Workforce Analyst
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview.We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
Workforce Analyst
We are seeking a Workforce Analyst to join our Workforce Insights, Systems & Planning team supporting the organisation in better understanding it's people and ensuring good quality information is available within modern tools to allow the organisation to make robust decisions related to it's people.
The Workforce Insights, Systems & Planning team is a progressive and dynamic team within our organisation whose purpose is to ensure that we get the best out of people and they get the best out of us through human analytics, digital systems management, and long-term workforce planning.
The successful post holder will be an integral member of the Workforce Insights, Systems & Planning team, possessing a strong grounding in data management, data warehousing, people-data, and reporting.
Our ideal candidate will be literate with workforce data, be comfortable talking SQL Server/PowerBI, and have a solid understanding of the employee lifecycle and it's interactions with data.
Main duties of the job
To provide timely, accurate, robust, and relevant workforce information and statistical data relating to the organisation’s people and workforce management systems.
With support, the post holder will be responsible for delivering comprehensive workforce information analysis pertaining to workforce planning and other related workforce work streams. These include both regular and ad hoc reports. The post holder will require an understanding of workforce reporting, data quality, integrity and data sharing as well as the importance of this vital information that may require working both flexibly and working at top of scope.
The post holder will need to analyse data from a range of systems including: Oracle HRMS - Electronic Staff Record (ESR), Access databases, Workforce Management Software and other information/intelligence systems. There will be a requirement for the post holder to ensure the integrity of data captured within these systems, actively analysing outputs and meeting with senior colleagues within the organisation to review and optimise inputs/outputs.
The post holder, with support, will lead on managing ETL and database design to ensure information from these systems is available within a modern reporting platform.
Working for our organisation
Working for Great Western Hospital the post holder can be assured of continued challenge to meet demand or develop new insight to aid decision making integral to the Workforce of the Trust.
As an organisation committed to seeking continual improvement, this opportunity has come out of service development within the Workforce Insights Systems & Planning team to ensure robust people analytical support is available across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide timely, accurate, robust, and relevant workforce information and statistical data relating to the organisation’s people and workforce management systems.
With support, the postholder will be responsible for delivering comprehensive workforce information analysis pertaining to workforce planning and other related workforce work streams. These include both regular and ad hoc reports.
Please find attached the Full Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent experience
- Formal or work based training pertaining to Organisation Wide systems
- Formal or work based training in Workforce Resource Systems
- Training in usage of advanced visual presentation software and/or databases
- BSc. in statistics, research or research methods
- Formal automation, script writing or macros usage qualification
- Formal or role based training using Workforce Systems
Experience
Essential criteria- Project implementation involving technical systems and user training
- Working within a highly pressured team, Senior Stakeholders and seemingly conflicting deadlines
- Robust experience of data management and reporting with SQL Server and Power BI
- Career based experience working with or to KPI’s for data, datasets and or production of reports against formally agreed KPI’s
- Regular use of databases, spread sheets and live data systems
- Information Management for organisation wide data
- Production of highly complex and varied reports
- Project management for technical systems
- Working with senior stake holders at Director level
- Creation of diverse and varied dashboard using multiple data sources.
Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements.Not all roles in the Trust are eligible for sponsorship.
Eligibility for this role requires:
- Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
- Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria
From 4 April 2024, UK immigration policy changes has increased minimum salary levels for skilled workers. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.
Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods.Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.
We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.
Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.