Planning Officer

Are you an analyst looking to use your skills to deliver high quality data visualisations and insights to support strategic decision making?

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a planning professional to make an impact in a new role within the Strategy, Planning and Analytics Service at the University of Plymouth. The Strategy, Planning and Analytics Service supports strategy development and delivery by managing strategic projects, delivering the planning process and providing data and insights to customers across the University.

As a Planning Officer, you will be responsible for delivering effective management information to support decision making across the University. You will be responsible for producing high quality dashboards on a range of strategic datasets. In this role, you will provide a high quality market insights data to support new programme development and undertake a range of projects from digitising the University’s risk process to more detailed bespoke analysis on specific issues.

For this role, you will need to be on site 3 days a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on-site will be expected due to business needs.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Paula Webster: by email at paula.webster@plymouth.ac.uk

What we’re looking for

An experienced analyst, you will be confident in transforming data into evidence and insights.  You will have experience working with a range of Higher Education datasets and you will have experience designing and delivering dashboards that are intuitive for customers to use to inform strategic decision making.

To be successful in this role, you will work collaboratively with stakeholders building effective relationships to ensure that the team are a trusted source of advice and support across the University and will role model openness to feedback and a commitment to continuous improvement.

For more information about the job and the person specification, please refer to the job description.

Application Process

Please apply online via the ‘Apply’ button above, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training, and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.

Following the closing date of the vacancy, you will be notified on the outcome of your application in due course.

Anticipated Interview Date:  Week commencing Monday 15 December 2025

Closing date: 12 midnight, Sunday 23 November 2025

Our Offer

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.

When joining us, you will receive:

• Generous annual leave: 25 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays & Closure Days
• Generous pension scheme
• Cycle to Work & Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Development opportunities
• Enhanced family leave
• Flexible working
• Retailer discounts
• On-site nursery

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

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