Business Analyst

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended (permanent)

2 vacancies

Business Analyst - University of Edinburgh Careers

We are an expert team of professionals advising, coordinating, supporting and co-producing strategic initiatives and improvements in partnership with our colleges and services, and their constituent schools and departments. We are driven by a commitment to deliver positive outcomes that benefit those who work, study and partner with the University.

The service operates under a matrix management model with members of the service aligned to a capability team for their professional standards, development and line management, and deployed onto a strategic change programme/project for their strategic and operational delivery.

The role holder will line managed by the Head of Business Analysis and will contribute both to the development and continuous improvement of the capability and to the operational management of programmes/projects.

You can access information on our current portfolio  on our Strategic Initiatives webpage.

We are recruiting for both 2 open ended (permanent) roles and 4 fixed term roles. The job identification number for the fixed term roles is 12286. Shortlisting and interviews will be combined across all roles, and we invite candidates to apply for both.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. Colleagues are expected to be in the office for at least 2 days per week with on-campus days aligned to service and delivery requirements.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Proven ability to deliver business analysis activity aligned to the capability framework, approved project plans and deliverables, ensuring outputs are to the required standard and quality.
• Proven ability to support the development of the required analysis approach and activity within a strategic programme in alignment with: approved frameworks and tools, each of its lifecycle stages.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision accurately and consistently to high standards.
• Able to work effectively in a team and in partnership with stakeholders and develop positive working relationships.