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5594 - Strategic Planning Analyst (Student Numbers)
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Strategic Planning Analyst (Student Numbers)
Strategic Planning
Location: Greenwich Campus
Salary
£38,784 to £44,746 plus £5476 London weighting
Contract Type
Permanent
Release Date
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Closing Date
Sunday 13 September 2026
Interview Date
To be confirmed
Reference
5594
On the 1 August 2026, the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent formed a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South-East (LASE) University Group.
Should you join us, you will be employed by LASE but will work as part of the University of Greenwich academic division, contributing to its distinct strengths, community and identity while also being part of a wider group that brings together the scale, resilience and shared ambition of both universities.
Through LASE we aim to deliver outstanding education, impactful research, and meaningful regional and global impact.
About The Job
As a Strategic Planning Analyst you will be joining the University’s Strategic Planning, Insight & Improvement Directorate with the goal to achieve better decision-making across the institution from the analysis, advice and insight we provide, to the trusted relationships we build with stakeholders and the data quality, governance and infrastructure that underpins it.
Now is a great time to join the Directorate as we look to deliver an exciting Data & Reporting Transformation Project, moving to a Microsoft Fabric environment. The Directorate is a supportive team who have a range of skills and work together to develop these, and within the Microsoft Fabric environment the role holder would have the opportunity to deepen and develop skills in Power BI, SQL, Python and Microsoft Fabric itself. The university is at the early stages of this data migration and current data analytics predominantly make use of Business Objects (the university’s BI tool) and MS Excel – and it is with these tools the role holder will first develop their position in the team.
We recognise that skills in one data analytics tool carry across to others, but the must haves to be successful in the role are advanced MS Excel and prior experience of building reports in at least one professional BI tool (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Business Objects, QLik etc).
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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.
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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.
We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.
We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
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