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Data Analyst

The University of Edinburgh
Midlothian
2 weeks ago
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Grade UE07: £41,064- £48,822 per annum.

CSG / Strategic Change Service


Full-time: 35 hours per week


Open-ended (permanent) 

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Data Analyst to join the Strategic Change Service within the Corporate Services Group. The successful candidate will be joining us at a critical time in our development and at the start of a new portfolio of strategic change. We are seeking someone who is experienced in engaging with stakeholders at all levels an organisation and is able to identify the right people in a complex environment to progress required action. We need you to have the experience to ensure projects deliver quality but also to help us shape and continually improve how our team works.

As a Data Analyst you will be aligned to support Project deliverables that have a specific focus on both master and auxiliary data. The Data Analyst will be essential in ensuring that the data challenges are understood, solutions are defined and delivered. You will also ensure that stakeholder expectations regarding data analysis activities are understood and managed. The successful candidate will bring excellent experience in complex data analysis in direct support of options appraisal and outcome forecasting. We need you to be good at sourcing and modelling data to support timely and informed decision making and meet reporting needs. You will be both a project team member and required to own and progress your assigned project deliverables independently with a focus on truly understand the business outcomes that we are trying to achieve.

The data analysis capability is new to the Strategic Change Service, so this role will be key in developing our ways of working within our team. Along with our Senior Data Analyst you will support the development of standards for how we perform data analysis going forward.

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 role holder will line managed by the Head of Business Analysis and will play a significant part in the delivery of a high-quality Analysis services to the Strategic Change Service Team and our broader University network of stakeholders who support the delivery of portfolio. 

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

This post is full-time (35 hours per week). This role is hybrid but it is expected that this role requires 2 – 3 days per week in varying offices across our campus.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

Significant experience of business analysis using a range of tools and techniques Experience of coordinating and delivering complex process redesign initiatives Experience of coaching and coordinating teams of Business Analysts Excellent relationship building and engagement with a wide variety of stakeholders  Experience with Project software (e.g., MS Visio, Miro, JIRA) Strong verbal and written communication skills Detail-oriented but with a strategic mindset Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

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