£67,600 – £67,600MidFull Time
Salary: £67,600
Closing date: 14th May 2026
Interview dates: Week commencing 18th May
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.
We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won’t be solved by science alone.
We have an exciting opportunity for a People Systems Analyst to join our People Systems team to support on the design, build, testing and maintenance of configuration enhancements across our People Systems and enabling Wellcome to become the best place to work and supporting the delivery of the mission.
Where will I be working?
Reporting to the People Systems Lead within the People Operations team you will help maintain and develop our HR systems, including Workday, to support our processes and enhance the employee experience.
What will I be doing?
As People Systems Analyst you will
Undertake discovery, design and build of the full range of configurations across all Workday skews (HCM, Compensation, Absence, Recruitment, Learning, Help, UK Payroll, Performance, Talent).
Support with day-to-day system management for all people systems including troubleshooting complex system issues/fixes, ensuring robust data and security management.
Liaise with product owners from across the People team to maximise system functionality and enhance user experience.
Implement enhancements to our people systems, managing end-to-end testing processes and documentation for any configuration build.
Oversee configuration development undertaken by AMS providers, briefing requirements, testing and moving into production as required.
Support in collating, analysing and developing bespoke and ad hoc reporting to aid leaders and teams in decision making.
You can view the Job description on our website.
To apply for this role please submit an up-to-date CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role. The minimum requirements of the role are:
Workday systems experience - deep knowledge of Workday modules, experience to include complex and significant Workday configuration, security management, integrations, reporting
Experience of delivering high quality projects/pieces within tight deadlines
Strong understanding of the current People Systems landscape
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with experience in Stakeholder Management
You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website
Our Hybrid Way of Working
We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.
At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at jobs@wellcome.org
Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any ‘unspent’ criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The criminal record check with not show anything that is ‘spent’.
For further guidance on disclosure of criminal records please see this UK Government Guidance. You can view our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders here. You can view our Privacy Statement here.
