Job overview

Do you have advanced data analysis skills and a passion for transforming workforce intelligence into meaningful insight?

Are you driven by data accuracy, automation, and improving how organisations understand and use workforce information?

This is an exciting opportunity to join WWL as a Senior Workforce Data Analyst, playing a pivotal role in shaping our digital workforce future.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a short technical assessment as part of the selection process. This will be proportionate to the role and designed to assess analytical and data-handling skills relevant to the post. 

Main duties of the job

About the Role

As a key member of the Workforce Analytics & Systems Team, you will lead on the provision of high-quality workforce data, reporting, and system optimisation across the Trust.

You will work closely with the Head of Workforce Systems & Data Analytics  to support strategic decision-making, workforce planning, compliance and delivery of the People Strategy.

This role includes:

• Leading the development of innovative data dashboards (Power BI/Qlik) with narrative-driven insight
• Ensuring ESR and all workforce systems are optimised, accurate and fully integrated
• Providing expert analysis to support recruitment, retention, absence, wellbeing and EDI workforce priorities
• Managing data integrity, quality assurance and audit processes
• Supporting statutory returns (e.g. WRES, WDES, PWR, NWRS)
• Leading on workforce systems training, capability-building and digital workforce improvements
• Managing and developing a Workforce Information Analyst

This is a highly influential role, supporting conversations at Executive, Divisional and system level.

 You  must be able to travel between the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh sites as required by business needs. 

Working for our organisation

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

·       People at the Heart

·       Listen and Involve

·       Kind and Respectful

·       ONE Team

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.