Full job descriptionWorkforce Planning Manager

Location: Porton Down, Salisbury

Salary: £450-£620 per day | Inside IR35

Length: 6 Month FTC

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:
*Lead development, maintenance and annual publication of Strategic Workforce Plan.
*Develop workforce supply and demand forecasts.
*Undertake workforce capability assessments and strategic workforce risk analysis.
*Conduct scenario planning and workforce modelling activities.
*Present workforce planning recommendations to executive stakeholders.
*Support workforce prioritisation and workforce investment decisions.
*People analytics and workforce insight.
*Lead the company’s people analytics and workforce insight capability.
*Produce workforce dashboards, reports and analytical products.
*Deliver workforce forecasting, trend analysis and workforce research.
*Support evidence-based workforce planning and organisational decision-making.
*Improve workforce data quality and reporting standards.
*Coordinate implementation and embedding of the Resource Management Operating Model (RMOM).
*Develop governance arrangements, processes and operating procedures.
*Support workforce planning maturity and organisational adoption.
*Manage implementation risks, actions and dependencies.
*Workforce governance and capability development.
*Coordinate quarterly workforce planning steering groups.
*Maintain Workforce Establishment governance arrangements.
*Develop workforce interventions arising from workforce planning outputs.
*Support workforce capability development priorities and implementation activities.
*Provide specialist advice to senior stakeholders.
Skills and Qualifications:
*Degree in Business, Data Science, Economics, Statistics, Finance or any related fields (i.e. Mathematics, Engineering), or equivalent practical experience.
*Significant experience leading Strategic Workforce Planning within a complex
*organisation.
*Experience developing workforce strategies, workforce supply and demand models
*and workforce forecasts.
*Strong people analytics capability, including workforce insight, dashboard
*development, trend analysis and reporting.
*Experience conducting workforce capability assessments and workforce risk analysis.
*Experience developing evidence-based recommendations for senior leaders and executive-level stakeholders.
*Experience implementing workforce operating models, organisational change initiatives or workforce transformation programmes.
*Strong governance, stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
*Experience establishing and maintaining governance forums and operating procedures.
*Ability to translate workforce data into practical interventions and strategic workforce decisions.
*Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
*Experience working across HR, workforce capability, organisational development and
*transformation environments.
*Ability to work independently and provide specialist subject matter expertise.
*A demonstrable ability to link strategic goals with operational and financial information in order to facilitate big picture decision-making.
*Ability to carry out multiple variable analysis, regression analysis, factor analysis and thematic analysis.
*Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to distil and present information.
*Proven experience of utilising Microsoft Excel(formulas, pivots, macros etc).
*Project management experience with multiple stakeholders prioritising and delegating
*projects/tasks.
*Demonstrable experience in analysing complex data and quality assuring findings.
*An in-depth understanding of the employee lifecycle in an organisation, and how indicators translate the overall health of the organisation.
*POWER BI would be desirable.