Planning and Data Analyst (Internal Applicants Only)

City St George's, University of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff training

Pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

City St George's, University of London is seeking a Planning and Data Analyst within the Strategic Planning and Performance directorate to support reporting on student management information. The role focuses on developing data dashboards and moving towards automation and self-service for internal audiences.

Candidates should be numerate, detail-oriented, and capable of delivering clear insights to stakeholders. The closing date is 01 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Candidates will be highly numerate with experience in data analysis.
• Ability to deliver high-quality reports communicating insights to stakeholders.
• Proactive, adaptable and eager to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support reporting of student management information for internal audiences.
• Assist design and development of data dashboards for City St George's students.
• Support the Student Data team with automation and self-service initiatives.

Skills

Data analysis

Numerate

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

SITS

Excel

Data dashboards

Job description

Please note: This vacancy is open to internal applicants only. Please use your @citystgeorges.ac.uk/@sgul.ac.uk email address when submitting an application. City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

The Strategic Planning and Performance (SPPU) directorate plays a critical role within the University to inform and facilitate the delivery of the Strategy and enable evidence-based decision-making. SPPU operates centrally in the University, reporting directly into the University's Deputy President (Operations) and working closely with the University Senior Leadership team.

The directorate's activities include strategy formation and deployment, academic and financial planning, business intelligence, student management information, statutory assurance, performance, benchmarking, and league tables analysis.

Responsibilities

The Planning and Data Analyst role within SPPU will support the reporting of student management information. Principally, this will be providing management information on City St. George's students for internal audiences through assisting the design and development of data dashboards. A key component of the role is to support the newly formed Student Data team with the move to automation and self-service.

Person Specification

Candidates will have some experience of student record systems (e.g. SITS), data analysis and of delivering high-quality reports that communicate clear insights to key stakeholders. Candidate will be highly numerate with experience of analysing a range of data, have excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills. Candidates should be proactive, contribute to department initiatives, be adaptable and eager to learn.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: 01 November 2026 at 11:59pm

The selection process will involve an interview and an MS Excel exercise. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

The University of business, practice and the professions