People Data & Insights Specialist
1. Shape people focused decisions across NFU Mutual, using analytics and insight to influence leaders and inform meaningful action.
2. A highly analytical, consultative role where you’ll turn complex people data into clear, compelling insight that supports projects, priorities and change.
3. Head Office based (Stratford Upon Avon) with 80/20 hybrid working, offering flexibility alongside strong collaboration.
About the role
This is a 12-month fixed term contract as a People Data and Insights Specialist, you’ll play a critical role in helping the business make data driven decisions through insightful analysis of people data. Drawing on a wide range of internal and external data sources you’ll use your analytical expertise and judgement to identify trends, highlight risks and opportunities, and make evidence based recommendations that influence leaders across the organisation.
You’ll create and deliver high quality people insights, reports and dashboards by using tools such as Power BI to tell clear and compelling data stories. Working closely with stakeholders across HR and the wider business, you’ll tailor insight to different audiences and ensure complex information is translated into practical, actionable outputs that support decision making at senior levels.
You’ll provide subject matter expertise to projects and initiatives, bringing a people data lens to help shape outcomes. You’ll also contribute to the ongoing development of people data architecture, benchmarking and external insight, supporting a mature and trusted insights service across the Group.
About you
You’re an experienced data and insight professional who enjoys working with complex information and turning it into something meaningful. You’re naturally analytical and curious, confident applying critical thinking to interpret data, challenge assumptions and draw out clear conclusions. Accuracy and attention to detail matter to you, particularly when working with sensitive people data.
You’re also a strong communicator who can collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. You’re comfortable influencing at pace and explaining insights to both technical and nontechnical audiences and using data storytelling to support informed decision making. You take a consultative approach by understanding business needs and shaping your outputs accordingly.
You’re comfortable working independently, managing your own priorities and contributing to projects with confidence. You’ll enjoy sharing knowledge, supporting team capability and continuously developing your own skills, while acting as a trusted and credible people data expert.
Technical skills required:
4. Advanced data analysis and interpretation using large, complex people datasets
5. Strong experience producing insight, reports and dashboards using Power BI
6. Use of Microsoft Power Platform and other data manipulation tools
7. Experience researching and analysing external datasets, benchmarks and industry trends
8. Data storytelling and presentation skills for senior, nontechnical audiences
9. Experience of supporting or contributing to projects, providing data insight and analytical expertise to inform outcomes (desirable)
At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.
We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
Benefits and Rewards
When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
10. Salary up to £60,000
11. Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
12. Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
13. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
14. A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
15. Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
16. £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
17. Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
18. Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
19. Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
20. Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
21. Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
22. Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
23. Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility
Working at NFU Mutual
We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.
Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for ten consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.
Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.