Analyst (Planning and Evaluation)

The full-time starting salary is normally £38,050.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £44,131.00 per annum. Grade: F Fixed Term, 12 Month Maternity Cover

Birmingham City University is a large and diverse learning community with over 30,000 students from around 100 countries. We are passionate about providing our learners with a transformational journey, enabled by an exceptional supportive academic community, state-of-the-art facilities and focus on practical skills and professional relevance to support their future employability. We are also committed to world-class research, to advance knowledge and practice, to address real-world problems and fuel innovations outside of the university.

We are looking for an individual with demonstrable knowledge and skills in project management and experience of strategy and/or policy implementation within a Higher Education Institution or similar type of multifaceted organisation. Working within the Birmingham City University’s Planning and Performance Department we are seeking an individual who has the skills to work across several disciplines and can support the implementation of 2030 Strategy; articulate and understand key performance indicators; develop systems and processes for monitoring compliance; produce monitoring and strategic insight reports for Senior Management. The individual will be providing support to the Planning and Performance Director and working across all faculties and professional service departments engaged in delivery of BCU’s 2030 Strategy. The role will require good working relationships with a wide range of departments and roles.

You will be educated to degree level, and have relevant experience of stakeholder relationships. You will be skilled in report writing with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to a range of audiences. You will have proven experience in providing project support for complex policy and/or strategy initiatives. You will also have strong analytical skills, with experience in assimilating complex and detailed information from a variety of sources to provide clear and concise summaries, reports and actions. A Project Management Qualification such as PRINCE 2, and experience of stakeholder and risk management in the Higher Education sector is desirable.

We offer a generous pension and annual leave provision (40 days including statutory holidays), family-friendly policies and state-of-the-art campus facilities. We also operate a hybrid working model that allows staff to combine on-site and remote working where appropriate, dependent on work duties

Birmingham City University is deeply committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity at all levels in the organisation, and to addressing underrepresentation in our workforce to ensure we are truly representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds and communities for this role, and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic applicants. The University is proudly Disability Confident. This means amongst other things that we commit to offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria for each role.

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.