Planning Analyst (HEO 7)

• Open to Australian Aboriginal Peoples and UniSA employees only
• Full-time, continuing position based in Business Intelligence and Planning at the City West campus
• Commencement Salary: $96,696 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager: Planning and Analytics, the Planning Analyst is responsible for delivering the University’s strategic performance reporting and a cascading suite of tools / resources to support decision-making. This includes engaging a range of stakeholders to identify critical management information, validate measures and ensure the reporting suite delivers an integrated view of performance. 

The position will also partner with decision-makers to support University-wide continuous improvement processes such as program development and review, combining market viability with quality indicators of learning and teaching.

About UniSA 

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

Business Intelligence and Planning (BIP) is a central unit that contributes to corporate performance through supporting and improving processes and frameworks for management decision making. Its main functions are:

• Supporting corporate planning and review and the University’s indicator framework
• The development of corporate information management and reporting through its Business Intelligence environment
• Building institution‐wide competency in the development, deployment and use of information to support decision making
• Providing advice, information and support in relation to: teaching and learning and research priorities, government reporting and quality assurance
• Supporting UniSA’s evaluation framework
• Providing environmental scanning and market analysis

• A degree with at least 4 years relevant experience or more extensive experience and expertise (or an equivalent combination of relevant training and experience)
• Experience operating under broad direction and with a degree of autonomy / independence, pro-actively using initiative and influence across teams and with a range of different stakeholders
• Understanding of strategy and policy development, implementation, and monitoring within complex organisational structures (including key relationships between high-level leadership, academic / corporate governance, and functional units)
• Proven track-record providing customer focussed business analysis to identify critical management information and deliver effective reporting solutions - balancing hard subject matter expertise with technical and soft skills (e.g., creativity, curiosity, and collaboration)
• Experience using complex databases and datasets as well as expertise with business intelligence, performance management and data analytics software (e.g., IBM Cognos Analytics, Microsoft Power BI and/or Tableau)

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as: 

• Access to great personal development opportunities 
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17% 
• Flexible working conditions 
• A range of salary packaging options, including vehicle leasing, laptops and car parking fees 
• A variety of leave arrangements

The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address.
Please address your cover letter to Emma Kelvin, Consultant: Recruitment Central.  For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at [email protected] using job reference number 5871. 

Applications close: 11:30pm Sunday 25 February 2024

To be eligible to apply for internal positions, you must either identify as an Australian Aboriginal Person, or be a current UniSA continuing, fixed-term or casual staff member at the time the position is advertised and have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of the appointment.

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