Data Analytics Specialist at Ministry of Defence, UK Wide, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.

The MOD is one of the biggest public procurement organisations in Europe and the single largest customer for UK industry. It currently manages approximately £20 billion of spend on capital investments in equipment and infrastructure every year. Over the next decade the MOD is committed to spending over £190 billion on equipment and support. The MOD's customers include both the armed forces and national security agencies, and it has a diverse range of requirements, including military fighting vehicles, education services, nuclear submarines and facilities management.

As a Data Analytics Specialist you will play a critical role in helping the programme define, develop and embed the analytics capability needed to support modern HR services across Defence.

Working tightly with the DefHRS Design Leads, Data Teams, business owners and external delivery partners, you will help craft and translate user and business information needs into clear reporting, analytics and insight requirements. You will lead and support the development of process design, functional dashboards, management information and analytical outputs that enable better decision-making, improve visibility of process and service performance, and help Defence realise the benefits of its investment in Oracle Fusion and related analytics capability.

As a Data Analytics Specialist your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the definition and documentation of people analytics and workforce intelligence requirements across the DefHRS programme.
• Work with business process teams to ensure reporting, analytics and insight requirements are captured as part of process design activities.
• Translate business workforce planning needs into detailed functional and data requirements for Oracle delivery teams.
• Drive the design of analytics capabilities that support Strategic Workforce Planning processes and future workforce decision-making.
• Work with workforce planners, policy teams and business stakeholders to define workforce demand, supply, capability and skills intelligence requirements.
• Lead business engagement activities to identify and prioritise analytics, reporting and dashboard requirements for Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI).
• Work with technical and architecture teams to translate business requirements into FDI solutions.
• Work across HR domains including Recruitment, Talent Management, Learning, Workforce Management, Organisation Management and Workforce Planning to identify common reporting and data requirements.
• Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders to define future-state processes, measures and insight needs.
• Act as a key point of contact between business stakeholders, programme teams and Oracle delivery partners on people analytics matters.
• Build effective relationships across civilian and military stakeholder communities to support requirements gathering and design activities.
• Gather, document and maintain workforce data, reporting and analytical requirements throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Support the identification of data sources and data requirements needed to deliver future workforce planning and analytics capability.

Essential:

• An active SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. (Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.) 
• Oracle HCM, ERP and Analytics Experience - Demonstrable experience of delivering people analytics, reporting or workforce intelligence capabilities within large-scale Oracle Fusion HCM and/or ERP implementations, including translating business requirements into analytics and reporting solutions.
• Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI) Knowledge - Strong understanding of Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI) (and / or equivalent ERP/HCM analytical tooling) including dashboards, reporting, analytics design, data models, extensions and the development of business requirements for enterprise reporting solutions. 
• Large Scale Transformation Delivery - Experience operating within complex, multi-stakeholder business transformation programmes, leading requirements gathering, process design workshops and solution development across multiple business functions and organisational boundaries.
• HR, Workforce and Data Domain Expertise - Strong understanding of HR processes, workforce management, organisational data and people analytics, with the ability to define meaningful metrics, reporting requirements and workforce insights that support business decision-making.

Desirable:

• Strategic Workforce Planning Experience - Experience supporting the design or implementation of Strategic Workforce Planning, workforce modelling, skills analysis, capability planning or workforce forecasting processes. The DefHRS Strategic Workforce Planning design includes workforce evolution, capability planning and future workforce analysis.
• Defence, Government or Regulated Environment Experience - Experience working within Defence, Government or similarly complex and highly regulated organisations, balancing diverse stakeholder interests across multiple workforce groups.
• AI and Advanced Analytics Experience - Knowledge of AI-enabled analytics, predictive workforce insights, machine learning or advanced analytical techniques, and their practical application within workforce planning and people analytics solutions. Oracle FDI includes AI-powered analytics capabilities.
• Data Integration and Enterprise Reporting - Experience working with enterprise data architectures, data migration activities or integrated reporting solutions spanning multiple systems, data sources and organisational functions. The current analytics design anticipates integration of Oracle and non-Oracle data into a broader workforce intelligence capability.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the MOD guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The MOD guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.