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About the Role

As a People Analytics & Insight Analyst, you will play an impactful role in helping Cancer Research UK make informed, people-centred decisions. You will gather, analyse, and report on metrics that underpin HR activity, ensuring accurate, reliable, and actionable insights to strengthen recruitment, enhance employee engagement, and support retention. This role offers the opportunity to enhance reporting capabilities, streamline processes, strengthen governance, and elevate the impact of HR and people insights.

Responsibilities

Collecting, validating, and consolidating people data from multiple sources to simplify access to accurate HR information.
Building, maintaining, and optimising Workday reports and Power BI dashboards, ensuring consistent and reliable people metrics.
Conducting trend analysis and generating insights, highlighting opportunities, risks, and performance drivers across the employee lifecycle.
Producing regular and ad hoc management information, including Executive Board packs and KPI reports.
Translating complex data into clear visualisations, narratives, and recommendations for HR leaders and senior stakeholders to drive impact and influence.
Supporting the People Analytics & Insights Manager to provide actionable insights and data-driven recommendations to HR leaders to enhance recruitment strategies, employee engagement, and retention efforts.
Performing data integrity checks, data cleansing, and regular data audits to improve accuracy and consistency.
Collaborating with HR and Systems teams to resolve data issues and embed best practices and data standards.
Ensuring full compliance with data privacy, information governance, and GDPR requirements.
Contributing to enhanced reporting governance, ensuring alignment of definitions, metrics, and reporting approaches.
Collaborating with the Data Security team to ensure adherence to data privacy regulations and compliance, and maintain strict confidentiality of employee data.
Applying analytical methods and advanced statistical techniques to identify workforce trends, including turnover drivers, recruitment performance, and engagement indicators.
Building predictive models to forecast employee attrition, support workforce planning, and inform strategic HR decisions.
Blending internal and external data to support forward-looking insight and scenario planning.
Building collaborative relationships across HR, Finance, Technology, and organisational leaders to understand data needs and deliver high-value insights.
Collaborating with other team members to improve reporting and analysis governance, improve efficiency, and provide a joined-up view of insights.
Presenting findings in a clear, compelling way, tailoring messages to technical and non-technical audiences.
Supporting capability building across HR by enabling stakeholders to self-serve through Workday and Power BI dashboards.
Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of people analytics best practices, visualisation, data modelling, and emerging HR technologies.
Identifying opportunities to streamline reporting processes and enhance insight delivery.
Contributing to the development of a source agnostic, integrated approach to people data and analytics.
Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion in all analytics and decision-making processes.
Actively contributing to the objectives of the People Analytics & Reporting team and the wider mission of Cancer Research UK.

Requirements

Experienced Data Analyst who has manipulated, validated, and consolidated complex datasets from multiple sources in large organisations.
Experience working with HR/ people data and Workday reporting would be beneficial, but is not essential.
Proven experience using Excel, Power BI, and SQL tools to interpret data, identify trends, drive insights, and support decision-making.
Relevant experience in presenting findings using PowerPoint and data visualisation tools, effectively using outputs to make actionable recommendations.
Has built credible, collaborative, and engaging stakeholder relationships with strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills with a successful track record of clearly translating complex data into meaningful insights for stakeholders.
Curious and proactive problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset for driving innovation and enhancing data reporting, while championing best practices and strong data governance.
Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities and deadlines, while maintaining strong attention to detail.
Demonstrates curiosity and a proactive approach to learning, taking ownership of personal development and performance.
Ideally, available to start on one month’s notice or less.

Skills

Excel
Power BI
SQL
PowerPoint
Data Visualisation
Workday reporting
People data analysis
Stakeholder relationship building
Interpersonal skills
Influencing skills
Verbal communication
Written communication
Presentation skills
Problem-solving
Continuous improvement
Data governance
Organisational skills
Prioritisation skills
Attention to detail
Learning agility

Location

Stratford, London

Work Type

Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)
Full time
35 hours per week

Experience Level

P2 Grade

Salary/Compensations

£30,000 - £40,000

Benefits

Generous benefits package
Wide range of career and personal development opportunities
High-quality tools
Work-life balance support
Positive career steps
Personal wellbeing goal achievement

About the Company

Cancer Research UK exists to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day.
The HR department plays an essential role in engaging and inspiring Cancer Research UK’s people by delivering operational transformation, robust governance, and a high-quality employee experience as part of our Sustain Strategy and HR Operations Plan.
This enables us to be an inclusive, sustainable, and agile organisation across a diverse workforce of hundreds of shops, 2,500+ office staff, and 4 scientific research institutes (laboratories).
We’re the world’s leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research.
We work to reduce the impact of cancer on people’s day-to-day lives through our research, influence and information.
We are beating cancer – step by step, day by day.
Our work means that people with cancer live better lives through earlier diagnosis and kinder, more effective treatments.
Find a purposeful career that will empower you to grow and collaborate with like-minded experts.

Equal Opportunity

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work.
We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.