Planning and Performance Manager

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Planning and Performance Department
Location:  Brighton - Moulsecoomb
Salary:  £48,350 to £56,021 per annum
Closing Date:  Sunday 09 June 2024
Reference:  PP5008-24-162

The Planning and Performance Department (PPD) provides information, evidence and benchmarking required to support the University Executive Board’s decision making on institution-wide strategy and planning. The team provides key insights, research and advice to enable joined-up academic and business planning, working closely with Academic Schools and across Professional Service Departments. 

The Planning and Performance Manager will provide direct support to the Head of Department, to ensure the team continues to provide a high-quality, efficient, and effective service to stakeholders across the University. The post holder will lead on further developing the University’s Business Intelligence offering, ensure a robust programme of data governance and assurance, provide senior oversight of key statutory returns, and manage a range of planning related activities.

We are seeking someone with a proven track record of leading and developing cross-functional teams, with strong analytical and statistical skills, ability to work collaboratively, with a enterprising attitude to continuous improvement. A strategic, systematic and creative approach to problem-solving is essential, as is the ability to influence, motivate and lead individuals without direct line-management responsibility.

This job is suitable for job sharing. 

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.