Senior Business Analyst (Fixed Term up to 12 months)

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free counselling services through HEA

Cycle to work scheme

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Staff discount at Team Bath gym

Staff discounts on postgraduate fees

Staff discount on language courses

Generous employer contributory pension

Generous annual leave + 5 days

Personal and professional development

Free entry to Holburne Museum

Local discounts

Family-friendly workplace

Relocation allowance

Visa reimbursement / Interest-freeloan

Job summary

The University of Bath is seeking a Senior Business Analyst on a fixed-term basis up to 12 months to join the Strategic Projects Office within the Planning, Performance & Strategic Change department. Starting salary from £48,337, rising to £57,666, with closing date 23 November 2026.

You will work with stakeholders across the university to scope, analyse and deliver high-priority programmes, ensuring governance, risk management and benefits realisation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business process mapping and analytical techniques.
• Proven ability to engage with and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience coaching and mentoring others to build organisational capability.
• Experience leading business analysis within complex strategic programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead BA activity within complex strategic programmes, shaping options with evidence-based recommendations.
• Translate strategy into practical deliverable outcomes and guide feasibility assessments.
• Advise senior leaders on impact, benefits and risk across the portfolio.
• Ensure high-quality BA outputs and contribute to governance documentation.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Process mapping

Risk management

Mentoring

Governance

Strategic thinking

Job description

Senior Business Analyst (Fixed Term up to 12 months)

Department
Planning, Performance & Strategic Change

Salary
Starting from £48,337, rising to £57,666

Closing date
Monday 23 November 2026

We are seeking experienced Business Analysis professionals to join the Strategic Projects Office within the PPSC. This role plays a critical part in shaping and delivering high-priority strategic programmes and projects that support the University's Strategy.

While providing strategic leadership, you will apply strong business analysis expertise to help the University make informed decisions, realise benefits, manage risk and deliver sustainable change.

The Role

As part of the SPO Business Analysis team, you will work closely with stakeholders across the University to support the scoping, analysis, and delivery of portfolio programmes and projects. Your work will inform effective governance, effective allocation of resources, comprehensive risk management and robust benefits realisation. You will be instrumental in delivering business-critical projects, working collaboratively with operational colleagues, internal specialists and technical teams, as well as external suppliers.

You will use your expertise to guide the Project Team in comprehending business needs. You will build the development and implementation of solutions that deliver productivity improvements, operational efficiencies, and increased staff and student happiness. Your contribution will enable the University to make informed decisions, realise benefits, mitigate risk and deliver sustainable change.

In this role, you will play a strategic leadership role and will:

• Engage directly with University Executive Board members who sponsor strategic projects, as well as senior project leads and Project Board members.
• Lead business analysis activity within complex strategic programmes, establishing clarity, shaping options and making evidence-based recommendations.
• Translate institutional strategy into practical, deliverable outcomes.
• Advise senior leaders on feasibility, impact, benefits and risk.
• Take responsibility for BA work planning and the quality of business analysis outputs across the programme.
• Mentor, support and advise less experienced Business Analysts within the PPSC to help build business analysis capability across the organisation.
• Support governance boards with high-quality analysis, insight and documentation.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will:

• Bring credibility, resilience and expertise to lead business analysis activity within complex strategic projects.
• Have extensive experience of business process mapping and analytical techniques.
• Be highly proficient at engaging with and influencing stakeholders, including at senior leadership level.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted working relationships across senior and operational teams.
• Be motivated to coach and mentor others and help build organisational capability.
• Be part of a team driving ambitious, institution-wide change.

At PPSC, we bring strategy, insight, planning and delivery together to build a high-performing, forward-looking organisation. We work collaboratively across the University to turn strategic ambitions into reality, guided by our principles of collaboration, clarity and capability.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represent

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, an accredited Disability Confident Leader, and an autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship, and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.