Are you passionate about using people data to create meaningful insight and support better decision-making? We’re looking for a People Systems and Data Analyst to join our People team, helping us develop accurate, accessible and compliant management information, dashboards and reporting processes. This is a great opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across TfGM, translating workforce data into clear insight that supports our people priorities, improves data quality and helps shape how we plan for the future.
Your Role
In this role, you’ll analyse complex workforce and people data from a range of systems, including HR, recruitment, payroll, absence, establishment and workforce planning sources. You’ll develop and maintain reports, dashboards and datasets, using tools such as Excel, Power Query, Power BI and people-related systems. You’ll also support data quality, system improvements, testing and reporting processes, providing clear and accessible insight to help managers and stakeholders understand trends, risks, opportunities and future workforce needs.
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Who are we?
You’ll be part of our People directorate, working closely with colleagues in our People team, managers and stakeholders across TfGM. The team plays an important role in making sure people data is accurate, trusted and used effectively to support decisions that shape our organisation and services. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful improvements in people systems, reporting and analytics, while developing your technical knowledge and working in a supportive, collaborative environment.
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
You’ll bring experience of extracting, manipulating, validating and presenting data using reporting and data visualisation tools. You’ll be confident working with multiple stakeholders to understand requirements, agree outputs and explain technical information clearly to non-technical audiences. A logical, systematic and innovative approach to problem-solving is important, along with strong communication skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage a varied workload. Experience of Power BI, Power Automate or a programming language would be helpful, but is not essential.
What we can offer you
This role offers the chance to develop your skills in people analytics, systems and reporting while contributing to work that supports better workforce planning and decision-making across TfGM. You’ll be joining a supportive and collaborative People team, with opportunities to build relationships across the organisation, improve processes and help make people data more accessible, accurate and useful.
A permanent role with a salary of £36,198 - £41,281 per annum depending on skills and experience.
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.
Our benefits include:
Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
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What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
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