We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.

 About the Role

This is an exciting time to join Edge Hill University with the launch a new strategy.  This post will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the strategy, shaping the future and driving the change. This position sits within the newly formed Business Transformation function, and will focus on shaping, planning and delivering strategic change and transformation throughout the institution.   

You will be responsible for supporting a university-wide, business optimisation programme.  Working closely with senior leaders, the role will help to identify and deliver business and process optimisation opportunities, to increase business efficiency.  You will use your highly effective analysis skills, innovative thinking and best practice to help to pin-point opportunities and design solutions, to deliver our services effectively.  You will consider how digital enablers can be deployed to best effect to remove fragmentation and duplication of effort, helping to increase business resilience and ensure our staff can focus on delivering the services that provide the most value to students and colleagues.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Leading analysis of existing processes and designing future state workflows and solutions that reduce duplication, waste and fragmentation.
• Scoping and capturing detailed business and user requirements, supporting the development of business cases, options appraisals, SLAs, and target operating models.
• Providing constructive challenge to uncover issues, test assumptions and ensure decisions are grounded in evidence.

This is an opportunity for the postholder to make a real and tangible impact within the institution.

While we welcome external interest, internal applications will be prioritised.

As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to redeployment, please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any stage of the recruitment process if a suitable redeployee is identified.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Rachael Pimbley, Associate Director of Business Transformation at pimbleyr@edgehill.ac.uk

About You

As Business Analyst, you will have:

• Highly effective communication skills with the ability to influence, negotiate and build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Experience of contributing to large scale transformation or optimisation programmes within complex organisations (ideally in a higher education setting).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and capability to interpret management information to support decision making.
• An innovative and solution focused approach, with a commitment to continuous improvement and learning.
• Confidence working with ambiguity, managing competing priorities and making sound judgements.

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & Benefits

• A minimum of 38 days annual leave per annum, (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
• Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources
• A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%

About Us

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before. 

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world. 

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education