively with constituents at all levels in a diverse and distributed environment. Now Benefits: list from "Discover the Perks of Being a City of Philadelphia Employee:": - Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents - Wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan - Employees receive paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays - Generous retirement savings options are available - Pay off your student loans faster - As a qualifying employer, City of Philadelphia employees are eligible to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Join the ranks of hundreds of employees who have already benefited from this program and achieved student loan forgiveness. - Enjoy a Free Commute on SEPTA - Starting September 1, 2023, eligible City employees will no longer have to worry about paying for SEPTA public transportation. Whether you're a full-time, part-time, or provisional employee, you can seize the opportunity to sign up for the SEPTA Key Advantage Program and receive free Key cards for free rides on SEPTA buses, trains, trolleys, and regional rails. - Unlock Tuition Discounts and Scholars
- list.
We need to decide which content is prose vs list.
Company description: multiple sentences; we can put in