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Functional Analyst

The University of Manchester

Location: Manchester
Salary: Not Specified
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 13th September 2024
Closes: 26th September 2024
Job Ref: PSX-026826

Are you naturally inquisitive?

Do you like helping people find solutions to everyday tasks to make their jobs more interesting? If the answer is yes, then we have a great opportunity for you.

The role of the Functional Analyst sits within IT Services; however, this isn’t your typical IT role and you don’t necessarily need to have a technical or IT background. The role of the Functional Analyst is much more about interacting with your customers, helping them implement and use FlexiGrant, a dedicated grant management tool. Grant management encompasses the application, assessment, award and delivery of projects funded by an external partner but managed by the University. Customers are drawn from across the University, all faculties and central PS functions.

You will be the champion for the system, you’ll engage with teams to tease out how they could utilise and maximum potential, giving great benefit to the users in terms of minimising the administrative burdens, so they can focus on giving a good service to applicants and funders.

Working within the Research Lifecycle Project, you will help work out what is required, monitoring progress, keeping all parties informed and proactively managing user expectations. There will also be opportunities to assist with other areas of the programme as time and need allows.

To be successful in the role you will need to be able to: 

  • Like working with people and build trusted working relationships
  • Capture requirements from existing and new users.
  • Provide advice, both reactively and proactively, to improve business processes.
  • Engage directly with users in the workplace, through demonstrations, group training, guidance notes and delivering reports to assist overall system management and use.
  • Provide first level testing of new releases and then supervise user testing, documenting any changes required, before final release.
  • Liaise with the supplier to resolve issues, monitor performance and input to future enhancements.

The successful candidate will be fully supported with the opportunity for additional and ongoing training. This may may be system specific or the more general skills required to undertake process mapping, data analysis and end user training.

If you would like to find out a little bit more about us, take a look through the links below:

When completing the additional information section of your application, please ensure you make reference to the job description and person specification above, as this will form an integral part of the shortlisting process. 

What you will get in return: 

  • Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
  • Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
  • Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
  • Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.          

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Bryan Archer 

Email: bryan.archer@manchester.ac.uk

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