Assistant Business Analyst

The Role and the Department

The Computing and Information Services (CIS) has an annual operational budget in the order of £10m, multi-million pound programmes of change within year, and approximately 185 staff. The Senior Leadership Team report directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the following portfolios: Strategy and Change; Operations; and Information Systems. CIS provide academic, teaching and administrative services across the organisation that underpin the day-to-day activities of the whole organisation.

The CIS Project Management Office sits within the Strategy and Change Directorate, and is comprised of Business Analysts, Project Managers and Project Support staff. The CIS PMO play a key role in delivering the Universities Digital Strategy and provides oversight and leadership across a diverse portfolio of projects, collaborating with a wide range of colleagues to deliver initiatives in the Infrastructure, Software Implementation, Business led IT and Cyber Security space.

As an Assistant Business Analyst, you will assist the wider Business Analysis Team to gather, analyse and document requirements. The role offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in business analysis while contributing to the development of innovative solutions that meet user needs and drive organisational success.

From early 2025 the base location for this role will change from our Durham City Centre site to our exciting new professional services hub based at Boldon House. Boldon House is situated on the outskirts of Durham near the Arnison Centre in Pity Me. Boldon House will bring a number of professional services teams together in a vibrant office environment which supports collaborative working and is designed to embrace hybrid working. To find out more about this project, please visit this webpage: Boldon House – Durham University.

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