Institutional Performance Data Insight Lead

Kingston University is seeking an Institutional Performance Data Insight Lead to embed data into our business-as-usual operations and drive a culture of data confidence across the institution.

In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the stewardship, analysis, and visualisation of institutional performance data, ensuring it is accurate, accessible, and impactful. You’ll develop and maintain Tableau dashboards and other analytical tools, enabling both academic and professional services colleagues to make evidence-informed decisions that enhance student success and institutional performance.

Your work will influence strategic planning, curriculum development, and key initiatives such as our Access and Participation Plan (APP), future Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) submissions, and progress towards our wider Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) goals. If you thrive in a data-driven environment and want to make a tangible difference to student outcomes, this is the role for you.

The Person

We’re looking for someone who is:

Experienced in managing and interpreting large, complex data sets.

Skilled in data stewardship, integration, and dashboard development, with strong knowledge of HE data sources (HESA, OfS, league tables).

Proficient in tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, R, SPSS, and ideally Microsoft SQL.

Knowledgeable about regulatory requirements, GDPR, and sector policy in a higher education context.

A confident communicator and collaborator, able to influence and support colleagues across academic and professional services teams.

You’ll be innovative in your approach to data, inclusive in your engagement with diverse stakeholders, enterprising in identifying opportunities for improvement, and ambitious in driving excellence across Kingston’s initiatives.

Directorate/Function

This role sits within the Data Insights Department in Corporate Services, reporting to the Head of Institutional Performance. The Data Insight team provides critical oversight and analysis to support Kingston University’s strategic aims across student outcomes and student experience, with remits spanning both internal and external performance and compliance data.

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking team that values collaboration, continuous learning, and evidence-based decision-making. Together, we contribute to Kingston’s mission to enhance students’ life chances, support staff’s ambitions and strengthen the University’s  impact on our locality, industry, policy and the professions to enable a sustainable future socially, economically and environmentally.

Further information

This is a full time, permanent position with a starting salary of £45,025 per annum.

Interviews are expected to be held in person on 19 January 2026.

For informal enquiries, please contact Annie Yonkers, Head of Institutional Performance

Bring your true self, expertise, and passion to Kingston where we are continuing to strive to build a university where authentic inclusion and belonging is at its heart. Every one of our staff and students’ identities, backgrounds and diverse experiences makes us who we are - so harness and embrace yours by applying today. We welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with disabilities.

We are a place-based organisation, proud of our location in Kingston and the civic role we play in our community. Our campuses inspire collaborative, innovative and creative communities. Being present on campus is important to us because it helps us to create a sense of belonging for both our staff and students. Therefore, staff are expected to be on campus for the majority of their working week.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required, this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme. 

To apply click on ‘Apply Now’. If, for accessibility reasons, you need to apply in an alternative format, please email jobs@kingston.ac.uk or call the HR Shared Services team on 020 8417 3118.