Strategic Planning Analyst (Student Numbers)

University of Greenwich; Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Greenwich is seeking a Strategic Planning Analyst (Student Numbers) to join the Strategic Planning, Insight & Improvement Directorate at Greenwich Campus. The role focuses on data analysis, reporting transformation, and supporting a Microsoft Fabric migration.

You will develop skills in Power BI, SQL, Python and Excel, while collaborating with Marketing, academic faculties and the Financial Planning team. Hybrid working is available.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data analysis using data processing or visualization tools.
• Advanced MS Excel skills and experience building reports in BI tools.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and manage senior stakeholders.
• Ability to automate processes and handle a varied workload.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain regular reports on recruitment and total student population.
• Perform in-depth analysis to identify trends across datasets on student numbers.
• Forecast student numbers to inform strategic and investment decisions.
• Build relationships with Marketing, faculties and Financial Planning teams.
• Support data transformation projects and data strategy implementations.
• Contribute to data champion networks and organizational data capability.
• Refer to the Job Description for more details.

Skills

MS Excel

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

Python

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

Python

Job description

Strategic Planning Analyst (Student Numbers)

Strategic Planning

Location: Greenwich Campus

Salary: £38,784 to £44,746plus £5476 London weighting

ContractType: Permanent

ReleaseDate: Tuesday 25 August 2026

ClosingDate: Sunday 13 September 2026

InterviewDate: To be confirmed

Reference: 5594

On the 1 August 2026, the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent formed a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South-East (LASE) University Group.

Should you join us, you will be employed by LASE but will work as part of the University of Greenwich academic division, contributing to its distinct strengths, community and identity while also being part of a wider group that brings together the scale, resilience and shared ambition of both universities.

Through LASE we aim to deliver outstanding education, impactful research, and meaningful regional and global impact.

About the Job

As a Strategic Planning Analyst you will be joining the University’s Strategic Planning, Insight & Improvement Directorate with the goal to achieve better decision-making across the institution from the analysis, advice and insight we provide, to the trusted relationships we build with stakeholders and the data quality, governance and infrastructure that underpins it.

Now is a great time to join the Directorate as we look to deliver an exciting Data & Reporting Transformation Project, moving to a Microsoft Fabric environment. The Directorate is a supportive team who have a range of skills and work together to develop these, and within the Microsoft Fabric environment the role holder would have the opportunity to deepen and develop skills in Power BI, SQL, Python and Microsoft Fabric itself. The university is at the early stages of this data migration and current data analytics predominantly make use of Business Objects (the university’s BI tool) and MS Excel – and it is with these tools the role holder will first develop their position in the team.

We recognise that skills in one data analytics tool carry across to others, but the must haves to be successful in the role are advanced MS Excel and prior experience of building reports in at least one professional BI tool (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Business Objects, QLik etc).

We are a diverse and inclusive team of dedicated professionals who are committed and passionate about what we do. Our main office is at the Greenwich Campus with very occasional travel to Avery Hill and Medway campuses required. We have actively embraced hybrid working with our team splitting their time between 2 days per week in the office and the remainder remote working.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop and maintain a variety of regular reports relating to the recruitment of new students to the university (from application through to enrolment) and the total student population.
• Perform in-depth analysis to identify trends and patterns across a variety of datasets relevant to the number of students at the university.
• Work on forecasts of how many students the university will have in the future in order to inform strategic and investment decisions.
• Build effective working relationships with colleagues across the institution, but in particular Marketing and External Relations, senior management of academic faculties and the Financial Planning and Analysis team.
• Support the Directorate’s university-wide communities of practice (such as a data champions network) to improve organisational data and analysis capability.
• Provide support to the implementation of data transformation projects and any such activities linked to the implementation of any data strategy.
• Please see the Job Description for more details.

What We’re Looking For:

• Significant experience in data analysis and the use of data processing or visualisation tools, (e.g.MS Excel, Microsoft Fabric environment, Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Python or similar applications/software).
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, collaborating with colleagues from across the institution and managing senior stakeholders.
• Capability to identify and address strategic challenges and business problems using data-driven approaches.
• Ability to automate and improve processes to drive efficiency and reliability.
• Ability to prioritise, organise and manage a varied and demanding workload without constant supervision.
• Please see the Person Specification for more details.

Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme this role does meet the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application.

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.