People Analytics & Systems Leader

Peterborough Regional College; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

LGPS pension

On‑site gym

Employee assistance programme

HE/professional development

Job summary

Peterborough Regional College is seeking a People Systems & Analytics Manager to lead the development of our people systems, workforce analytics and digital services, transforming data into actionable insight for evidence‑based decisions and strategic growth.

You will build reporting, dashboards and predictive analytics across recruitment, retention, equality, diversity and talent management, while driving system improvements and GDPR‑compliant data governance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in workforce analytics, people systems and BI.
• Strong data analysis skills and advanced Excel capability.
• Experience creating impactful Power BI dashboards.
• SQL programming experience.
• Experience working with senior leaders and driving system improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop workforce analytics, reporting and insight to support the People Plan and wider organisational priorities.
• Create and maintain workforce KPIs, dashboards and performance measures.
• Provide strategic workforce insight, trend analysis and predictive analytics for senior leaders.
• Identify workforce risks, opportunities and emerging trends through data analysis.
• Support workforce planning, succession planning and talent management initiatives.
• Analyse workforce demographics, skills profiles and future requirements.
• Lead the development, optimisation and continuous improvement of people systems and digital solutions.
• Drive automation, self‑service capabilities and workflow improvements.
• Produce statutory workforce returns, benchmarking reports and pay gap reporting.
• Ensure workforce data quality, governance and GDPR compliance.

Skills

Workforce analytics

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Power BI dashboards

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree-level qualification in People Analytics / Data Analytics / BI

Tools

SQL

Power BI

iTrent

Job description

Peterborough Regional College is seeking a People Systems & Analytics Manager to lead the development of our people systems, workforce analytics and digital services, transforming data into actionable insight for evidence‑based decisions and strategic growth.

You will build reporting, dashboards and predictive analytics across recruitment, retention, equality, diversity and talent management, while driving system improvements and GDPR‑compliant data governance.