People Data Analyst

Do you have a passion for data and HR? Do you love analysing and interpreting data to support strategic decision-making? Are you looking to make a significant impact at a forward-thinking organization? We're recruiting for a People Data Analyst to drive our HR analytics forward.

About the Role: As a People Data Analyst, you will be responsible for collecting, analysing, and interpreting employee data to support strategic decision-making within the firm. Your primary goal will be to leverage data analytics from various sources to provide insights into workforce trends, employee engagement, and overall HR effectiveness. You will work closely with the HR team and other departments to ensure data-driven decisions that contribute to the firm's people strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

•  Develop and maintain HR dashboards and reports for real-time insights.
• Collect and analyse data on employee demographics, performance, engagement, and retention.
• Maximize the utilization of data outputs and evolve data as the firm grows.
• Conduct detailed analysis of HR metrics to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with HR and other departments to deliver actionable insights and predict future trends.
• Ensure data efficiency, integrity, and accuracy with robust data management practices, including GDPR compliance.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Proven experience in data analysis, preferably within HR or people analytics.
• Strong analytical skills to collect, analyse, and interpret large datasets for actionable insights.
• Technical proficiency with data analysis tools like SQL, Python, R, and advanced Excel functions.
• Proficiency in data visualization, creating dashboards and reports using tools like Power BI.
• Attention to detail to ensure data accuracy and integrity through meticulous data management practices.
• Problem-solving abilities to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement within HR metrics and workforce data.
• Collaboration skills to work closely with HR and other departments to understand data needs and deliver insights.

If you are ready for an exciting new challenge and to drive our HR analytics forward, we would love to hear from you.

About Burges Salmon

Our six core values – Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect - are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture. As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the ‘working at Burges Salmon' section of our careers page.

We are pleased to have been named RollOnFriday's ‘Best Law Firm to Work At', for the third year in a row and one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2023 (previously named ‘The Times Top 50 Employers for Women'), for the third year running. Our commitment to excellence has recently been recognised by the IIP, which awarded us Platinum certification for investment in people.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. 

As a Disability Confident Leader, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. 

We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

If you have any questions regarding the role or the interview process, please contact Jenna Hazel (Senior Resourcing Business Partner) at Jenna.Hazel@burges-salmon.com or call on 0117 307 6060.

This advert will close as soon as we receive sufficient applications so please apply as soon as you can to be considered.

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