HR Data Analyst

HR Data Analyst

Contract: 6 months
Rate: -450500 per day (Inside IR35)
Clearance: BPSS
Location: Bristol, London or Manchester (Largely Remote)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced HR Data Analyst to join DCMS''s Workforce & Capability function, supporting the integration of the Senior Talent and Strategic Recruitment teams following a recent merger.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in transforming how workforce, talent and recruitment data is collected, managed and used across the organisation. You will bring together information from multiple sources, establish robust data processes, and develop dashboards and insights that drive strategic decision-making across senior recruitment, succession planning, talent programmes and cross-government secondments.

This role goes beyond reporting. We''re looking for someone who can improve data quality, implement effective governance practices, uncover meaningful insights and help senior stakeholders make informed workforce decisions.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be an experienced HR Data Analyst, People Analyst or Workforce Data Analyst with strong analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.

You will be comfortable taking ownership of fragmented and inconsistently structured information, transforming it into trusted datasets, meaningful insights and impactful visualisations. You will have the confidence to challenge existing processes, introduce best practice and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Success in this role will come from your ability to balance strong technical data skills with excellent communication, enabling you to tell the story behind the numbers and support strategic workforce decisions across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Consolidate recruitment, talent, succession planning and secondment data from multiple sources and systems.
• Design and implement sustainable data processes that provide reliable and accessible workforce information.
• Clean, validate and quality-assure complex datasets, identifying inconsistencies and implementing corrective actions.
• Develop dashboards, reports and visualisations that clearly communicate performance, pipeline health, risks and workforce trends.
• Translate complex datasets into actionable insights and compelling narratives for a variety of stakeholders.
• Provide recommendations that support workforce planning, recruitment effectiveness and talent management decisions.
• Establish consistent data governance, reporting standards and information management practices across newly merged teams.
• Embed data-driven decision-making into business planning and operational processes.
• Upskill team members on reporting, KPI management and dashboard utilisation.
• Present analytical findings and recommendations to senior leaders and non-technical audiences.
• Manage analytical projects whilst supporting ongoing business-as-usual reporting requirements.
• Ensure the secure handling and management of sensitive employee and recruitment data.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience gathering, consolidating, analysing and interpreting data from a variety of sources.
• Experience working with datasets that vary in quality, format and maturity.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including manipulating and analysing large datasets.
• Demonstrable experience creating dashboards, reports and data visualisations.
• Ability to convert complex information into meaningful insights, recommendations and visual stories.
• Experience using data analysis to identify risks, trends and opportunities that improve business performance.
• Strong background in data quality management and assurance processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex findings to senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Experience managing analytical projects and coordinating competing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and proactively with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and identifying solutions without detailed direction.

Technical Skills & Tools

Candidates should be confident working with:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Dashboard and data visualisation tools
• Microsoft Copilot and Claude to support reporting, dashboard creation and data presentation
• Word documents and spreadsheets as data sources
• Data governance frameworks and practices
• KPI development and performance reporting

Experience with the team''s current system, Suse, is not required.

The following would be advantageous:

• Power BI
• Power Apps
• Microsoft Power Platform
• SQL
• Python
• R

Desirable Experience

• Experience within Central Government, Local Government, NHS or Arm''s Length Bodies.
• Previous HR, People Analytics, Recruitment Analytics or Workforce Planning experience.
• Experience building recruitment, talent or performance dashboards.
• Understanding of senior talent programmes, succession planning and recruitment pipelines.
• Power BI dashboard development experience.
• Experience using SQL, Python or R to support data analysis.
• Experience implementing data processes across merged or transforming teams.
• Knowledge of information governance, data security and confidentiality requirements.
• Experience supporting organisational change, transformation or service integration programmes.