Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• SQL

Desirable

• Workforce Planning experience in the NHS

Qualifications and Education

Essential

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

• Workforce Planning-related qualification.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in a workforce informational role, ideally within the NHS
• Advanced knowledge of workforce systems, including ESR.
• Previous experience with SQL, dashboard development, designing reports, and extracting information from Oracle-based systems
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, including use of pivot tables and vLookup functions
• Experience in collating and analysing statistical information and producing written reports and other materials for non-statistical professionals to aid performance management, business decisions, and resource allocation.
• Experience of collaborating with stakeholders to meet current and future needs within the organisational priorities and resources

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS national workforce categorisations and coding
• Experience in using Oracle reporting tools, such as ESR BI, and reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Workforce planning experience, using a range of workforce planning approaches and tools.
• Experience in development and automation
• Knowledge of the NHS Long Term Plan

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 12 April 2026