Workforce Analyst

The People Operations Team promotes excellence in people by supporting TEAM RVH across the employee life cycle through innovative people strategies and programs. These initiatives are designed to attract, retain, and engage a highly skilled workforce that feels valued, recognized, safe, and empowered to grow and reach their full potential.

The Workforce Analyst plays a critical role in enabling evidence-based workforce decisions through advanced analytics, strategic insight, and proactive planning. The incumbent provides HR analysis and strategic problem-solving to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that inform both short- and long-term workforce planning and organizational sustainability.

In this role, the Analyst leverages key people data assets to strengthen operational efficiency, optimize workforce capacity, and support strategic decision-making. Responsibilities include collecting, processing, and analyzing large and complex workforce datasets to generate insights related to workforce supply and demand, position management, staffing models, turnover, succession planning, and future workforce needs.

The Analyst is responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing workforce reports, predictive models, and HR dashboards, and for translating complex data into clear, compelling narratives using data storytelling techniques. Through research, innovation, and continuous improvement, the role supports workforce planning initiatives and organization-wide goals by delivering actionable insights aligned to service delivery, financial stewardship, and people strategy.

A key focus of this position is the development and interpretation of HR and workforce planning metrics, including scenario modeling and forecasting, with the ability to translate data into practical, actionable workforce strategies that support leaders in planning for current and future talent needs.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Review, validate and continuously refine workforce analytics reports and dashboards to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and reliability for decision-making

• Apply data storytelling techniques to communicate complex workforce and HR insights into clear, compelling narratives that inform both strategic and operational decisions

• Collaborate with leaders to optimize the use of workforce within departments/units considering staffing models of care, existing complements, and budget allocations

• Prepare, analyze and interpret workforce metrics, schedules, and budget data to produce reports for People Experience operations, including preparing and distributing quarterly and annual reports and participating in benchmarking surveys

• Conduct comprehensive workforce planning reviews at the unit and departmental level to identify risks, trends, and opportunities related to recruitment, retention, workforce stability, and succession; develop data-informed insights to support proactive and targeted workforce strategies.

• Provide analytical and data support to leadership during collective agreement negotiations

• Work with TES to build and develop HR reporting metrics, ad-hoc reports, and People Experience leadership information to facilitate analysis of trends (i.e., status splits [full-time/part-time ratios], leaves, etc.), administration of various planning and improvement of processes

• Collect, analyze and synthesize workforce data for broader workforce planning activities for the organization that ensures strategic planning translates into improvement recommendations for operational efficiencies

• Prepare and deliver clear and professional reports and presentations to leaders across the organization

As a qualified candidate you will have the following job requirements:

• Post-secondary education in Human Resources, Business Analytics, or a related field

• At least 5 years’ experience in Human Resources in a complex unionized environment

• Experience in healthcare is an asset

• Completion of a professional development program in people analytics and/or machine learning, an asset

• Experience developing workforce planning documentation, tools and partnering with departments to identify and address operational staffing needs.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Analytical tools and Human Resources Information Systems to analyze, manipulate and present/illustrate information/data

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities, including the ability to translate data into actionable strategies

• Understanding of budgets, finance, staffing models, FTE’s, etc., an asset

• Experience with the use of HR systems required, including HRIS, time, attendance, and scheduling systems (i.e. Kronos/UKG) as well as understand HR functions such as workforce planning, recruitment, compensation, performance management, and employee engagement

• Experience conducting research and forming informational reports containing recommendations and conclusions

• Familiarity with employment/labour legislation

• Experience with Quality Improvement Science, Project Management, and familiarity with Lean methodologies an asset

• Previous experience in determining and producing workforce analytics/HR dashboards

• Demonstrated intermediate skills in Microsoft Office such as MS Excel as well as data analytics software including SSRS, SQL, and PowerBI

You are ideal for this position if you have:

• Demonstrated analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to compile data with strong attention to detail

• Experience working with and managing large HR datasets

• Experience supporting the development of workforce plans at the organization wide level

• Experience maintaining with database report-writing tools such as SSRS, PowerBI, and SQL

• Experience working with HR data analytics and an understanding of the key metrics

• Proven experience in using data for operational decision support and improvement

• Proven flexibility and ability to adapt positively to change, deadlines and, shifting priorities

• Ability to manage multiple data projects and coordinate with cross-function teams for data collection and implementation

• Highly developed presentation/facilitation skills both written and oral, with a proven ability to take complex data and clearly express it in a compelling manner

• Effective planning and organization skills and a high level of initiative and self-direction

• Proven knowledge of Quality Improvement Science, Project Management, and Change Management principles and methodologies

• Ability to manage information of a confidential and sensitive nature

Equity & Inclusion
RVH is committed to recruitment and selection practices anchored in principles of equity and inclusion that contribute to an anti-oppressive, respectful, and culturally safe workplace.

We invite applications from individuals who belong to groups that have been historically marginalized on the grounds identified by the Ontario Human Right Code, including but not limited to race, disability, age, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, family or marital status, and status as a First Nation, Métis, or Inuk person.

To learn about how RVH is taking steps to create and sustain an equitable, inclusive, accessible and culturally-safe environment, please visit:

Accommodations
RVH is dedicated to ensuring every applicant has a fair and equitable opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities throughout our recruitment and selection process. We are continuously working to create an accessible, barrier-free process, and recognize each applicant’s needs are different.

We encourage applicants with a disability or circumstance that could be supported with an accommodation to contact People Recruitment at Recruitment@rvh.on.ca.

RVH does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants.

If you are interested in this position, please apply online before 11:00 p.m. EST on the Requisition Close Date. If there is no close date listed above, the requisition will remain open until filled.