Lead Business Analyst (FM12457)

Job title Lead Business Analyst

Department Strategic Projects Office

Salary Starting from £46,485, rising to £55,295

Grade Grade 8

Contract Type Full Time, Fixed Term

Placed on Tuesday 11 February 2025

Closing date Tuesday 25 February 2025

Interview date Tuesday 11 March 2025

Reference FM12457

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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Are you passionate about project management, and experienced in business analysis?

As the Lead Business Analyst within Planning, Performance and Strategic Change (PPSC), you'll be at the forefront of delivering the University's Strategy. You'll lead the PPSC's business analysis team, working on projects that improve our future direction by delivering on its strategic objectives.

You will work with a diverse range of senior colleagues on the scoping, composition and analysis of the portfolio of strategic projects. This information will support good governance, effective capital allocation and comprehensive risk management (across financial, operational, and reputational parameters) for the University. The aim is to deliver solutions through tangible programmes and projects, offer assurance and benefits realisation across time, cost and quality factors.

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This position is offered on a full-time basis, for a fixed term of 1 year with an expected end date of 2 June 2026. We would also consider applicants who are interested in working on a part-time basis.

The Planning, Performance and Strategic Change Department brings together strategy, planning, insights and delivery in an integrated way, optimising investments and resources, enabling the University to implement our strategy, driving impact and performance.

How we do this is just as important as what we do, and we work to three key principles; collaboration, clarity and capability.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact either Mark Donovan, Lead Business Analyst, at [email protected] or Laura Clapp, Deputy Director of PPSC, at [email protected].

Please ensure your application is submitted via our website.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

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