Project Capability Workstream Lead - Internal Only

Edge Hill University; Ormskirk; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Sport facilities discount

Staff benefits

Employee assistance programme

Development programmes

On-campus work environment

LGPS enrolment

Job summary

Edge Hill University is seeking a Project Capability Workstream Lead to drive one defined capability within the Student Record Systems implementation. You will set direction, prioritise work, and lead across design, data readiness, testing and training, coordinating colleagues and managing dependencies.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to translate strategic requirements into practical solutions, own risk management and provide assurance on progress and readiness for go-live.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex projects or systems implementations in a structured environment.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end responsibility for one defined capability within the Student Record Systems programme.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary colleagues and supervise Junior Business Analysts.
• Lead delivery across design, process transformation, data readiness, testing and training.

Skills

Project planning

Risk management

Dependency management

Facilitation

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

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

About the Role

As Project Capability Workstream Lead, you will take end‑to‑end responsibility for one defined capability within the University’s Student Record Systems implementation programme. You will set direction, determine priorities and lead delivery across system design, process transformation, data readiness, testing, training and organisational adoption. Working as part of the Programme Leadership Team, you will coordinate multi-disciplinary colleagues, supervise Junior Business Analysts and manage complex dependencies across functional and enabling workstreams.

You will work closely with senior academic and professional services leaders, translating strategic, operational and regulatory requirements into practical solutions. You will lead high‑impact discussions, resolve competing priorities, own workstream risks and provide clear assurance on progress, quality and readiness. The role also gives you delegated authority to make workstream‑level decisions and recommend readiness for go‑live, escalating only matters with wider programme, financial or regulatory implications.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape how the University operates after implementation, helping colleagues prepare for change and embedding sustainable, accessible and effective ways of working.

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

Please note this role is currently only open to Edge Hill University Staff Members within a substantive post.

As Project Capability Workstream Lead, you will bring experience of delivering complex projects or systems implementations in a structured environment, together with a strong understanding of project planning, risk, issues and dependencies. You will be confident leading process change or operational redesign, making evidence‑based decisions and maintaining accurate, auditable project documentation.

You will be highly organised, analytical and attentive to detail, with excellent communication and facilitation skills. You can build productive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, influence without relying on formal authority and turn complex information into practical solutions. A degree, or equivalent relevant professional training or experience, is essential. Project management, business analysis or change qualifications, experience of higher education, and knowledge of system implementation activities would be advantageous.

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

• 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

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.