About us

The Planning, Performance and Strategic Change (PPSC) team brings together various functions to help deliver the ambitious University Strategy. The successful candidate will join at a time when the department is supporting the development of a new Data and Insights Service which brings together cross-functional teams and the latest tools to raise the University’s analytical capabilities and support evidence based decision making.

About the role

You will advise and support senior stakeholders to inform decision making and measure progress towards strategic goals. Specifically, the role will involve:

• Developing and maintaining a range of performance reports of strategic importance
• Producing analytical studies, reports, and papers – including insights and recommendations – for senior decision makers
• Providing input to inform strategy development and annual planning
• Benchmarking the University’s performance against its peers and competitors
• Supporting the development of the University’s new Data and Insights Service

About you

Experience of working with large datasets and an ability to analyse, interpret and present complex information in a clear and succinct manner will be essential for this role. Excellent numeracy and analytical skills are also essential, ideally with a degree level qualification a relevant subject such as business analytics or data science.

Ideally, you will have prior experience of working in the Higher Education sector and an understanding of the current operating context for a university.

Further information

For more information about the role please contact Graham Brooks (Senior Business Insight Analyst) on mb2571@bath.ac.uk or Dragana Houston (Deputy Director of PPSC) on dh880@bath.ac.uk.

Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 29 September 2025.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Íøºì±¬ÁÏ gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Íøºì±¬ÁÏ
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance

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Closing Date: 11 Sep 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049