Business Analyst job with University of Edinburgh | 13055774

Job Description

UE07: £40,247 to £47,874 Per Annum

USG / Registry Services / Student Systems Partnership

Fixed Term for 3.5 years

Full time - 35 Hours per Week

The Opportunity:

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our Student Systems Partnership in the Registry Services department at the University of Edinburgh.

The Student Systems Partnership is a multi-disciplined team that delivers business change projects and the system changes to support these. These projects help improve the way the University administers and supports the student lifecycle with the objective of delivering effective and efficient processes alongside systems developments to support change.

Our team strives to deliver real value to our users across the University by working collaboratively with that community and by putting students and staff at the centre of all our work. We also try to improve our own ways of working using techniques and tools from Continuous Improvement (Lean), Agile and Design Thinking.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Significant, evidenced practical experience of business analysis
• Experience of business process re-design and implementation and approaches to managing change successfully
• Experience of Higher Education and student lifecycle
• Experience of, and a preference for, working in an Agile software project environment
• Ability to:
  • React quickly to changing demands
  • Work with minimum supervision accurately and consistently to high standards
  • Work collaboratively and effectively with software developers and business partners

What we offer:

• The opportunity to work in a forward-looking team that has an overriding ethic of respect for people
• Ample opportunities for self-development
• A vibrant city centre location and hybrid working - the Student Systems Partnership currently has a policy of hybrid working with mostly remote working and an expected 4 days on-site per month.

As a valued member of our team at the University of Edinburgh you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

The University is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all people, regardless of their race, sex, disability, age, religion, or sexual orientation.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

About Us

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About the Team

Student Systems provides institutional leadership and direction for the support and development of student & academic administrative systems in the context of the University strategy. We are responsible for working in partnership with users of our systems to manage and enhance the suite of student systems and the student record and for providing an outstanding level of service to our users: applicants, students, academic and administrative staff. We support the administration of the student journey and student record including registration, programme and personal changes and oversight of course and award results. Student Systems operates in partnership with Information Services and we aspire to make Student Systems a great place to work.