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Job summary
We are looking for a Head of People Analytics and Reporting to join us at Companies House!
The Head of People Analytics and Reporting is a pivotal role within the Workforce Planning, Analytics and HR Systems Team, working with the business and broader HR Teams to identify future demands as well as translating Companies House priorities into resourcing, skills, and redeployment plans.
You will work with colleagues from across Companies House to ensure our workforce plans match the level of our ambition, and that our resources are aligned with workload and financial planning. You are responsible for collating workforce forecasts over a short, medium and long term and will be instrumental in critiquing and challenging resource requests originating from across the organisation. Working closely with Finance, you will provide regular updates to the Executive Team and will prepare the resourcing aspects of our annual Spending Review submission to Cabinet Office, alongside other scheduled and ad hoc regulatory data returns/ commissions.
You will lead the People Analytics and Reporting team, which are a blend of new and established functions. Working with colleagues in Data, Strategy and Finance, you will continue to build the capability and confidence of the teams, ensuring the integrity of the reports we produce and maximising opportunities to make reporting and data analysis system improvements.
You’ll need to be able to balance the requirement for accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to think creatively in determining solutions. Forming early and trusted relationships with a range of colleagues and stakeholders will be key to success in this role.
The work is fast paced, broad and often challenging but will be incredibly rewarding for the right person!
Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.
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Job description
- Leading workforce planning routines to forecast and track Companies House’s workforce position including reviewing headcount against spend and other organisational targets.
- Bringing together workforce data, business insights and strategic workforce principles to develop and implement the data analysis and reporting Companies House’s strategic workforce plan.
- Working with HR, Data and Finance Business Partners to integrate workforce plans, budget aims and objectives across Companies House.
- Set the priorities on we best maintain and improve our reporting and analysis systems to ensure effective collation, validation, analysis, interpretation of workforce and people data across Companies House, identifying trends and risks to delivery and reporting into Executive Board.
- Identify and implement processes to establish consistent benchmarking between Companies House’s key metrics and external trends.
- Identify, evaluate and implement innovative data visualisation, analytical and reporting techniques as part of a planned continuous improvement cycle.
- Establish managed and quantified processes for analysis and reporting service delivery to ensure business change and operational risk can be managed.
- Working in partnership with finance colleagues and wider HR team to provide comprehensive workforce analysis that links workforce information, finance and resourcing activity data to inform recruitment, retention, redeployment and exit plans.
- Oversee the People data aspects of the annual Spending Review return to Cabinet Office and other relevant commissions ensuring data is accurate supplemented with a narrative endorsed by the Executive Team.
- Overseeing the development and utilisation of the data reports produced by People Analytics • Ensure that approved cost pressures and forecasts and project efficiencies and organisational structure changes are correctly integrated in workforce analytics, including forecasts of and implemented, working with HR business partners to plan responses accordingly.
- Leadership and development of the People Analytics and Reporting team, effectively coaching and mentoring, both on an individual and team level, to drive high performance.
- Work in close collaboration with the HR Systems & Data team and the Head of Workforce Planning to ensure alignment of services, positive collaborative working, and efficient processes.
Please note - this role requires Security Clearance. See the section 'Things you need to know' to find out more.
Person specification
Experience
- Ability to bring together workforce data, business insights and strategic workforce principles to develop and implement the data analysis and reporting on a strategic workforce plan.
- Extensive experience with identifying, evaluating and implementing innovative data visualisation, analytical and reporting techniques as part of a planned continuous improvement cycle.
- Ability to establish managed and quantified processes for analysis and reporting service delivery to ensure business change and operational risk can be managed.
- Ability to think strategically and apply insights to inform future strategies and plans particularly in relation to resourcing.
- Proven analytical capability.
- Experience in handling complexity and ambiguity as well as prioritizing to manage multiple demands.
- Strong written skills coupled with the ability to present data and information with clarity and purpose.
- Well-developed business and customer focus.
- Ability to work at pace and manage delivery of processes and products to tight deadlines.
- Well-developed influencing and team working skills.
- Well-developed team leadership skills.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.
We celebrate diversity...
As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at application stage, or if you'd like to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing [email protected].
Where will you be working?
You will be aligned to our Cardiff office, where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis. We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities. Your manager will agree regular patterns of attendance with you, however you may be required to make yourself available to attend the office more frequently when required to meet business needs.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
In your application form we’d like you to:
- Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements.
- Write a personal statement of 1000 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills required for this role, providing examples to evidence your level of skill. In your personal statement we are looking for evidence of:
- Ability to bring together workforce data, business insights and strategic workforce principles to develop and implement the data analysis and reporting on a strategic workforce plan.
- Extensive experience with identifying, evaluating and implementing innovative data visualisation, analytical and reporting techniques as part of a planned continuous improvement cycle.
- Ability to establish managed and quantified processes for analysis and reporting service delivery to ensure business change and operational risk can be managed.
What will the process look like?
Sift
- Once the advert has closed we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all, please bear with us as this can take some time.
- We may raise the score required if we receive a high number of applications.
- At sift candidates will be assessed against experience and alongside your work history the panel will score your application against the following criteria:
- Ability to bring together workforce data, business insights and strategic workforce principles to develop and implement the data analysis and reporting on a strategic workforce plan.
- Extensive experience with identifying, evaluating and implementing innovative data visualisation, analytical and reporting techniques as part of a planned continuous improvement cycle.
- Ability to establish managed and quantified processes for analysis and reporting service delivery to ensure business change and operational risk can be managed.
Interview
- Successful candidates from the sift stage will be invited to attend a virtual interview, which will conducted using Microsoft Teams.
- We use a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you.
- We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the Behaviours and Experience listed in the advert, and Strengths.
- There will be a presentation as part of the interview process to prepare in advance. This will assess your 'extensive experience with identifying, evaluating and implementing innovative data visualisation, analytical and reporting techniques as part of a planned continuous improvement cycle'. Candidates who are invited to interview will be provided with further details.
- A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.
Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)
- Closing date - 29th June 2025
- Sifting - w/c 30th June 2025
- Interviews - w/c 14th July 2025
We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement.
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesn’t include ideas or work that isn’t your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own. Your application may be rejected if evidence of plagiarism or reliance on AI is detected. Examples include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own.
If you are invited to interview, please be aware the use of AI tools is prohibited (including recording or note taking) and any suspected use may result in the termination of your interview and subsequent withdrawal from the campaign.
More information on the ways you should and shouldn’t use AI can be found here.
Sponsorship
Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence, but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements for Security Check (SC) before they can be appointed.
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.
Further information on National Security Vetting.
Successful candidates must also pass a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before they can be appointed.
BPSS is an entry level security check. It uses the Police National Computer (PNC) to make sure a candidate has no convictions. The check returns evidence of any current criminal record and un-spent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Nationality statement
As part of our recruitment process, it is essential for all candidates to independently verify their eligibility to work in the UK before applying. This includes a thorough check of your right to work to ensure compliance with UK employment laws, being mindful of the recent changes to going rates detailed on GOV.UK.
Please ensure you have the necessary documentation and permissions in place. Our team is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. However, it is the candidate's responsibility to ensure they meet the UK's legal requirements to work.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
See our vetting charter .
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Jon Shenton
- Email : [email protected]
Recruitment team
- Email : [email protected]
Further information
Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [email protected] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission .
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