De Montfort University (DMU) is an ambitious, globally minded institution with a clear focus on delivering high-quality teaching and research. A culturally rich university with a strong commitment to the public good, it strives to maintain a stimulating, innovative and inclusive environment where staff and students can thrive.

Faculty / Directorate

This is a really exciting time to be joining DMU. The People Services team has been through a period of change and we have several roles available to support the advancement of our ambitious Empowering University strategy.

Being part of a thriving and energetic team, you would join our new directorate and help us to deliver a key pillar of our university strategy, 'Empowering People’. Our role is to enhance our employee offer in relation to leadership and management, reward and recognition, voice and experience, health and wellbeing, and to ensure our polices, processes and systems enable digital solutions, swift decision making, equal access and autonomy.

People Services has a rich portfolio including people partnering, policy and employee relations, wellbeing, international, pay and reward, operations and support hub, as well as talent, learning and organisational development. Our directorate’s ambition is to provide high quality professional people services, working together to enhance the lives of our current and future employees so that they can deliver an excellent student experience. We strive to provide a great experience for colleagues, so they enjoy being at work and are able to achieve their potential.

Role

As a Workforce Insight Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in producing quality insights and strategic reporting to help the University make data-driven decisions. This includes analysing and visualising datasets, developing user documentation and guides and training staff to help enhance the data capabilities of the organisation. A key part of the role will be supporting the workforce planning strategy through close working with People Partners, faculty and directorate colleagues and helping to develop and produce interactive dashboards.

This role also involves project management responsibilities, collaborating with stakeholders across the university to foster culture change and drive continuous improvement on the use of data and insight.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be an experienced data analyst with knowledge of working with complex datasets to develop quality outputs.

Excellent written communication skills and experience of writing committee reports, guidance and other supporting materials for a range of audiences are essential. You will also possess project management skills, with the ability to work as a team.

Previous experience in an educational or higher education setting will be advantageous.