Principal Systems Business Analyst (Curriculum Management)

Flexible campus base, but should be able and prepared to work at home, and at other locations as necessary

ABOUT US

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is proud of our dedicated and talented employees, and we work together as a team to make a difference to the lives of our students and the communities we serve. We are 14th in the UK for Social Inclusion and 28th in the UK for Teaching Quality (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2023), and 21st in the UK for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide, 2023). Our success depends heavily on the commitment and skills of our people.

We are looking for a Principal Systems Business Analyst (Curriculum Management) to join us on a Full-time, Fixed-term basis, working 37 hours per week until the 31^st July 2025.   

THE ROLE

This role will form part of a cross department project team supporting the implementation of a new curriculum management system for the university, and will be based in our Information Systems team. The aim will be to create a ‘single source of truth’ for Curriculum data, and to ensure data flows out to the student record system, the website, and other related IT systems in a coherent manner, with a focus on automating processes and linking data end to end.

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

REQUIREMENTS

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Good general level of general education
• Experience of Business Analysis in a medium to large complex 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
• Demonstrate self-motivation and ability to work unsupervised
• Demonstrate respect for a diverse range of people and recognize the importance of building sound relationships.
• Able to work as part of a team and in partnership with others
• Recognize the need for and demonstrate appropriate confidentiality with specific reference to GDPR
• Have a positive approach to personal learning and development
• Able and prepared to work flexibly including travel between campuses and locations when required
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK 

It would also be beneficial if you have:

• Degree in computer related discipline
• Accreditation in specific technology or Business Analysis processing
• Knowledge of other programming languages
• Experience of Agile Scrum development and workload environment
• Experience of working in a University
• Ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh

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 USS to 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.

HOW TO APPLY

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: 3^rd January 2025, 11:59 pm