Head of Workforce Information

NHS; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK is seeking a Head of Workforce Information to lead workforce analytics and systems service. The successful candidate will have extensive experience (6+ years) in workforce data analysis, management, and leadership. Responsibilities include producing comprehensive reports and collaborating with HR and senior management to enhance service delivery and professionalism. The role offers flexible working options and a commitment to compassionate excellence in care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Compressed hours

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years experience in workforce analysis and management.
• Proven track record in leading data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Workforce Informatics Team to deliver workforce intelligence.
• Ensure accurate workforce systems and data governance.
• Produce reports and dashboards for strategic decision-making.
• Analyze workforce data for service improvement and redesign.

Skills

Workforce data analysis

Leadership

Team collaboration

Report generation

Data management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

QlikView/Qlik Sense

Job description

Go back Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Head of Workforce Information

The closing date is 11 January 2026

Head of Workforce Information and Analytics

Oxford University Hospitals

• TheHead of Workforce Information and Analytics will lead the Workforce Informatics Team in delivering a high-quality, proactive workforce intelligence and systems service to the Trust and its stakeholders. The post holder will provide expert leadership in the provision, analysis and interpretation of complex workforce and pay-related data, playing a key role in strengthening the Trust's capability to plan for current and future workforce requirements.
• The post holder will critically analyse workforce and pay data from multiple internal and external sources to produce a wide range of reports for Trust Groups, Committees, the Board, Trust Managers and external bodies. A key aspect of the role is the transformation of raw data into meaningful, high-quality management information through robust analysis and the development of reports that meet user and organisational needs.
• This role will have responsibility for several workforce information systems and for the production, integration and assurance of data from these and other corporate systems. The post holder will work closely with colleagues across HR & Organisational Development, Finance, Information Services and Digital to ensure workforce systems and data are accurate, secure and well-governed, and will lead the development and implementation of existing and new workforce information systems.

Main duties of the job

• Analyse workforce data (quantitative and qualitative) to identify opportunities for transformation, productivity improvement, and service redesign.
• Support service redesign, skill mix, and establishment reviews using benchmarking data and workforce intelligence.
• Ensure workforce planning is timely and effective, aligning recruitment to service needs and monitoring temporary workforce usage.
• Promote succession planning and maintain effective vacancy management across divisions.
• Collaborate with recruitment leads to implement targeted recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Ensure workforce establishments are accurate and reconciled across workforce, finance, and rostering systems.
• Collect, analyse, and interpret workforce and HR data to support strategic decision-making and operational delivery.
• Produce complex workforce reports and dashboards using ESR, QlikView/Qlik Sense, Power BI, and other systems.
• Improve workforce information processes for efficiency, accuracy, and usability, promoting automation and self-service reporting.
• Provide specialist workforce intelligence advice internally and externally.
• Lead establishment control and ESR data quality processes across the Trust.
• Ensure statutory and central returns are completed accurately and on time.
• Translate complex data into clear insights for a range of stakeholders.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Job responsibilities

• Partner with the Assistant Director of Workforce to develop, implement, and monitor workforce plans aligned to Trust strategy, divisional objectives, and service needs.
• Analyse workforce data (quantitative and qualitative) to identify opportunities for transformation, productivity improvement, and service redesign.
• Support service redesign, skill mix, and establishment reviews using benchmarking data and workforce intelligence.
• Ensure workforce planning is timely and effective, aligning recruitment to service needs and monitoring temporary workforce usage.
• Promote succession planning and maintain effective vacancy management across divisions.
• Collaborate with recruitment leads to implement targeted recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Ensure workforce establishments are accurate and reconciled across workforce, finance, and rostering systems.

Person Specification

Interview and Test

• 6 years experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working,Compressed hours