Business Analyst Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
Grade - UE07 - £37,099 - £44,263
Department/School - Information Services Groups/Applications Directorate/Project Services
Contract Type - Open Ended, Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week
Business Analyst
Do you want a role that that provides great variety and opportunity to implement business and technical change? Read on…..
Project Services are a specialist team within Information Services who deliver IT and business change projects with partners across the University. Our diverse project portfolio supports research, teaching and professional services improving business efficiency, enhancing student experience, maintaining IT compliance and enabling digital transformation.
This post will be based in our Applications Directorate Portfolio and will involve working closely with our IT team, including software developers and applications infrastructure specialists, as well as business partners from across the University.
This permanent position offers a salary of £37,099 - £44,263 and has a hybrid-working pattern. The post holder is expected to work in our offices, in Edinburgh, at least one day per week.
Ideally, we would like the Business Analyst to work full-time (35 hrs per week). However, we are committed to offering flexibility so would be happy to consider part-time hours or other flexible working options.
This role involves:
Working as part of project teams to deliver IT and business change projects which enhance University services for its students, staff and other stakeholders
Working collaboratively with business partners and technology specialists to engage stakeholders, gather business requirements, model business processes and analyse data to ensure the effective use of IT systems and capabilities
Working with colleagues across the University to develop more efficient and effective and business processes which meet user needs
Running analysis workshops and presenting outcomes
Developing options appraisals and recommendations for inclusion in business cases
Working with technology specialists to map business requirements to technology capabilities and specify IT solutions
Leading and supporting business partners through the entire project lifecycle from requirements specification to user acceptance testing and implementation
This is a great opportunity to join our friendly and supportive team at a world-leading University. This is a varied and stimulating role and you can expect to be working on different projects simultaneously.
What can we offer you?
Exceptional variety of work and the ability to witness the benefits of your work for our students and staff
Competitive salary including a defined-benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution
A generous annual leave allowance of 40 days per year (including festive closure days)
Access to excellent training and CPD to help you develop your knowledge and skills
Varied staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and more.
A range of flexible working options to help you prioritise work/life balance
A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity.
Use our reward calculator to find out the total value of the pay and benefits for this role. Link to - https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/pay-reward/reward-calculator
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.
Our ideal candidate will have:
Effective knowledge and use of standard business analysis tools and techniques in traditional and agile project environments
Strong and demonstrable business analysis experience with a track record of successful delivery
A focus on people with excellent communication skills and an ability to successfully engage with business and IT stakeholders at all levels
Experience of business process re-design and successfully delivering business change
A willingness to innovate and seek new approaches to achieve positive outcomes for our business partners, end-users and other stakeholders
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As a valued member of our team 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.
Do you want to find out more or have any further questions before applying? If so, please contact Andrew Stewart, CSG and Applications Team Manager at [email protected]
Closing date for applications is Thursday 17th August
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held w/c Monday 28th August.
Ideally, Interviews will be held in-person, however we would consider a virtual interview in certain circumstances.
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
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
