People Systems & Data Analyst (Maternity Cover)

Fixed Term for 12 months

University of Bradford

At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last four years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2026, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

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What you will be doing:

The post of People Systems & Data Analyst reports to the People Systems & Data Manager and the main objectives of the role are to facilitate the extraction and analysis of a wide range of data to maintain internal and external information requirements, the production of statutory returns, and to ensure the best possible information is available to support institutional planning and decision making. In addition, the People Systems & Data Analyst plays an important role in the administration, testing and development of multiple People systems within the University.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Work with the People Systems & Data Manager to agree requirements and outputs for people-related management information.
• To prepare, analyse and report regular and accurate employee data, management information and statistics, e.g., headcount, FTE, sickness, absence, new starters and leavers, retention rates etc., meeting required deadlines and working with key internal and external data sets to provide this.
• To be responsible for the development of the University charter submissions, supporting and providing detailed data sets to all Faculties and liaising with other teams within the University to accomplish this.
• To be responsible for the production of quarterly, annual and ad-hoc People profile reports and scheduled regular reports detailing employee statistics to Faculties and senior management.

Qualifications/ experience:

• Level 2 qualification in English and Maths
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office 365 and associated Microsoft products
• Experience with People systems or software
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in coordination of projects relating to systems and software.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-orientated environment. Positive can-do attitude, solution focused.

Do not meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

In Return we Offer:

• 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
• Family-friendly policies
• Great campus facilities including:
• Unique fitness centre
• Eye clinic
• Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
• Counselling & mental health services
• On site nursery
• Food & drink outlets
• Generous employer contribution pension scheme
• Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts.

Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.

Additional Information:

If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message or email Dave Keoghan on d.keoghan@bradford.ac.uk , we would love to hear from you.

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