Job description
At City of Bristol College, we deliver transformative education in inclusive and dynamic learning environments and for our employees, this is no different so why not come and join us? With recent investments in our already outstanding facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for you.
One of our key strategic aims is our unrelenting focus on our people-first culture, ensuring you feel valued, empowered, and recognised for your individual contributions and expertise whether that be in a teaching capacity or a professional services team. All colleagues within the College contribute to the success of our students and we actively work to eliminate any barriers at work, ensuring you have the opportunity to thrive.
We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive Senior MIS Systems and Reports Developer to join our college community.
What we offer:
Our people-first ethos provides a highly supportive, flexible approach to enable you to excel within your role and to reach your full potential. In return, you can expect the following:
Two-week paid Christmas close down and additional paid time off over Easter on top of a generous holiday entitlement of 30 holiday days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time roles).
Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0 %
Paid Volunteering leave (3 days a year)
Family friendly policies including paid fertility and foster friendly policy
A menopause policy outlining support available
A person-centred annual appraisal focusing on your wellbeing and CPD
Access to a benefits portal including shopping discounts and cycle to work scheme plus lots more!
The 'Right to Disconnect' from work outside of your normal working hours
A supportive, highly utilised hybrid and flexible working policy
An Aspiring Leaders programme open to all plus our Management Academy for all management roles covering management skill and internal processes
Welfare Rooms at all our sites for professional breakout and relaxation spaces
A bespoke programme of recognition, reward and celebration for colleagues throughout the year to recognise your hard work.
Please see our Staff Benefits Booklet for more information.
About the role:
The main purpose of this role is to:
develop, implement and maintain business intelligence reports to enable the College to maximise performance and monitor the utilisation of resources using BI tools such as SSRS and Power BI
review, develop and implement systems and processes to support students, staff and other stakeholders as part of the MIS development team, ensuring that processes are streamlined, administration is reduced and accurate data is captured once
line manage the MIS Reporting and Systems team, providing an excellent cross-college service which adheres to both internal and external deadlines and ensures on-going upskilling of all team members
working with the Head of MIS and Reporting, plan and implement improvements within all student data management products (i.e. Advanced products) and existing related systems to ensure sector best practice performance in systems and business analysis
proactively develop and implement performance, quality and business systems and software in order to meet college quality, efficiency, and compliance objectives.
support the Head of MIS and Reporting to develop and implement systems and reporting mechanisms to advance the College’s strategic direction
You will be a confident communicator with the ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues, students and stakeholders both internally and externally.
About us:
We have four main sites across the city with state-of-the-art facilities. Further future investment in our estates is now allowing us to provide the best possible outcomes for our students and local communities, delivered by our fantastic community of colleagues.
At City of Bristol College, we have one goal: to help our students succeed. We offer the widest range of academic and vocational qualifications in the area, with more than 1,000 courses available from entry to degree level and we provide education and training to approximately 10,000 students each year.
More information about the College can be found on our website.
City of Bristol College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The search of the online presence will be conducted for the successful candidates. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found on the College website.
Please see our Job Description, Person Specification, Conditions of Service and Applicant Information for more information about the role and what it’s like to be part of our team.
A few points to note:
If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our processes, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best – please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
We are committed to creating an inclusive and flexible working environment, that promotes diversity. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement on the job description or you are seeking an alternative working pattern, please apply anyway – you may just be the person we are looking for. We recognise that talent comes in various forms, and we are committed to providing opportunities that create an environment of growth, diversity, and inclusion for everyone. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use.
We do not engage with recruitment agencies for this role. Any CVs received from agencies will be considered as unsolicited and the property of the City of Bristol College, with no obligation to pay agency fees.
Closing date: 20 April 2025
Interview date: 28 April 2025
