University of Nottingham Ningbo China is seeking to recruit a Strategy and Reporting Officer, in Strategy and Planning Team

You will play a key role in supporting the Strategy and Planning Team to gain an up-to-date understanding of the higher education sector, and to inform strategic development and performance management from an outside-in perspective. This role will be responsible for the regular preparation and reporting of university and subject-level rankings, developing benchmarking reports, and supporting policy research, external university ratings, as well as other strategy and planning related projects.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Support the regular preparation, analysis and reporting of university-level and subject-level external rankings.
• Collect, verify, analyse and report ranking-related information to support timely monitoring and objective understanding of league tables.
• Monitor ranking methodologies, trends and external recognition schemes, including subject rankings, programme rankings and highly cited scholar-related recognition.
• Support ranking-related briefing sessions and respond to enquiries from key stakeholders.
• Analyse methodology changes and support the interpretation of links between ranking metrics and the University s strategic priorities.
• Support horizon scanning and institutional research projects to inform strategic positioning, annual priorities and understanding of the higher education sector.
• Collect and analyse internal and external data to support specialised institutional research, policy research and strategic analysis.
• Support the regular update of the University benchmarking report, including metrics design, data collection, verification, analysis and report development.
• Support university ratings, awards and other external recognition applications by coordinating information collection, simulation analysis and stakeholder engagement.
• Support internal and external engagements, briefing meetings, team activities and other reasonable tasks related to University strategy and performance.

About You

• Bachelor s degree or above, with a first degree from a respected institution; an international education background is preferred.
• At least two years of work experience in education consultancy, institutional research, or data analysis related roles.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with data analysis and visualization tools such as Tableau is a plus.
• Data-sensitive, with logical thinking and proven analytical skills to independently perform institutional research tasks.
• Ability to produce excellent reports in both English and Chinese, and to use English as a working language.
• Proactive working attitude, strong teamwork skills, and excellent communication skills.
• Quick learner, attention to detail, and ability to prioritise tasks with efficient time management skills.