13322 - Senior Business Analyst

University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Edinburgh seeks a Senior Business Analyst to enhance IT and business processes. You'll lead stakeholder engagement and document business needs, ensuring high-quality outputs. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary, flexible working options, and generous annual leave allowances. Join a dynamic team in a supportive environment making a difference in student experiences and IT compliance.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Defined-benefit pension scheme

Volunteering leave

Online learning opportunities

Family-friendly initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in business analysis with a track record of leadership.
• Strong interpersonal skills for stakeholder management and coaching.
• Ability to produce high-quality documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement with business stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Elicit and analyze business needs and document specifications.
• Support and coach junior analysts to improve output quality.
• Define best practices for business analysis across teams.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation

Coaching

Requirements gathering

Job description

Grade UE08: £50,253 – £61,759 per annum, pro‑rata if part time.

Information Services Group / Project Services / Applications Directorate

Full‑time: 35 hours per week.

Open‑ended (permanent).

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established specialist team of dynamic and friendly project and programme delivery professionals supporting IT and business change at the University.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join Project Services, a part of the Information Services Group (ISG). Our diverse project portfolio supports research, teaching and professional services. Our projects improve business efficiency, enhance student experience, maintain IT compliance and enable digital transformation. The Senior Business Analyst will lead the analysis for more complex and critical projects, and support the work of our Business Analysts.

The role has a hybrid working pattern, involving working on campus one to two days a week and, when necessary, for in‑person meetings and activities. Working hours are ideally 35 hours per week, but we will consider flexible working requests. The role reports to one of our Team and Portfolio Managers.

What we can offer you:

• A competitive salary of £50,253 – £61,759
• An opportunity to work with an unusually wide range of business areas and types of IT and business change
• An opportunity to make a difference at one of the world’s top universities
• Generous annual leave allowance of 40 days per year (inclusive of festive closure days)
• Highly competitive defined‑benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution
• A range of flexible working options to help prioritise work/life balance
• A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity
• Access to excellent online learning, staff development opportunities and a Staff Scholarship fund
• Varied staff discounts, family‑friendly initiatives, support for staff wellbeing and more

What the job involves:

• Leading engagement with business stakeholders to understand processes, challenges, and requirements through methods such as interviews, workshops, and surveys.
• Leading the elicitation, analysis, and documentation of business needs.
• Translating business requirements into clear specifications for both technical and non‑technical teams.
• Producing high‑quality documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications, and supporting materials, to inform business cases and solution design.
• Developing effective, trusted relationships with partners within ISG and across the University.
• Supporting and coaching business analysts, including assuring outputs and providing constructive feedback to ensure consistent high‑quality results.
• Defining and exemplifying best practice business analysis approaches, standards, processes and procedures.