Business Analyst

Location:

Swansea/Carmarthen campus (hybrid working with travel to other locations as necessary)

Part Time: 18.5 hours per week

- ABOUT US -

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) traces its heritage back to the first university in Wales, receiving its Royal Charter in 1828 and is honoured to have His Majesty King Charles III as Royal Patron.

UWTSD now teaches over 16,000 students across its six campuses in the UK; four in Wales and two in England. It has long-standing international educational partnerships in Europe, China, Malaysia, the USA and elsewhere.  

We are now looking for a Business Analyst to join our Swansea/Carmarthen campus. We would like to encourage applications from individuals seeking part-time opportunities.

- THE ROLE –

Working closely with the university’s Information System Development team and other departments in the University the Business Analyst’s role is to be responsible for the main analysis and specification of new software or amendments to current software with particular regard to the Tribal SITS student record system software.

- ABOUT YOU -

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Good general level of general education
• Experience of Business Analysis in a medium to large environment
• Evidence of stakeholder engagement to capture requirements
• Experience of producing requirement and design specifications to deliver to a development team and responding to queries through the development stage
• Experience of seeing software development through to testing and sign off
• Demonstrate experience of software development lifecycles
• Working knowledge of SQL and databases sufficient to interrogate databases
• Experience in providing high quality software systems support

Please view the Job Description for further details, where you will also find a list of the essential and desirable ‘Person Specification’ criteria.

- BENEFITS –

- Annual leave entitlement is 28 days’ annual leave per year, plus 8 bank holidays and 4 University closure days

Our employees get access to a comprehensive pay and benefits package in recognition of their valued contribution including:

• Competitive pay and pay progression
• Generous annual leave allowance including Christmas/New Year closure
• Pension scheme membership from USSto provide benefits for you and your family
• Access to a benefits and wellbeing platform, with a choice of benefits to suit your needs, including electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme and financial wellbeing services
• Support for health and wellbeing, including access to on-campus sports facilities at discounted rates, occupational health, and counselling support services
• Career and development opportunities, including support to gain further qualifications
• Family-friendly policies that provide for flexible working, including enhanced paid maternity and paternity leave
• Travel schemes, including the cycle to work scheme.

So, if you feel you could thrive and make an impact in this role, please apply via the button shown.

Please note, this application process does not include the option to submit a CV. Therefore, your application will be assessed based on your answers to the application questions only and, in particular, your Supporting Statement.

Note your correspondence language will be determined by the language you apply in. 

To apply in Welsh, please click ‘Cymraeg’ at the top right of the screen. 

Closing date: 9 January 2025, 11:59pm

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