bi analyst Frenchay, England
University of the West of England
Full Time
Frenchay, England
36453 - 29020 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Salary
F grade salary scales: £32,411-£36,333
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Region
Permanent - Full time
Job Type
Administrative
Job reference
R06230
About the vacancy: Planning and Business Intelligence (P&BI) is a professional service working at the very heart of UWE Bristol. We are based in the Vice Chancellor’s Office on Frenchay Campus but work closely with colleges and many other professional services offering a hub for reporting, analytics and a range of business planning activities.
Summarising the responsibilities of this team in one sentence (or even a short paragraph) is challenging because we have lots of unique roles. P&BI provides a reporting, analysis and insight service covering all aspects of the student journey. We manage, and contribute to, strategic and operational planning processes such as the college planning cycle, student number planning and academic workload management. P&BI also completes some (but not all) mandatory student numbers submissions on behalf of the university.
P&BI is relatively young – formed in 2008 – but has grown quickly during a period when universities have invested in planning and analysis to ensure viability and success in the modern, competitive higher education (HE) environment. Our reputation is founded on an ability to understand and relate to UWE’s colleges and professional services. We are fair, impartial and honest in our approach to delivering these activities. Our people are critical. Technical skills and business experience can be acquired, but P&BI team members must be able to communicate, empathise and think creatively to be truly effective in their roles.
Strategic and operational planning activities are based in Planning while reporting and analytics tend to live in Business Intelligence. This is pretty fluid and we try to mix things up whenever possible. Projects frequently overlap these boundaries so we can only be effective if we are structurally agile.
About you:
P&BI are looking to recruit a Planning and Business Intelligence Partner to provide specialist knowledge, analysis, guidance and administrative support for operational planning activities (including all inputs, outputs and reporting relating to academic workload modelling, module forecasting, student number planning) and performance analysis to UWE’s colleges and schools.
Successful candidates will have good organisational skills and administrative experience. They will possess a strong IT skillset (Outlook, Excel, Word) and will be able to demonstrate experience of working with complex database systems. They will have excellent communication skills and be a team player capable of building positive working relationships with a variety of colleagues and stakeholders.
Knowledge and experience gained within the higher education sector is very useful, but we would be delighted to hear from applicants from other organisations and industries.
P&BI welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. It’s important for this team to reflect the diversity of students, staff and the wider community to which we are ultimately accountable. All applications are welcome, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, age, marital status or sexuality.
It’s difficult to describe all aspects of team culture and a job role in one document so we strongly encourage prospective applicants to get in touch for an informal chat. These conversations will not have any bearing on subsequent recruitment decisions but we can hopefully fill in some of the blanks, share some insight and bring to life what it’s like to work for P&BI and UWE Bristol.
We aim to design a recruitment process which is fair, informal (as far as possible!) and honestly explores the skills and characteristics required to succeed in P&BI. Our recruitment process is dynamic and interactive. It’s just as important for you to choose us as it is for us to choose you.
Please contact Laura Winchester, Head of Planning, to discuss any aspect of this role or the university as a whole. Given the current hybrid working environment it’s probably best to contact by email ([email protected]) in the first instance. You are more than welcome to have conversations with other team members to gather different perspectives and contact details will be willingly shared.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed, while we continue to develop incredible new facilities to enhance our offer even further.
The campus has excellent transport links; we are within walking distance of two train stations, our bus terminus connects us to the local bus and metrobus network and we also have a range of cycling and changing facilities.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 32,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 4,000 staff from across the globe. We are both globally connected and regionally embedded, with a strong network of employer and partner connections.
We have a lot to be proud of at UWE, our achievements include scoring above sector average for student satisfaction, we are ranked 24th in The Guardian Best UK Universities 2023 and 39th in the latest Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'.
We are an ambitious and values led university. We're focused on solving future global challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise and we are looking for people who share our core values to help us achieve those aims.
With inclusivity as a core value, UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community. We support and celebrate the diversity of our staff and students as a key driver for innovation and success, promoting pathways and achievements to inspire and generate confidence and ambition.
In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:
- a generous holiday allowance of 27 days
- up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
- hybrid working
- career average pension schemes available for all staff groups
- access to employee assistance programme
- 1st month free to our Centre for Sport facilities for all new starters
- family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
- onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus
- option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
- access to a wide variety of in-house training courses and development programmes
Proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always on the lookout for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing staff community of over 4,000 individuals and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive. Add your individuality to ours to help set us apart.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic candidates as we are currently under-represented in these areas within UWE Bristol however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
Further information
This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week. This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is important for our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. The team currently works on a hybrid model of being in the office on Frenchay Campus two days a week, and working remotely the remaining days.
The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
