Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst (Fixed Term up to 12 months) Department Planning, Performance & Strategic Change Salary Starting from £48,337, rising to £57,666 Closing date Monday 23 November 2026 We are seeking experienced Business Analysis professionals to join the Strategic Projects Office within the PPSC. This role plays a critical part in shaping and delivering high-priority strategic programmes and projects that support the University's Strategy.

While providing strategic leadership, you will apply strong business analysis expertise to help the University make informed decisions, realise benefits, manage risk and deliver sustainable change.

The Role As part of the SPO Business Analysis team, you will work closely with stakeholders across the University to support the scoping, analysis, and delivery of portfolio programmes and projects. Your work will inform effective governance, effective allocation of resources, comprehensive risk management and robust benefits realisation. You will be instrumental in delivering business-critical projects, working collaboratively with operational colleagues, internal specialists and technical teams, as well as external suppliers.

You will use your expertise to guide the Project Team in comprehending business needs. You will build the development and implementation of solutions that deliver productivity improvements, operational efficiencies, and increased staff and student happiness. Your contribution will enable the University to make informed decisions, realise benefits, mitigate risk and deliver sustainable change. In this role, you will play a strategic leadership role and will:

- Engage directly with University Executive Board members who sponsor strategic projects, as well as senior project leads and Project Board members.

- Lead business analysis activity within complex strategic programmes, establishing clarity, shaping options and making evidence-based recommendations.

- Translate institutional strategy into practical, deliverable outcomes.

- Advise senior leaders on feasibility, impact, benefits and risk.

- Take responsibility for BA work planning and the quality of business analysis outputs across the programme.

- Mentor, support and advise less experienced Business Analysts within the PPSC to help build business analysis capability across the organisation.

- Support governance boards with high-quality analysis, insight and documentation. About You To succeed in this role, you will:

- Bring credibility, resilience and expertise to lead business analysis activity within complex strategic projects.

- Have extensive experience of business process mapping and analytical techniques.

- Be highly proficient at engaging with and influencing stakeholders, including at senior leadership level.

- Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted working relationships across senior and operational teams.

- Be motivated to coach and mentor others and help build organisational capability.

- Be part of a team driving ambitious, institution-wide change. At PPSC, we bring strategy, insight, planning and delivery together to build a high-performing, forward-looking organisation. We work collaboratively across the University to turn strategic ambitions into reality, guided by our principles of collaboration, clarity and capability. We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged.

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