Business Process Analyst
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,132 to £38,249 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University West of England |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | R08351 |
Summary
About this role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Process Analyst within the Project Delivery Team. This is a 9-month fixed-term appointment.
About Us
Transformation & Improvement Services simplifies the process of managing change, supporting leaders to prioritise and deliver the most impactful work. We drive a culture of continuous improvement by breaking down barriers, testing new ideas, and co-creating inclusive solutions that empower our community. By staying ahead of external trends and internal needs, we enable the University to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing environment.
The Project Delivery Team in Transformation and Improvement Services includes experienced programme managers, project managers, business analysts and project support staff who support the delivery of major University change programmes. Our current focus is the Student Information System (SIS) project, with a key deliverable being to implement a new student information system for UWE Bristol. The SIS project plan has an approved go-live date for early 2026.
About you
You'll be part of a multi-disciplinary SIS Project Delivery team, collaborating with other business analysts and contributing to a variety of activities that support the project's success. We're looking for someone who enjoys documenting procedures and their supporting processes, ensuring that they are clear and easy to follow by others. If you have experience creating user-friendly documentation, working within multi-disciplinary teams, and bringing strong communication skills to your work, we'd love to hear from you.
We are a supportive team; we value inclusivity and encourage staff development.
Please see the attached job description and further information document for more information about this role.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Andrea Richards via email: andrea3.richards@uwe.ac.uk or Julie Cumming Julie.Cumming@uwe.ac.uk.
Interviews are tentatively scheduled to take place week commencing 11 August 2025, at our Frenchay campus.
Shortlisting is expected to be completed within 2 weeks of the closing date depending on application volumes. We aim to give candidates at least a week's notice to attend interview.
This role is a fixed-term post for 9 months (end date dependent on start date), working 37 hours per week.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for at least 2 days per week, with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options.
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Advice to applicants
We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about this opportunity, please complete our application form as soon as possible.
Tell us how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description and include specific examples wherever possible.
Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Process Analyst within the Project Delivery Team. This is a 9-month fixed-term appointment.
About Us
Transformation & Improvement Services simplifies the process of managing change, supporting leaders to prioritise and deliver the most impactful work. We drive a culture of continuous improvement by breaking down barriers, testing new ideas, and co-creating inclusive solutions that empower our community. By staying ahead of external trends and internal needs, we enable the University to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing environment.
The Project Delivery Team in Transformation and Improvement Services includes experienced programme managers, project managers, business analysts and project support staff who support the delivery of major University change programmes. Our current focus is the Student Information System (SIS) project, with a key deliverable being to implement a new student information system for UWE Bristol. The SIS project plan has an approved go-live date for early 2026.
About you
You'll be part of a multi-disciplinary SIS Project Delivery team, collaborating with other business analysts and contributing to a variety of activities that support the project's success. We're looking for someone who enjoys documenting procedures and their supporting processes, ensuring that they are clear and easy to follow by others. If you have experience creating user-friendly documentation, working within multi-disciplinary teams, and bringing strong communication skills to your work, we'd love to hear from you.
We are a supportive team; we value inclusivity and encourage staff development.
Please see the attached job description and further information document for more information about this role.
Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Andrea Richards via email: andrea3.richards@uwe.ac.uk or Julie Cumming Julie.Cumming@uwe.ac.uk.
Interviews are tentatively scheduled to take place week commencing 11 August 2025, at our Frenchay campus.
Shortlisting is expected to be completed within 2 weeks of the closing date depending on application volumes. We aim to give candidates at least a week's notice to attend interview.
This role is a fixed-term post for 9 months (end date dependent on start date), working 37 hours per week.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for at least 2 days per week, with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options.
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Advice to applicants
We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about this opportunity, please complete our application form as soon as possible.
Tell us how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description and include specific examples wherever possible.
Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.