Background

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research.

Led by President, Professor Sir Paul Curran, City has made signi?cant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

City’s Student & Academic Services Directorate provides professional, strategic and operational support for the student journey, from supporting young people to consider a university education through to engaging with students to support their future further study or employment.

City has committed to investment in modernising the administrative processes and systems that underpin the student journey through an institution-wide change programme - Modernising Administration for Students. This role will be pivotal in supporting colleagues to implement effective business change.

Responsibilities

The Business and Process Analyst will be responsible for process analysis and process design, requirements elicitation, user acceptance testing and rollout to users. Using their expertise in stakeholder and change management the post-holder will support the projects by facilitating workshops, feedback sessions and other meetings. The post holder will support the project manager in the creation and update of key project artefacts, as well as, other forms of written and verbal communication to gain buy-in and support for the programme.

Person Specification

We are seeking an individual with significant experience in business analysis and very skilled in the core business analysis skills including workshop facilitation, process design and requirements engineering. The post holder must demonstrate the ability to lead and influence stakeholders, have excellent communication skills and a track record for successfully embedding new ways of working.

The ideal candidate will have a professional qualification in business analysis and/or business analysis experience within the higher education sector.

Full details are available within the person specification.

This post is fixed term until 31 July 2021 in the first instance. Continuation of the position beyond the initial term is subject to confirmation of further funding.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date for applications: 11.59pm 25th March 2020

Actively working to promote equal opportunity and diversity.

Academic excellence for business and the professions.

Background

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research.

Led by President, Professor Sir Paul Curran, City has made signi?cant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

City’s Student & Academic Services Directorate provides professional, strategic and operational support for the student journey, from supporting young people to consider a university education through to engaging with students to support their future further study or employment.

City has committed to investment in modernising the administrative processes and systems that underpin the student journey through an institution-wide change programme - Modernising Administration for Students. This role will be pivotal in supporting colleagues to implement effective business change.

Responsibilities

The Business and Process Analyst will be responsible for process analysis and process design, requirements elicitation, user acceptance testing and rollout to users. Using their expertise in stakeholder and change management the post-holder will support the projects by facilitating workshops, feedback sessions and other meetings. The post holder will support the project manager in the creation and update of key project artefacts, as well as, other forms of written and verbal communication to gain buy-in and support for the programme.

Person Specification

We are seeking an individual with significant experience in business analysis and very skilled in the core business analysis skills including workshop facilitation, process design and requirements engineering. The post holder must demonstrate the ability to lead and influence stakeholders, have excellent communication skills and a track record for successfully embedding new ways of working.

The ideal candidate will have a professional qualification in business analysis and/or business analysis experience within the higher education sector.

Full details are available within the person specification.

This post is fixed term until 31 July 2021 in the first instance. Continuation of the position beyond the initial term is subject to confirmation of further funding.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date for applications: 11.59pm 25th March 2020

Actively working to promote equal opportunity and diversity.

Academic excellence for business and the professions.

Salary: P/M Band 3, £37,395 to £41,795 per annum. Eligible for access to discretionary bonus scheme of up to 10% base salary

This post is a thrilling opportunity for an experienced Learning Designer (you might call yourself something different at the moment, e.g. Teacher, Instructional Designer, Learning Technologist or Academic/Educational Developer), to join an established team dedicated to designing and developing leading online Higher Education courses.

You will have experience of using your skills to create inspiring and effective student-centred learning experiences. Working with a range of colleagues, including subject matter experts, digital media producers, project managers, student experience officers and progression coaches, you will be central to the creation of visual storyboards that are the basis for designing and creating course activities, assessments and digital content.

As part of the Learning Design team you will be responsible for co-creating, with subject matter experts, high-quality online courses that are innovative, inspiring and enjoyable.  These courses will be accessible to thousands of new distance learners across the globe.

Coventry University Online is the dedicated digital-learning operation, responsible for the design, production and delivery of distance education products and services to students around the world. Our fully online, hybrid and blended courses help busy learners study at their own pace for a range of qualifications, and each offers on-demand access, bite-size study and customised one-to-one support as part of an international social learning community.

We have scaled at pace to deliver against a hugely aspirational mandate; Coventry University Online currently offers undergraduate and postgraduate online qualifications, and a portfolio of other programs and courses including collaborations with the Institute of Coding and City of London Police, delivering content to over 200,000 students in just over two years. Coventry University Online recently ranked fourth in the first ever digital University World Rankings (WURMP 2020), outperforming some huge international brands including Harvard and MIT as well as domestic competitors such as the Open University.

So, if you want to be part of something new; something different; something that’s helping to shape the future of Higher Education – come and be part of our journey.

To apply, please submit your application stating how you meet the requirements set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Application closing date: 22/03/20 

Salary: P/M Band 3, £37,395 to £41,795 per annum. Eligible for access to discretionary bonus scheme of up to 10% base salary

This post is a thrilling opportunity for an experienced Learning Designer (you might call yourself something different at the moment, e.g. Teacher, Instructional Designer, Learning Technologist or Academic/Educational Developer), to join an established team dedicated to designing and developing leading online Higher Education courses.

You will have experience of using your skills to create inspiring and effective student-centred learning experiences. Working with a range of colleagues, including subject matter experts, digital media producers, project managers, student experience officers and progression coaches, you will be central to the creation of visual storyboards that are the basis for designing and creating course activities, assessments and digital content.

As part of the Learning Design team you will be responsible for co-creating, with subject matter experts, high-quality online courses that are innovative, inspiring and enjoyable.  These courses will be accessible to thousands of new distance learners across the globe.

Coventry University Online is the dedicated digital-learning operation, responsible for the design, production and delivery of distance education products and services to students around the world. Our fully online, hybrid and blended courses help busy learners study at their own pace for a range of qualifications, and each offers on-demand access, bite-size study and customised one-to-one support as part of an international social learning community.

We have scaled at pace to deliver against a hugely aspirational mandate; Coventry University Online currently offers undergraduate and postgraduate online qualifications, and a portfolio of other programs and courses including collaborations with the Institute of Coding and City of London Police, delivering content to over 200,000 students in just over two years. Coventry University Online recently ranked fourth in the first ever digital University World Rankings (WURMP 2020), outperforming some huge international brands including Harvard and MIT as well as domestic competitors such as the Open University.

So, if you want to be part of something new; something different; something that’s helping to shape the future of Higher Education – come and be part of our journey.

To apply, please submit your application stating how you meet the requirements set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.

Application closing date: 22/03/20