Strategic Planning Analyst (Student Numbers)

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.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Andrew Hall on A.J.Hall@greenwich.ac.uk 

Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Team on peopleoperationsdmin@gre.ac.uk 

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich and information on the university’s working principles: Working Principles and Guidelines | Documents | University of Greenwich

To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage): Current Vacancies - Jobs at Greenwich 

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 do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, care leavers, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

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