People Insights Analyst

**Job no**: 530134
**Work type**: Full Time
**Location**: Sydney, NSW
**Categories**: Human Resources & Recruitment, Analyst

**People Insights Analyst**
- Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
- Duration: 12-month role
- Remuneration: Level 7 $110,073 - $119,132 (depending on experience) + 17% super + leave loading
- Location: Kensington, NSW (hybrid)

**About UNSW**:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

**Why your Role Matters**:
The People Insights Analyst plays a key role in the delivery and ongoing maintenance of high-quality People & Culture (P&C) data services including analytics, management reporting, and workforce planning support. The role entails providing high level practical and efficient data and analytical support for P&C teams and key stakeholders through active collaboration.

The People Insights Analyst reports to the People Insights Lead and has no direct reports.

**Responsibilities**:

- Oversee, contribute to and maintain workforce dashboards that provide accurate employee data on headcount/FTE, staff turnover, vacancies, EDI metrics, and other key metrics to P&C.
- Support P&C clients with access to run or the provision of regular customised reports on P&C data not included in the dashboard, e.g. Remuneration reports, position management reports, promotion/incremental increase reports, leave balance reports, etc.
- Work with stakeholders to gather requirements for reporting purposes and explore data sources as well as undertaking data analysis to deliver insights, analytics and relevant reporting.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders at all levels to identify future workforce analytics needs and ensure delivery of accurate, holistic and cohesive data (workforce and other).
- In collaboration with UNSW IT, administer HRIS data and role security request to manage user access.
- Perform user configuration and administration of PeopleSoft Human Capital Management package to provide query tree and department security tree management.
- Identify possible areas for improvement and implement changes that enhance data quality and reduce effort and repetition.
- Work with large data sets and collate multiple data sets to draw insights and compare benchmarks.
- Contribute to the University’s position management framework, collaborating across P&C to improve how position data is managed and coordinated and ensuring it is maintained efficiently and effectively.
- Provide support and high-level advice and training across P&C and the University in relation to workforce data integrity, position management and the delivery of accurate, reliable, and consistent data to support business outcomes.
- Collaborate with the P&C Systems team on process and system enhancements to address gaps causing data integrity issues.

**Skills and Experience**:

- A relevant Degree with relevant experience, or an equivalent level of knowledge gained through any other combination of education, training, and experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of workforce planning and experience working with data, dashboards and metrics, including ability to analyse workforce information and understand business processes.
- Demonstrated experience working in a data rich environment and in presenting data and complex reports to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Well-developed skills and expertise in the end-to-end data processes applicable to large and complex datasets, including data definition, collection, cleaning, extraction, analysis, and validation.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to develop insightful solutions to address client needs.
- Solid organisational skills and attention to detail with excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, advanced user of Excel, and SQL, Data visualisation tool preferably Power BI an advantage.

**Benefits and Culture**:
People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our benefits include:

- Flexible working options.
- Career development opportunities.
- 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments.
- Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period.
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).

**How to Apply**:Submit your CV & a succinct one-page cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & e