Faculty Planning and Performance Business Partner

Salary

£58,225 - £67,468 per annum

Contractual hours

Basis

Full-Time

Job category/type

Permanent - Full-Time

Job reference

REC00005236

The University of Portsmouth is a global employer of choice where exceptional people create, share and apply knowledge that makes a difference.

Experience the pride of being part of a select group – one of only four universities in the south-east of England to achieve a prestigious Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework. Additionally, we proudly rank among the top 140 universities globally in the Times Higher Young University World Rankings.

Ambition, Responsibility and Openness drive our every endeavour. Join our esteemed institution with a proven track record of success, and where dedication to excellence is key. We want people to make their mark in a professional community that truly values people, innovation, and achievement.

The Role Use insight to shape strategy. Partner with academic leaders. Drive performance across our faculties.

We are seeking an experienced and highly analytical Faculty Planning and Performance Business Partner to act as the critical link between institutional strategy and faculty-level delivery.

Working within the Strategic Planning and Performance team, you will partner closely with Deputy Deans, Executive Deans and the Head of Faculty Operations to support strategic planning, performance monitoring and evidence-based decision making across the University's faculties. You will play a key role in ensuring that faculty plans, resource decisions and operational priorities are informed by robust data, aligned with institutional objectives and focused on delivering measurable outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the University's Faculty Office Transformation Programme and help embed a culture of performance management, continuous improvement and data-informed planning across the institution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and monitoring of faculty strategic and operational plans.
• Provide insightful analysis and performance reporting to support senior decision making.
• Develop and maintain performance dashboards, KPIs and reporting frameworks.
• Identify trends, risks and opportunities within faculty performance data.
• Support resource planning, workload modelling and demand analysis.
• Partner with Deputy Deans and Faculty leadership teams to translate strategic objectives into actionable plans.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of the Faculty Office Transformation Programme.
• Support governance processes and represent Strategic Planning and Performance within faculty forums and university-wide groups.
• Drive continuous improvement through the effective use of data, insight and performance management methodologies.

About You

You will be a strategic thinker with excellent analytical skills and experience of working in a planning, performance, business partnering or organisational improvement role.

You will be comfortable working with complex datasets and translating information into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders. Equally important is your ability to build trusted relationships, challenge constructively and influence decision making across a diverse range of academic and professional services colleagues.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Significant experience in planning, performance, business partnering or organisational improvement.
• Have faculty knowledge and / or experience of working with faculties.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience of performance reporting, business intelligence and data visualisation tools such as Power BI.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience supporting strategic planning, change initiatives or transformation programmes.
• The ability to influence and collaborate effectively with senior leaders.
• An understanding of higher education planning, performance or governance frameworks would be advantageous.

The interviews are currently anticipated to be held on 13 and 17 August 2026.

If you have any queries regarding this position, please contact Kim Rickard at Sign in to view email

Application Process: Please submit a CV and covering letter with your application (no more than 800 words).

Why Join Us?

We offer hybrid and flexible working, with a minimum of two days per week in the office. We would also consider reduced hours, although full-time working is preferred.

Employer, External Only: University of Portsmouth Academic Services Ltd (UASL)

Discover the advantages of joining our university. We offer a range of attractive benefits and opportunities to enhance your work experience:

• Competitive salary, including incremental progression within your scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Generous leave entitlement of 32–35 days a year, plus bank holidays, and an additional Christmas closure.
• Family-friendly policies supporting flexible working.
• Staff discounts and loyalty schemes.
• Staff car parking and discounted public travel.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Staff wellbeing programmes.
• Recreation facilities, including discounted gym membership, food on campus schemes, use of the Library and staff social activities.
• Discounted learning.
• Start-up business mentoring from expert entrepreneurs via our Entrepreneurs in Residence programme.
• The perks don’t stop there - click ‘apply’ for further information on My Reward and Benefits

Salary Information

New appointments will routinely be made to the entry spine point (minimum) for the advertised grade, from where the individual will (in addition to receiving annual cost-of-living-related increases) progress through the pay range to the maximum for the grade, within a reasonable timeframe. This ensures fairness, consistency and transparency in our pay structures. A higher starting salary or market supplement may be available for a truly exceptional candidate when circumstances fully justify a departure from our normal policy.

UKVI Statement

Prior to submitting your application, kindly ensure that you can either demonstrate or acquire the necessary right to work in the UK. If you currently do not possess the right to work in the UK, please be aware that our offer of employment is conditional upon you obtaining it.

ED&I Statement

We are committed to upholding the University’s values of being ambitious, open and responsible, in an inclusive working environment that promotes dignity and respect.

Please note that this vacancy may be closed earlier than advertised, so early applications are advised.