Organisational Effectiveness & Insights Analyst

Job Title                    Organisational Effectiveness & Insights Analyst

Function:                   People Experience 

Location:                   Hybrid working – Nottingham, Wakefield, Alfreton, Sheffield 

Contract type:           Permanent

Salary:                       £39,618 with the opportunity to rise to £46,610 within 3 years.

Closing Date:           Thursday 22nd January 2026

The Organisational Effectiveness and Insights Analyst will provide the insight, structure and operational rhythm that underpins organisational effectiveness. You’ll ensure leaders and teams have the evidence they need to design and evolve an organisation that is effective, efficient and future-ready.

By bringing analytical rigour you’ll help translate strategy into structure and people capability, the role connects workforce data, structural design and change governance. The Organisational Effectiveness and Insights Analyst will act as a connector between organisational design, people data and talent insight, helping the People teams and senior leaders see how people, structures interact to drive business performance.

Every day you will …

• Own key OE processes such as the OD change log, monthly resource forum tracking and organisational data analysis ensuring that change decisions are evidenced, recorded, reviewed and aligned to strategic priorities.  . 
• Provide analytical insight and reporting on organisational structures, spans and layers, headcount and role data to support OE priorities. Create clear insight-driven recommendations that inform organisational design and change decisions, create people dashboards at business, directorate and team level, bring to life complex data through visuals and storytelling.   
• Create and shape a cycle of reviewing organisational health and capability, collating and presenting key insight to show where we can be leaner, clearer and more capable. 
•  Support organisational reviews and design projects with clear diagnostics and evidence. Support the OE Manager in delivering organisational design projects, workforce modelling and future state analysis. 
• Collaborate across the People team, finance and strategy to connect insights on performance, cost and people. Provide support for Finance activities including annual financial planning, providing all people data in timely manner and supporting quarterly financial activities.  
• Define a rhythm of regular review of OE data processes, spot opportunities to simplify reporting, automate data flows and enhance the tools we use for analysis. Improve OE data processes ensuring accuracy, simplicity and relevance.
• Provide administrative and co-ordination support for OD governance meetings and key decision-making forums. Support OE manager and People Experience Lead prepare resource forum packs when required. Identify and flag emerging themes or inefficiencies in structures.   

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary: 

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
• We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts. 

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care. 

What skills will help you thrive in this role? 

• Strong understanding of OD and effectiveness principles, workforce data structures, spans and layers as well as OD change processes. Bring demonstratable expertise with proven experience in complex organisations. .
• Experience creating dashboards and visual analytics e.g. PowerBI, Tableau or similar tools. Strong attention to detail and governance awareness.   
• Data analytics, interpretation and storytelling able to turn complex data into clear actionable insight. Understanding workforce planning, change and performance metrics.  
• Confident handling people data including headcount, capability, structure and performance trends. Working knowledge of HR systems, reporting and data governance. Skilled in producing concise, insight-driven summaries for decision making. 
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Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk 

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.

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