Junior Business Analyst
Department: Digital Transformation
Location: Hybrid with Ormskirk base
Salary: £28,778 to £31,236 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term until 31/07/2027
Post Type: Full Time
Closing Date: Monday 06 April 2026
Reference: EHA2631-0326-EX
Number of Positions: 2
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We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.
About the Role
The Junior Business Analyst will support delivery of the Student Record Systems project contributing to the successful delivery of a modern, integrated Student Record System that underpins the University’s core academic and administrative processes.
Working across two defined capability areas, with time split approximately equally between them, you will work closely with two Capability Workstream Leads to support the analysis, design, and implementation of new ways of working enabled by the system. The role will focus on understanding current operational processes, supporting the design of future-state processes, and helping to ensure that business requirements are clearly articulated, validated, and translated into effective system configuration and testing.
You will support the identification and management of business change impacts, contribute to programme governance and assurance activities, and help ensure that solutions are implemented in a way that is sustainable, compliant, and aligned to the wider student lifecycle. Through close engagement with academic and professional services colleagues, the role will help bridge the gap between operational teams and technical delivery, ensuring that user needs are understood and reflected throughout the programme lifecycle.
The role will also contribute to building organisational capability by supporting knowledge transfer, high-quality documentation, and consistent application of business analysis standards across the programme, helping to lay foundations for future system enhancements and continuous improvement.
As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to redeployment, please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any stage of the recruitment process if a suitable redeployee is identified.
For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Hannah McAuliffe, Programme Manager at Hannah.McAuliffe@edgehill.ac.uk
About You
- Knowledge of the student lifecycle from enrolment through to graduation and a strong understanding of how student lifecycle processes operate within a university environment.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to assess complex information, identify patterns, and support evidence‑based conclusions.
- The ability to embrace change with a versatile, committed, and positive approach.
- The ability to communicate complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences using verbal, written, and visual methods.
- Experience supporting business analysis activities within a project or change environment, including gathering, documenting, and validating business requirements with stakeholders.
At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Rewards & Benefits
- A minimum of 36 days annual leave per annum, (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
- Discounted membership to our onsite state‑of‑the‑art sport and leisure facilities
- Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
- Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources
- A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career
- Beautiful award‑winning on‑campus working environment.
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%
About Us
At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.
Today, the effect we have has a far‑reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award‑winning staff.
Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world.
Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.
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