How you’ll make a difference:
As an HR Analyst, you will play a significant role in identifying trends and anomalies in HR related data. Your analysis will enable managers to understand their staff establishment and profile, monitor performance against key people metrics, and provide insights that will inform and influence organisational decision-making.

What you will be doing:

• Daily, you will prepare and coordinate HR related statistical reports and information, leading on the execution of data queries, producing statistics and performing data analysis and evaluation.
• It will be your responsibility to provide accurate and insightful ‘people metrics’ data both standard, statutory and commissioned, turning data into actionable insights.
• Applying your subject matter expertise, you will support organisational projects such as annual benchmarking, staff surveys and requests for ad-hoc reports relating to HR data.
• Working across the organisation, you will develop streamlined and efficient datasets, offering advice and guidance and analysing and presenting data in relation to these projects.
• Regularly, you will be required to translate requirements into effective analysis, helping to inform strategy and planning to drive improvements.

What we need from you:

• We require you to hold a degree level qualification in a related subject such as data science or data analysis or have equivalent relevant experience, including completing statutory government returns.
• You must have proven systems and data management experience, including data visualisation and Power BI and be able to translate complex data into effective and streamlined reporting solutions.
• It is essential that you have experience in building dashboards using Power BI and Excel to present and manipulate data.
• Given the nature of this role, you need to be able to communicate clearly and understand business issues as explained by staff with limited or no systems knowledge.
• You must have effective presentation and documentation skills, including clear analysis and presentation of issues, options, and recommendations.
• HR reporting experience or knowledge is desirable but not essential for this role.

What you need to know:

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON 22ND AND 23RD MAY 2025.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:

• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work.
• We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community.
• We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work and we’re ambitious about the future.

We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

WE’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE, BE PART OF IT!

To view the full job description, please click this link: HR Analyst Data and Projects - Job Descriptio

• Daily, you will prepare and coordinate HR related statistical reports and information, leading on the execution of data queries, producing statistics and performing data analysis and evaluation.
• It will be your responsibility to provide accurate and insightful ‘people metrics’ data both standard, statutory and commissioned, turning data into actionable insights.
• Applying your subject matter expertise, you will support organisational projects such as annual benchmarking, staff surveys and requests for ad-hoc reports relating to HR data.
• Working across the organisation, you will develop streamlined and efficient datasets, offering advice and guidance and analysing and presenting data in relation to these projects.
• Regularly, you will be required to translate requirements into effective analysis, helping to inform strategy and planning to drive improvements