Technical Business Analyst

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Technical Business Analyst to join our Bristol office on a 12 month basis, to support our Data and Insight team and the wider business by understanding and translating their information needs into detailed requirements.

This role will work closely with multiple teams on some of the high-profile, major tech transformation projects happening within Unite Students this year. They will also be involved in a wide variety of smaller projects from across all areas of the business using sales, operational, university, customer and competitor data.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Gathering requirements and defining user stories for data needs by running workshops with key stakeholders across the business and obtaining their sign-off.
• Producing detailed requirements documentation, creating technical specifications such as raw data specifications and source-to-target mappings.
• Supporting the team to help prioritise and refine the backlog items for each sprint.
• Managing stakeholders on a day-to-day basis, providing updates on the delivery progress of requirements in scope, and once the development work is completed making sure the solution meets expectations.
• Work closely with the Analytics team to ensure the requirements from their stakeholders are fulfilled.
• Working with functional BAs in other areas of the business to provide visibility of all things data, ensuring requirements align for data across the whole portfolio of work.
• Working closely with the Intelligent Business Automation team to help them understand what data for integrations are needed.
• Working with Data Governance to ensure data is mapped and documented to agreed standards at a logical level ensuring that all data lineage, and dictionary items can be traced.
• Raising any potential process improvements, risks, or benefits of the proposed models to the Data & Insight team.

What We`re Looking for in You

• A self-starter with excellent communication skills, able to discuss requirements with stakeholders of all levels.
• The ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Awareness of standard approaches to data processing.
• The ability to query databases (e.g. using SQL, Python) and understand data modelling concepts to a basic level.
• Ability to understand upstream and cross-team dependencies for data flows.
• Strong documentation skills, with the ability to document the requirements so that any other analyst or developer can understand.
• Experience working with teams operating in an Agile (scrum) framework.

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success.
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service.
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save.
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends.
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone. We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.