Analyst

Role: Analyst

Department: HR and Learning

Location: Carbrook Sheffield

Salary: 32613 - 37020

Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

In this role youwill provide tactical leadership support advocacy and vision to the force to forward plan the workforce and talent that is in line with South Yorkshire Police (SYP) strategic direction and core values.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop HR and Learnings BI reporting capability.

• Work to establish and embed a resource forecasting tool so it becomes a business-as-usual activity in line with other business planning processes.

• Support the production of reports required for HMIC PEEL and internal governance boards.

• Support the monitoring of workforce statistics including retention leavers and diversity profiles to identify trends and gaps making recommendations to address these.

• On-going review and improvement of reporting processes to standardise and align techniques across all reporting teams.

• Ensure ongoing validation a cleansing of data within the systems.

• Continually seek improvements and streamline processes.

Experience Skills and Training required for the role:

• Understanding of data and analytics with an ability to demonstrate to others its impact.

• Skilled in engaging a diverse range of stakeholders building relationships that are based on trust working collaboratively and to improve the employee experience and align to the organisations values.

• Able to use a range of communication and influencing techniques and methods to successfully negotiate collaborate and/or effect change.

• Must have a high attention to detail and be able to prioritise conflicting tasks.

• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel Word and PowerPoint.

• Must have strong problem-solving skills.

• Gather data from internal systems databases and external sources.

• Clean validate and organize data for analysis.

• Maintain understanding of the forces priorities and how these link to own work.

• Maintain professional performance/ business management skills including keeping up to date with new developments in workforce planning standards policy and practice

Essential criteria:

• Previous experience of Oracle BI or similar system is essential.
• Degree level qualification in Mathematics Statistics Computer Science or related field.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.

For more detailed information relating to the role skills and experience for this role please click here to view the role profile.

What we offer:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card Company Shop Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 ()
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

South Yorkshire Polices Key Values:

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness Integrity & Trust the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location whether that be a SYP building or from home.

Contact details:

For further information about the role please contact: Gavin Mitchell via email

Closing Date: 26th January 2026

Closing dates are not normally extended other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Candidate Information:

Please note that should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references medical clearance vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve in order for us to provide the best service utilising a range of backgrounds experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer please contact our dedicated team on

In addition we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Documents to Review:

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

View our recruitment video:

Experience:

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