Data and Insight Analyst

Job title: People Data and Insight Analyst

Location: Hybrid / Ealing W5 5TL

Salary: £47,464.00 - £50,000.00

Contract: 12 month Fixed term contract

Working Hours: 35 hours per week across Monday – Friday

DBS Requirement: Basic DBS

We are a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in. With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable, and private rent, specialist services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

As People Data and Insight Analyst you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality data insights to support strategic People decisions and organisational performance. This role is responsible for producing reporting and analysis across key People lifecycle activities, including performance, salary, and bonus reviews, as well as managing cyclical requirements such as Gender Pay Gap reporting. Working within People Services, the postholder will also support data cleansing and migration as part of ongoing transformation initiatives, while ensuring strong data governance and GDPR compliance.

Acting as a subject‑matter expert, you will promote data integrity, provide actionable insights, and contribute to building a data‑driven culture across the organisation.

• Analyse People Services and workforce data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that inform strategic and operational decisions.
• Produce dashboards, scorecards, and narrative reports that clearly communicate insights to non‑technical People Services staff and senior stakeholders.
• Use advanced analytics techniques (e.g. predictive modelling, segmentation, regression) to provide forward‑looking insight, not just descriptive reporting.
• Support cyclical processes (performance, reward, pay gap reporting) by producing reports and analysis to highlight key themes and implications.

• Partner with the Data team and colleagues to ensure People data is accurate, consistent, and well‑governed and ensure adherence to the hub and spoke framework to certify datasets.
• Work with the People Services Systems Manager to conduct UAT testing of People Services systems, process data, and support the People Services Systems team.
• Monitor data quality, identifying root causes of issues and recommending process improvements.
• Act as People Services’ data steward, ensuring GDPR compliance, robust governance, and high data quality by managing People data assets, maintaining integrity and security, and representing People services in data stewardship meetings.

• Develop and enhance the use of analytics tools (e.g. Power BI, SQL & Excel) to improve reporting and insight capability.
• Proactively seek opportunities to automate standard reporting and free capacity for deeper analysis.
• Stay up to date with external trends in People analytics, benchmarking, and regulatory reporting, bringing new ideas into People Services.

• Work closely with People Business Partners and senior managers to understand their needs, framing analysis that answers business questions.
• Educate stakeholders on how to use data effectively to improve decision‑making and operational efficiency.

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English (Grades A*‑C)
• Degree in a numerate, analytical, or business‑related discipline (e.g. Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, People Analytics, or similar).
• CIPD or equivalent HR qualification, or demonstrable experience applying analytics in an HR/People context.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in analytics, data science, or business intelligence (e.g. Power BI, SQL, or equivalent training).
• Experience working with HR systems and payroll data.
• Advanced skills in analytics and visualisation tools including Power BI & Excel (SQL, Python/​R desirable).
• Knowledge of data governance and GDPR requirements.
• Experience in producing executive‑level reports and presenting insight to non‑technical audiences.
• Previous experience of gathering, interpreting to…