Business Systems Analyst

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge, and enriching society through the fusion of education, research, and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences that help to build our global learning community. The IT Programmes and Digital Transformation Team (PDT) team at Bournemouth University manage delivery of the BU2025 programme of work, this incorporates strategic IT and Business projects. The programme ranges from major strategic projects initiated by Faculties, Professional Services and internally by IT to small requests for enhancements and service improvements. The PDT team aim to deliver all of these projects using standard consistent processes, ensuring that quality and service robustness are built into the delivery with requirements being clearly articulated and managed to delivery throughout the project process. We are looking for a Business Systems Analyst to join our team to help drive our delivery capability forward. This role will primarily be responsible for gathering requirements for projects from the customer area and ensuring these are documented to a sufficient level of detail that ensures that both the customer area and IT technical delivery areas understand exactly what will be delivered from the project. The role will then manage these requirements through the life of the project. You will be driven, work to high standards and be able to build collaborative relationships with both customer areas and IT professionals. You must have experience of working successfully in a similar role. A technical background is essential although direct hands-on experience is not necessary. This is an exciting time to join the team as the work required is very varied and touches on all major University systems and processes. This is a fantastic new opportunity to contribute to improving the experience of students and staff who use the University’s systems on a daily basis.  This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’s Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position.   For further information and discussion, please contact by email krance@bournemouth.ac.uk. A detailed job description and person specification are available from our website together with an online application form. BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.  Closing Date: (Midnight) Friday 12 April 2024 Interview date:  TBC