Finance, Planning & Analytics

Location:  Highfield Campus
Salary:   £31,406 to £38,587 per annum
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:  Thursday 23 September 2021
Interview Date:   To be confirmed
Reference:  1481821RR

The Data Analytics & Insight (DAI) team at Southampton is looking for a highly numerate, motivated, curious, problem-solving individual to join us. The team is situated within the Strategy, Planning and Institutional Research division, and delivers insight and analysis to support key decision-making processes, strategic planning and performance monitoring.  This role is in a unique position to impact on decisions taken by the University through providing answers to business questions.

The DAI team covers analysis and insight about the pre-application, application, entrant and enrolled stages in the student life cycle, wider market trends and policy developments and a range of internal and external performance indicators. Key strategic areas include Recruitment, Education, Widening Participation and International.  Each team member has a range of responsibilities across the areas covered by the DAI team, but leads in a specific area, developing in-depth knowledge and relationships with key stakeholders. 

The post holder will be confident in extracting, transforming and visualising data from a variety of data sources, using a range of business intelligence tools to create reports, dashboards and forecasting tools. They will also be able to communicate the insights from their analysis to a variety of stakeholders. They will work collaboratively with other analysts in the DAI team and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders in the rest of the University.

The post is expected to be full time, but 0.8 FTE may be considered for the right candidate(s). This post is offered on a permanent basis.

For further information contact Marty Cronje, Head of Data Analytics & Insight (email m.cronje@soton.ac.uk).

Application Procedure 

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Hannah Nash (HR Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 4043 or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk  Please quote reference 1481821RR on all correspondence.