People Analytics Manager

IVC Evidensia; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading veterinary company is seeking a People Analytics Manager to transform workforce insights using data analytics. The role involves leading analytics capabilities, enhancing reporting processes, and collaborating across departments to provide actionable insights for decision-making. Ideal candidates will have advanced skills in Power BI and SQL, along with experience in people analytics and the ability to influence senior stakeholders. The position offers flexible benefits including holidays and healthcare.

Benefits

5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted staff pet care

Company pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Single Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Proven background in People/HR Analytics or similar role.
• Experience in high-volume environments like retail or consulting.
• Confident communicator able to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead People Analytics capabilities and stakeholder management.
• Enhance reporting and ensure timely insights.
• Build strong foundational analytics infrastructure.

Skills

Advanced skills in Power BI

Advanced skills in Excel

Advanced skills in SQL

Experience in People Analytics

Proactive mindset

Tools

HRIS systems

Automation tools

Job description

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Why IVC Evidensia

We're proud to be recognised as a Top Employer for 2025 and we're not stopping there. Our sights are set on achieving Top Employer status again in 2026, and we're committed to continuously raising the bar. Data is at the heart of this journey, driving innovation and improvement across everything we do, which is a reflection of our People Promise to be an exceptional place to work.

Looking ahead, we're preparing for exciting milestones where data will play a critical role in shaping our future.

Why This Role?

A unique opportunity to build and shape a UK&I People Analytics function with full senior backing.

Work on high-impact people analytics projects, including advanced automation and AI initiatives.

Exposure to senior leaders, cross-market work, and the ability to genuinely influence direction.

A chance to create an analytics "house" that becomes the backbone of decision-making.

Join Us to Build the Future of People Analytics

We're looking for a People Analytics Manager to transform how we use data to understand our workforce, shape decisions, and drive better outcomes for our people and our customers.

If you're excited by the challenge of building something new creating robust data models, automating processes, and turning complex datasets into powerful insights and stories.

This is a great opportunity to make a real impact.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to take a function from reactive to truly insight-led through the power of combined data.

What You'll Do

• Lead and Elevate our People Analytics Capability (1 team member + stakeholder management)
• Enhance day to day reporting and ensure the business has consistent, accurate and timely insight.
• Turn Data into Actionable Insight
• Bring structure and clarity to large, fragmented manual and automated people datasets across pay, absence, retention, attrition, onboarding and workforce behaviour.
• Provide proactive commentary, themes and recommendations, not just numbers.
• Build strong foundational analytics infrastructure models, datasets, automated workflows and tools that scale with the business.
• Stress-test assumptions, model scenarios, and surface risks and opportunities before they become issues.
• Be a Trusted Partner
• Present insights weekly to senior leaders, including the C-Suite.
• Collaborate closely with People Operations, Talent, HRBPs, Payroll, Systems, Finance and wider People teams across the UK & Ireland.
• Build relationships with global analytics colleagues to share knowledge and improve how we use data across markets.
• Develop and Lead Others
• Act as the senior technical expert in the team.
• Support and develop current analysts, helping shape the right structure, capability and ways of working.

What You'll Bring

Technical Expertise

• Advanced skills in Power BI, Excel, SQL and working with large, multi-source datasets.
• Experience building models, forecasting, scenario analysis and predictive insights.
• Strong understanding of HRIS systems (e.g. Dayforce) and how people data integrates across platforms.
• Experience with automation and AI tools (highly desirable).

Experience

• Proven background in People/HR Analytics, Workforce Analytics or a similar role where your insights have driven sustainable business outcomes.
• Experience in high-volume, complex environments such as retail, logistics, large corporates or consulting
• Comfortable navigating imperfect data and building structure where none exists.
• A natural problem-solver with a proactive, curious and analytical mindset.
• Able to bring the "so what?" connecting data points into clear insights and compelling stories.
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and instill trust in the data.

What We Offer

• 5 weeks holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounted staff pet care.
• Company pension.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and supportive well-being initiatives.
• Single Private Healthcare.
• Family-friendly policies.

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.