Closing date: 18th October
Contract: This is a secondment opportunity for 6 months.
Interview date: circa 24/25th October
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Our Workforce Planning function is embarking on a project aimed at integrating workforce data across the Society to enhance strategic decision-making through better People-related insights.
To achieve this goal, changes in ways of working across the Society may be necessary to ensure that data quality remains consistent across all systems that collect People and Finance data. As a result, we require someone with a blend of data analytic and stakeholder management skills as you will be working closely with senior colleagues to support the cleansing and improvement of current workforce data.
You will:
- Support the Workforce Planning Lead in delivering the establishment project. Your main priority will be to undertake a cleanse of workforce data to align current workforce post information to the Financial budget. This will require collaboration with Heads of departments, Finance Business Partners and People Business Partners.
- Collaborate with the Workforce Planning Lead and Reporting Analyst to identify and align interdependent processes between Finance and People functions.
- Manage the data cleansing process by obtaining, validating, and verifying data, ensuring data quality is maximised in collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Ensure effective communication of project objectives and progress, identifying and addressing risks and issues, and escalating when necessary.
- Contribute to the drafting of reports and project communications, as required.
- Work closely with People teams and key stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition and handover of project activities to business-as-usual operations at the appropriate time.
- Updating and maintaining process documentation to reflect any changes or improvements made during the project.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Strong data management and analysis skills to cleanse, validate, and verify data.
- Experience working with large datasets and ensuring data quality.
- Ability to extract, organize, and analyse complex information accurately.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Heads of Departments, Finance Business Partners, and People Business Partners.
- Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships with key stakeholders.
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively across multiple teams.
- Experience in managing and delivering tasks within a project framework.
- Ability to plan and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience in documenting processes and updating procedure manuals to reflect changes or improvements