Student Policy and Insight Analyst

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Job Description

The Role

We’re looking for someone to join our Student Influence team at Sheffield SU as a Student Policy and Insight Analyst. In this newly created, proactive role, you will help move the organisation away from assertion-based advocacy toward evidence-led representation. Working directly under the Director of Student Influence, you will be responsible for auditing, gathering, and analysing data from various internal and external sources. You will translate these complex data sets into clear, accessible insight reports and policy briefings that equip elected Officers and student leaders to make highly credible, substantiated arguments when representing student voices to the University, regional partners, and national bodies.

Key duties in this role include:

  • Data Auditing and Synthesis: Audit, map, and synthesise existing qualitative and quantitative data sources across the organisation, including NSS results, course rep feedback, and Student Advice Centre casework trends.
  • Producing Insight Reports: Generate regular student experience insight reports to serve as primary reference points for Officers in stakeholder meetings.
  • Shaping Voice Mechanisms: Ground Sheffield SU’s democratic mechanisms (including the Student Union Council and the Sheffield Student Assembly) in real student data to ensure sessions respond to student centric concerns.
  • Developing Feedback Channels: Build and maintain accessible, continuous feedback mechanisms for students.
  • Drafting Consultation Responses: Monitor relevant policy developments and lead on drafting high-quality, evidence-based responses to regional and national consultations from bodies like the Office for Students and local council.
  • Campaign and Priority Embedding: Collaborate closely with the Voice and Advocacy team to ensure that gathered student insights are actively embedded into campaign planning and officer priorities.
  • Demonstrating Impact: Produce clear impact statements for Sheffield student leaders that successfully capture project reach and outcomes to demonstrate organisational value to external partners, funders, and the University.
  • The full list of duties can be found in the job description below

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Working at the Students’ Union

We exist to represent, support and enhance the lives of our members. We’ve done so since 1906. We are an independent charity and work closely with the University to achieve a world-class student experience. We’ve got a fantastic modern building featuring cafes, two shops, four bars, an advice centre, an activities and sports zone, where students can join over 400 sports clubs and societies. There’s something different happening in the SU every day: from club nights to film screenings, live music, theatrical performances and fascinating talks. We offer a relaxed space for students to take time out. We also have a nursery and offer childcare. We’ve been rated the best Students’ Union in the UK by the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey for ten years running!

Creating a more diverse team

Sheffield Students’ Union is committed to creating a fairer, more equal, more diverse and inclusive, more diverse and liberated workforce.

What we are currently doing to create an inclusive workplace -

  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group and staff network
  • Training and development in ED&I
  • Accessibility audits
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Inclusive policies and procedures

We want to support you to do your best during the application process, so please do get in touch at su-people@sheffield.ac.uk with any questions you may have. Additionally, if you have a disability, mental health condition or any other additional needs (such as dyslexia, autism or anxiety), please do let us know so we can tailor the process to suit you.

Your Benefits

You will work in an exciting and progressive environment and enjoy great staff benefits:

  • 30 days annual leave per year + Bank holidays
  • Cycle to work scheme and cycle hub
  • Flexible working hours and WFH opportunities
  • Generous workplace pension scheme
  • Well being Programme
  • Opportunity to purchase an NUS card
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced Maternity / Paternity and Shared Parental Leave pay

Salary: Grade C - £30,637

Hours: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)

Closing Date: Friday 19th June 2026 (11:59pm)

Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 29th June 2026

Start Date: ASAP