"Business Analyst"

Organisation:

Cranfield University

Faculty or Department:

IT Services

Based at:

Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire

Hours of work:

37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.

Contract type:

Permanent

Salary:

Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £37,337 to £43,158 per annum

Apply by:

23/11/2025

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a commercially-focused Business Analyst to join our busy IT team, and to contribute to the success of our business change programme.

About the Role

The role’s primary responsibility is to collaborate closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for business efficiency. You will capture ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ business processes and requirements, to ensure the most appropriate solutions are evaluated and selected. The role also requires expertise in related areas, such as business case preparation, testing, stakeholder management, and project management.

About You

You’ll have a passion for critically assessing business processes and exploiting technology to drive improvements. You will have strong interpersonal skills, business analysis expertise, and be proficient in the standard business analysis tools and techniques. You may have business process automation skills but, if not, we’re willing to help you learn.

Your enthusiasm for adding value, learning and problem solving, alongside tackling diverse tasks such as data analysis and test management, will be key to your success.

We welcome less experience individuals who are eager to develop within the role, as well as Business Analysts with established expertise.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

The IT Project Office provides project management and analysis expertise to support Cranfield’s business change programme.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Jon Lane, Senior IT Project Manager, on (E): jon.lane@cranfield.ac.uk

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: peoplerecruitment@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 5140.

Closing date for receipt of applications:

23 November 2025

Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert prior to the stated closing date should we receive sufficient numbers of applications. Therefore, we would encourage you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.