JOB SUMMARY

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!
Learn more about Defence Infrastructure in our Candidate Information Guide attached.
Working as part of the DIO People Team, the Senior People Data Analyst will be an integral to the Workforce Planning & Data function. This is an exciting time to join the team as we are currently reviewing the delivery of the people data service to the organisation. The successful candidate will support the Strategic Workforce Planning Lead on reviewing our People Data Strategy, and drive forward the delivery and continuous improvement of our future provision. You will lead the analytics team in delivering people data reporting, driving evidence-based decision-making and analytical insights to the People Team and wider DIO organisation.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key responsibilities and duties include;

• extracting, building and analysing people data from internal and external sources and presenting it in a clear and compelling way for stakeholders and senior leaders
• creating all monthly corporate reporting and adhoc requests, ensuring they are produced accurately and on time
• conducting deep dive analysis to understand trends and building insights to support the identification of workforce risks to enable data-driven decisions on people interventions
• acting as the People Team’s Data Protection Officer, responsible for ensuring compliance with legal requirements
• driving improvements and overseeing the integrity of HR data held within systems by conducting regular audits
• understanding business requirements and how these align to strategic priorities to improve reporting and insights
• supporting the wider People Team with appropriate data insights to meet business requests and workforce interventions
• provide line management to the data analytics team and support their personal development
• building a network of People Data Analytics peers across MOD to help deliver continuous improvement, data quality and share best practice.

BEHAVIOURS

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Key responsibilities and duties include;

• extracting, building and analysing people data from internal and external sources and presenting it in a clear and compelling way for stakeholders and senior leaders
• creating all monthly corporate reporting and adhoc requests, ensuring they are produced accurately and on time
• conducting deep dive analysis to understand trends and building insights to support the identification of workforce risks to enable data-driven decisions on people interventions
• acting as the People Team’s Data Protection Officer, responsible for ensuring compliance with legal requirements
• driving improvements and overseeing the integrity of HR data held within systems by conducting regular audits
• understanding business requirements and how these align to strategic priorities to improve reporting and insights
• supporting the wider People Team with appropriate data insights to meet business requests and workforce interventions
• provide line management to the data analytics team and support their personal development
• building a network of People Data Analytics peers across MOD to help deliver continuous improvement, data quality and share best practice

To be successful in this role, you will meet the following essential criteria;

• experience in analysing and interrogating complex datasets and using HR systems (such as Oracle Fusion and Cognos) to produce data reports
• have strong communication, problem-solving and storytelling skills to build evidence-based analytical insights and recommendations in an engaging way for a diverse range of stakeholders
• have experience of initiating improvements through automation and other innovative ideas to improve efficiency, remove unnecessary or duplicate reporting and enhance our provision
• high attention to detail whilst always maintaining a high level of discretion and confidentiality towards information and data
• work on your own initiative, to handle conflicting demands and priorities to deliver within tight timescale