Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Your next step starts here. Be part of something bigger. The University offers roles in just about every area you can think of. If you are looking for your next step, we can offer you a career where you can flourish. In Registry Services our people come from a wide range of backgrounds, each bringing their abilities and experiences to our organisation.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

In this role, you will provide business analysis skills in business change projects which are designed to help enhance the way the University administers and supports the student lifecycle. These projects have the objective of delivering effective and efficient processes and systems to the students, academic and professional service staff who engage with the student lifecycle. This is achieved by working together with our user community to develop innovative and sustainable business process and system changes.

You will have significant evidenced practical experience of either business analysis or working within a University in a business area supporting the student lifecycle, and experience of business process re-design and implementation and approaches to managing change successfully. You will also have strong communication skills, be able to work collaboratively and effectively with software developers and business partners, have experience of (and a preference for) working in an Agile project environment, and an enthusiasm for (and practical experience of) continuous improvement.

As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a commitment to what they do.

A career with the University has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Contributing to the work and purpose of one of the world’s leading universities;
• Good salary/pay rates;
• Access to professional development;
• Responsibility and autonomy;
• Interesting work;
• Excellent benefits and support.

This post is fixed term for 9 months, and full time (35 hours per week). We are open to this role being undertaken as an internal secondment (with agreement from the applicant’s current department.) We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. Most of the Student Systems Partnership (SSP) team work on a hybrid basis. The role holder will be expected at minimum to be on campus each Wednesday for the team's weekly anchor day and attend essential in-person project meetings and the SSP Team Meetings.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options.

Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion. The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages. The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

The closing date for applications is 29 May 2026. Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browser's local time zone. We anticipate interviews will be held early-mid June 2026 onwards.