Senior Business Intelligence Developer

Department Planning and Performance Department Location Birmingham, England Salary £44,131 to £51,182per annum Permanent Post Type Full Time Release Date 10 December 2025 Closing Date 23.59 hours GMT on Friday 16 January 2026 Reference F125010

The full-time starting salary is normally £44,131 per annum, with progression available in post to £51,182 per annum.

Grade: G

Full-time

Permanent

Join us as a senior business intelligence developer and help shape the future of data-driven decision making at our University. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing and delivering high-quality data solutions that inform strategy, support performance monitoring, and shape the future of performance reporting in the University.

We have an exciting opening for a senior business intelligence developer within the central Planning and Performance Department. The department is a small, expert department delivering business insights, forecasting, HE policy research and business intelligence to the University Executive Team, as well as to all academic areas of the University. We inform decision making and help the University thrive in the strongly data-driven policy environment of English Higher Education.

Our remit includes policy research and impact assessment, regulatory compliance work, student data reporting and insight, planning and forecasting, statutory reporting, performance monitoring, trend analysis, survey analysis, and academic workload allocation.

The role will report to the Head of Performance and Intelligence who leads a small team within the department that have the responsibility to help design and deliver BI solutions. We manage the sourcing, development, creation and maintenance of data assets and client facing data solutions. These revolve around student data, forming part of a suite of data models that drive performance reporting and data investigations.

We deliver these both in support and to service data to our departmental team of analysts and the wider organisation. The role will serve as a technical hands‑on expert and be instrumental in optimising the value of data collected. The role will play a leading part in guiding BI best practices and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to support strategic business objectives.

• Help build and optimise data models and semantic layers for reporting and analytics.
• Help lead on the design and delivery of advanced intelligence reports
• Support the design, development, optimisation and maintenance of high-quality dashboards, reports, and data visualisations.
• Help develop a governance across the data assets and BI products
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to deliver insights and recommendations.
• Mentor/support developers/analysts in the team, troubleshoot issues and contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting systems and processes.

• 5+ years of experience in business intelligence, data modelling or data analysis roles
• Strong SQL skills, including query tuning and data modelling expertise.
• Knowledge of BI tools
• Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts (star/snowflake schemas).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with non‑technical stakeholders.
• An understanding of and experience of working with HE student data is desirable but not essential

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.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and to an environment that supports lawful free speech and academic freedom. We will continuously review and improve our policies, practices, and procedures to ensure that we are promoting these in all aspects of our operations. We believe that by working together, combining our many different backgrounds and life experiences, we will empower each other to reach our…