Head of Workforce Information | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX4 6LN |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7697209/321-CORP-7697209-B8a |
Summary
• The Head of Workforce Information will lead the Workforce Informatics Team in delivering a high-quality, proactive workforce intelligence and systems service to the Trust and its stakeholders. The post holder will provide expert leadership in the provision, analysis and interpretation of complex workforce and pay-related data, playing a key role in strengthening the Trust’s capability to plan for current and future workforce requirements.
• The post holder will critically analyse workforce and pay data from multiple internal and external sources to produce a wide range of reports for Trust Groups, Committees, the Board, Trust Managers and external bodies. A key aspect of the role is the transformation of raw data into meaningful, high-quality management information through robust analysis and the development of reports that meet user and organisational needs.
• This role will have responsibility for several workforce information systems and for the production, integration and assurance of data from these and other corporate systems. The post holder will work closely with colleagues across HR & Organisational Development, Finance, Information Services and Digital to ensure workforce systems and data are accurate, secure and well-governed, and will lead the development and implementation of existing and new workforce information systems.
• Analyse workforce data (quantitative and qualitative) to identify opportunities for transformation, productivity improvement, and service redesign.
• Support service redesign, skill mix, and establishment reviews using benchmarking data and workforce intelligence.
• Ensure workforce planning is timely and effective, aligning recruitment to service needs and monitoring temporary workforce usage.
• Promote succession planning and maintain effective vacancy management across divisions.
• Collaborate with recruitment leads to implement targeted recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Ensure workforce establishments are accurate and reconciled across workforce, finance, and rostering systems.
• Collect, analyse, and interpret workforce and HR data to support strategic decision-making and operational delivery.
• Produce complex workforce reports and dashboards using ESR, QlikView/Qlik Sense, Power BI, and other systems.
• Improve workforce information processes for efficiency, accuracy, and usability, promoting automation and self-service reporting.
• Provide specialist workforce intelligence advice internally and externally.
• Lead establishment control and ESR data quality processes across the Trust.
• Ensure statutory and central returns are completed accurately and on time.
• Translate complex data into clear insights for a range of stakeholders.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to theten core principles
Oxford University Hospitalspromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
• Partner with the Assistant Director of Workforce to develop, implement, and monitor workforce plans aligned to Trust strategy, divisional objectives, and service needs.
• Analyse workforce data (quantitative and qualitative) to identify opportunities for transformation, productivity improvement, and service redesign.
• Support service redesign, skill mix, and establishment reviews using benchmarking data and workforce intelligence.
• Ensure workforce planning is timely and effective, aligning recruitment to service needs and monitoring temporary workforce usage.
• Promote succession planning and maintain effective vacancy management across divisions.
• Collaborate with recruitment leads to implement targeted recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Ensure workforce establishments are accurate and reconciled across workforce, finance, and rostering systems.
This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jan 2026
• The post holder will critically analyse workforce and pay data from multiple internal and external sources to produce a wide range of reports for Trust Groups, Committees, the Board, Trust Managers and external bodies. A key aspect of the role is the transformation of raw data into meaningful, high-quality management information through robust analysis and the development of reports that meet user and organisational needs.
• This role will have responsibility for several workforce information systems and for the production, integration and assurance of data from these and other corporate systems. The post holder will work closely with colleagues across HR & Organisational Development, Finance, Information Services and Digital to ensure workforce systems and data are accurate, secure and well-governed, and will lead the development and implementation of existing and new workforce information systems.
• Analyse workforce data (quantitative and qualitative) to identify opportunities for transformation, productivity improvement, and service redesign.
• Support service redesign, skill mix, and establishment reviews using benchmarking data and workforce intelligence.
• Ensure workforce planning is timely and effective, aligning recruitment to service needs and monitoring temporary workforce usage.
• Promote succession planning and maintain effective vacancy management across divisions.
• Collaborate with recruitment leads to implement targeted recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Ensure workforce establishments are accurate and reconciled across workforce, finance, and rostering systems.
• Collect, analyse, and interpret workforce and HR data to support strategic decision-making and operational delivery.
• Produce complex workforce reports and dashboards using ESR, QlikView/Qlik Sense, Power BI, and other systems.
• Improve workforce information processes for efficiency, accuracy, and usability, promoting automation and self-service reporting.
• Provide specialist workforce intelligence advice internally and externally.
• Lead establishment control and ESR data quality processes across the Trust.
• Ensure statutory and central returns are completed accurately and on time.
• Translate complex data into clear insights for a range of stakeholders.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to theten core principles
Oxford University Hospitalspromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
• Partner with the Assistant Director of Workforce to develop, implement, and monitor workforce plans aligned to Trust strategy, divisional objectives, and service needs.
• Analyse workforce data (quantitative and qualitative) to identify opportunities for transformation, productivity improvement, and service redesign.
• Support service redesign, skill mix, and establishment reviews using benchmarking data and workforce intelligence.
• Ensure workforce planning is timely and effective, aligning recruitment to service needs and monitoring temporary workforce usage.
• Promote succession planning and maintain effective vacancy management across divisions.
• Collaborate with recruitment leads to implement targeted recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Ensure workforce establishments are accurate and reconciled across workforce, finance, and rostering systems.
This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jan 2026
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