Power BI Data Analyst

University of Portsmouth; United States; Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

The Power BI Data Analyst at University of Portsmouth will work with the Principal BI Analyst and IM Technical Manager to deliver BI solutions across the University, ensuring they meet business requirements and quality standards.

The role involves extracting, transforming and loading data, building Power BI dashboards for staff and students, and supporting data-driven decisions with a proactive insights service.

Qualifications

• Extract data from source systems, transform and load into BI environments.
• Create Power BI dashboards and reports for university-wide use.
• Ensure BI solutions meet business requirements and quality expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop BI and reporting solutions to support operational and strategic decisions across the University.
• Collaborate with the Principal BI Analyst and IM Technical Manager and senior stakeholders.
• Provide proactive data insights to improve staff and student experiences and data quality.
• Handle data extraction, transformation and delivery for Power BI dashboards.

Job description

The Power BI Data Analyst will work closely with the Principal Business Intelligence Analyst and IM Technical Manager in the Digital Solutions Information Management (IM) team, and senior stakeholders within the University to develop a range of Business Intelligence (BI) and reporting solutions to support operational and strategic decision making across the University. They will be responsible for ensuring that the solutions meet business requirements and satisfy the quality expectations.

With a real drive to provide data to drive action, the Power BI Data Analyst will play a crucial role in helping us to provide a more proactive data insights service. This role will require extraction of data from source systems, loading and transforming of the data and then building dashboards and reports in Power BI for University-wide consumption. The outputs will be used by several departments across the University to improve the staff and student experience, increase student retention and address data quality in all of our key systems of record.

Whilst there is a need to be in Portsmouth a few days a week, hybrid working is available for this role.

The interviews are currently anticipated to be held on the first week of November 2026.

This appointment is a fixed-term contract until 17 September 2027.