Business Intelligence Developer (Microsoft Fabric / Power BI)

Arden University; Coventry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top

Aviva pension plan

BUPA Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

Perkbox benefits

Study Arden courses for free

Golden Ticket

Job summary

Arden University seeks a Business Intelligence Developer to build reliable, user-centred analytics using Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. Focused on people analytics, you will transform workforce data into clear insights to support evidence-based decisions across the university.

You will contribute to Arden’s analytics platform, ensuring scalable data models, reporting layers, and intuitive visualisations. Collaboration with stakeholders is essential to translate needs into effective data products

Qualifications

• Solid BI development background with data modelling and reporting experience.
• Confidence with Fabric for data engineering, modelling and reporting.
• Experience designing semantic data models and dashboards.
• Experience with cloud data lakes and analytics readiness.
• Strong storytelling of data to leaders and stakeholders.
• Ability to translate HR/workforce data into insights.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Skills

BI development

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Data lake

People analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Data storytelling

Data literacy mindset

Continuous improvement

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Job description

Salary: £50,000 - £58,000 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: HRIS Manager

Department: People Team (Human Resources)

About Arden University:

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department:

Our People Team play a pivotal role in delivering Arden University’s people strategy, supporting colleagues across the full employee lifecycle. The team provides expert services across recruitment and onboarding, employee relations, learning and development, wellbeing, workforce planning and organisational change, helping to create a positive, inclusive and high-performing workplace culture.

About the Opportunity:

As a Business Intelligence Developer at Arden University, you will use your expertise in Microsoft Fabric and Power BI to create reliable, user‑centred analytics that improve student outcomes, enhance staff experience, and strengthen operational performance. Focusing on people analytics, you will turn complex workforce and colleague data into clear, accessible insights that support evidence‑based decision‑making across the university.

Working within the People Team, you will help develop Arden’s modern analytics platform in Microsoft Fabric, ensuring our data models, reporting layers, and visualisations are scalable, trusted, and easy to use. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into meaningful data products that tell compelling stories. You will also play an important role in building data literacy, enabling colleagues to confidently use insight in their everyday work.

This role offers the opportunity to shape Arden’s evolving BI ecosystem, contributing to a culture where insight is accessible, reliable, and embedded in decision‑making at every level.

About You:

You will be an analytical, collaborative BI professional with strong technical skills and a passion for transforming people data into meaningful insight. You will combine technical expertise with excellent communication skills, and enjoy building solutions that colleagues trust and find easy to use.

• Business intelligence experience — You will have a solid background in BI development, with hands‑on experience designing data models, building reports, and delivering insight in a complex organisation.

• Microsoft Fabric proficiency — You will be confident working with Fabric’s data engineering, modelling, and reporting capabilities, or you are eager to deepen your expertise in this modern analytics platform.

• Data lake experience — You will have hands‑on experience working with cloud‑based data lakes, understanding how to structure, query, and optimise large datasets for analytics and reporting.

• Power BI expertise — You can create clear, intuitive dashboards and reports, and you understand how to design semantic models that scale.

• People analytics interest — You enjoy working with HR, workforce, and colleague‑experience data, and you understand the importance of accuracy, sensitivity, and clarity in this domain.

• Stakeholder engagement — You are comfortable working with non‑technical colleagues, translating their needs into data products that genuinely support decision‑making.

• Data storytelling — You can turn complex datasets into meaningful narratives that help leaders understand trends and take action.

• Data literacy mindset — You will be passionate about helping others use data confidently, and you enjoy supporting colleagues to build their analytical capability.

• Continuous improvement — You will thrive in a modern, evolving BI environment and are motivated by the opportunity to shape a user‑centred analytics ecosystem.

Why Arden:

At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!

• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%

• BUPA Cash Plan

• Private Medical Insurance

• Access to Perkbox benefits

• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends

• Plus, other excellent benefits

• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
  

Our Values:

Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness,reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.

Closing Date:Friday 21st August

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.

If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to the guidance here.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.

Sponsorship statement:

Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa, or fulfil the criteria we have for providing sponsorship. However we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.