Enabling senior management and operational teams to make evidence-informed decisions through the provision of actionable and insightful data and analysis.

Responsible for the provision of business and management intelligence to support strategic planning and evidence-based decision making across the college. Key contact for data and analysis for academic, student, research, HR and EDI teams.Key Responsibilities/Achievements- Developed business intelligence dashboards on student admissions, population and outcomes, staff population and recruitment and population, research funding and outputs, and EDI.- Produced analysis for written reports on strategic issues such as strategic performance indicators, staff recruitment and pay disparities, student ethnicity and widening participation, and key research areas.- Produced dynamically updated, interactive executive summaries for college and school leadership.- Developed a student population and fee income forecasting and covid-19 scenario planning tool.- Member of college’s equality, diversity, and inclusion committee with responsibility for data and analysis.- Provided analytics tools and web platforms training to senior management and operational teams.

Key contact for over 200 academic and professional services staff on research information, evidencing impact, REF2021, and research policies. Responsible for the research information management and the provision of data and reporting.Key Responsibilities/Achievements- Developed reports and dashboards on staff, students, REF2021, research funding, outputs and consultancy.- Implemented school research policies, achieving leading open access and ResearchFish return rates.- Developed internal REF2021 research output review system using MS Flow, SharePoint and Power BI.- Contributed to the school research committee and wider university research operations and forums.

Responsible for the provision of research data management, open access and research policy advice for over 250 academic and professional services, along with analysis and reporting on research, staff and students.Key Responsibilities/Achievements- Produced management information analysis and reports on research, staff and the student population.- Implemented research and open access policies achieving university-leading policy compliance rates.- Created 3,000+ research entries and improved the data quality of the school’s research repository.- Delivered training and produced documentation on research policies and systems for all staff.

Administrative support and financial reporting to the accountancy team, school administrators and business managers.Key Responsibilities/Achievements- Developed new and improved existing financial information analysis and reporting methods.- Prepared reports on council services and resources for senior school and council management.- Trained colleagues and wrote guidance on Excel, internal systems and information management.

Responsible for the operational support for plumbing, heating and electrical teams, the processing of the procurement of supplies and services, and liaising between tradespeople and suppliers across Fife.Key Responsibilities/Achievements- Conducted internal business process review and developed new internal order-processing procedures.- Represented building services at contract meetings between Fife Council and suppliers.- Delivered inductions to new colleagues and training to tradespeople on internal systems.