Head Of Planning & Information - GBS at Socially Recruited

Do you have excellent organisational and data analysis skills? Are you an advanced excel user? If yes, the Global Banking School is hiring for a Head of Planning and Infomation, and they are looking for someone just like you.

• Negotiable pay
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight public holidays 
• Workplace pension scheme with NEST 
• Discretionary annual performance bonus
  + Much more!

Main Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining institutional planning that will deliver critical strategic and business imperatives and coordinate/focus resources to meet operational rhythm / academic cycles.
• Provide regular management information on student numbers, applications, student retention, student performance, and engagement metrics.
• Provide support in setting and monitoring departmental KPIs and performance metrics by developing a single source of truth dashboards.
• Provide timely reports on outcomes of the various student satisfaction surveys (module evaluations, NSS etc.)
• Provide data and analysis of recruitment, admissions and student performance data to support the writing of all internal and external reports.
• Ensure that all data and presentational requirements of partner institutions are fully conformed with.
• Compilation and assurance of statutory returns as required - HESA Student, Data Futures, HESES (to Office for Students).
• Assure all student-related data held by the organisation, ensuring that the Planning and Information section is the sole source for an authoritative source for data in the organisation organisation
• Apply appropriate statistical techniques and modelling methodologies to allow a deep understanding of our data and identify trends that might be present.
• Present data and analysis to internal audiences as required
• Work with colleagues in Student Records to ensure that student data is interpreted correctly and promptly and to promote data quality
• Develop appropriate and robust data capture methods
• Provider of student number reports and forecasts to aid other key statutory returns and planning requirements– e.g., OfS Access and Participation Plan, OfS five-year forecasts, space requirements etc
• Provide support to committees and boards as required
• Develop and maintain clear documentation of all processes undertaken by the section
• Liaise with external bodies (HESA, OfS as needed)
• Deliver enhancement projects concerning student number model, BI, data quality or other strategic requirements
• Establish, manage and mentor a high-performance team of data/reporting/planning specialists
• Establish, manage and develop a compliance team that supports both data governance and internal audit.
• Deal with ad hoc requests for data and analysis, including preparing presentations for a range of audiences.

Requirements

• A degree, preferably in a numerate subject
• Highly developed planning skills and ability to coordinate multifaceted teams and input
• Knowledge of statutory reporting in Higher Education environment and experience of producing such reports
• Knowledge of advanced Excel for reporting, dashboarding and modelling
• Knowledge of a range of statistical techniques and their application
• Experience in effective cross-departmental working to deliver business solutions
• Excellent organisational organisation skills and ability to stick to deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Evidence of creativity in data presentation.