Senior Insight Analyst, Strategy and Transformation Sheffield (uk) GBP 31,637-38,249, depending on experience - (posted May 20 2025)
Company: Sheffield Hallam University
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Job Spec:
Permanent
Full time - 37 hours per week
Closing date 01/06/2025 at 23:30
The role
As a Senior Insight Analyst, you will be working with other insight analysts and stakeholders through all areas of the service: market intelligence on the sector and competitors and primary research projects.
You will play a crucial role in the team, managing the delivery of high-quality insights for our stakeholders to improve performance, efficiency, and quality across the University. You will be responsible for managing all stages of the research process; taking the brief, set up, project management, data manipulation and analysis, across all our customer groups; home and international students and applicants, and businesses.
We are looking for a Senior Insight Analyst whose key strengths include:
- Experience of working with qualitative and quantitative methods and data (primary and secondary)
- Excellent planning and project management skills
- Experience of working with stakeholders to understand research requirements and deliver insights
- Highly proficient in the use of Excel or other tools for analysing data
- Good communication skills that support team and independent working.
The team
The Insight and Intelligence team, within the Directorate of Strategy and Transformation is responsible for delivering sector leading customer insight - primary research and market intelligence that provides timely and accurate insight and recommendations to improve performance, efficiency, and quality. These services help to guide the strategy and direction of Sheffield Hallam University; supporting evidence-based decisions at every level.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits and opportunities to pursue a rewarding and fulfilling career in a supportive environment.
Pension
You will be contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - one of the largest and most generous defined-benefit pension schemes in the country.
Each year you will earn a secure pension benefit of 1/49th of your salary and the University will pay pension contributions towards the cost of this pension (currently worth about 22% of your salary). For a starting salary of £30,000, for example, the University would pay just over £6,500 in the first year of your employment and you would earn a pension of £612 p.a. for that year (payable from your State Pension Age).
Find out more about the LGPS
If you're a member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) directly before joining us, you can choose to remain in USS instead.
Location
This role is based at City Campus, a welcoming modern environment at the gateway to Sheffield, in the busy city centre.
Find out more about getting to our campuses
Flexible working/Job sharing/Hybrid working
We understand the need for a healthy work-life balance.
To help you achieve this, we will support hybrid working for this job - with some time working remotely and some at our office in Sheffield.
The majority of Professional Services staff with office-based jobs work two days a week (pro rata) on campus, with a minimum of one day required.
For this job we welcome applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements and where possible we operate flexible working schemes.
If you would like to work on a flexible/job-share/part-time basis, please contact Juliette Mortimer to discuss the options available for this role.
Equity, equality, diversity and inclusion
We are proud of the rich diversity of our community. Our vision is 'Sheffield Hallam: A Culture Of Inclusion'.
This means creating a diverse. inclusive and welcoming environment where people of all identities and backgrounds feel they belong.
We welcome your application irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.
Find out more about equity, equality, diversity and inclusion at Sheffield Hallam.
Right to work
We are unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to work in the UK. If you need sponsorship to undertake this role, please use the UK government's Visas and immigration pages to check your eligibility.
Who to contact: For informal enquiries about this job, please contact Juliette Mortimer (Insight & Intelligence Manager), by email or telephone 0114 225 2832.
Selection event
Our selection event will take place on a date to be confirmed.
The selection event will include an interview and presentation. We want our selection process to be as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you are invited to the selection event, you will have the opportunity to ask for reasonable adjustments to enable you to thrive.
How to apply
All applications should be made online using the Sheffield Hallam jobs portal.
Your application should include a CV and supporting statement (please utilise the template provided) clearly demonstrating how you meet the 'Essential' criteria on the person specification below, using examples from your current and previous experience.
To find out more, take a look at our guide to applying.
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