Business Analyst

Salary:  £36,636 to £38,784 with progression to £46,049 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 04 May 2026

The Role

We have reimagined the way we deliver our University IT Services, building a world-class IT department responsive to the needs of our global community. We’re growing significantly and we’ve created new opportunities and made changes to how we work. Our people have been at the centre of this change, with a particular focus on development and opportunities to learn new skills.

An exciting opportunity within the dynamic and ever-evolving IT Service awaits the right candidate. This is a busy, high-volume but friendly environment that will suit an organised person with a great eye for detail and plenty of team spirit. You will be joining a growing team dedicated to providing quality business analysis services, supporting a wide variety of transformational technology initiatives. 

Supported by Business Analysis Practice Lead, you will contribute to the development of a service-led business analysis framework based on industry standard best practices, validating, documenting, and disseminating business analysis-related knowledge.

We are keen to hear from candidates who are adept at delivering high quality business analysis activities within the scope of technology initiatives, through effective facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills. To be successful in this role you will be able to collaborate effectively with stakeholders from all parts of the University, and will regualarly facilitate workshops using effective and adaptable communication styles, both in person and online. You should have demonstrable experience in eliciting, analysing and managing business requirements in both Waterfall and Agile technology initiatives, along with confidence in your approach to apply process analysis, design and improvement standards and methods to solve business problems.  

For a confidential discussion about this vacancy please contact Mike Scott,  Business Analysis Practice Lead mike.scott@newcastle.ac.uk

If this sounds like  a role for you, we invite you to apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter evidencing how your skills and experience align to the person specification as outlined in job description  Business Analyst job description. 

We are committed to building and maintaining a fair and inclusive working environment and we would be happy to discuss arrangements for flexible and/or blended working. We are working with a hybrid model of campus based and home based working.

We are happy to support candidates who are relocating from outside of the region. Due to the direct "in person "stakeholder engagement activities required in this role, successful applicants will be requested  to attend interview and assessment  in person to allow a thorough open and fair recruitment process, interview dates to be confirmed but will be around mid May.

**Strictly no Agencies**

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 29239