Workforce Planning Lead - Federal Government

DXC Technology Company; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology is seeking a Workforce Planning Lead to drive strategic workforce planning for a federal government portfolio, including SAP S/4HANA managed services for Defence customers. You’ll work with senior leaders to translate business strategy into actionable workforce plans and insights.

The role involves developing demand forecasts, capability gap analysis and security-clearance workforce pipelines, with a focus on ensuring the right people with clearances are available to meet

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning or analytics.
• Experience with Australian Federal Government or Defence.
• Ability to forecast workforce demand and supply.
• Experience applying SFIA framework.
• Strong analytical and data modelling skills.
• Experience developing executive dashboards and insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop the strategic workforce plan aligned with portfolio objectives, contractual commitments and SAP roadmap.
• Lead workforce demand and supply forecasting across short, medium and long-term horizons.
• Develop workforce models covering roles, skills, location and security clearance requirements.
• Identify capability gaps, shortages and workforce risks, recommending proactive solutions.
• Develop executive dashboards, reporting and workforce insights to support decision-making.
• Partner with Delivery, Sales, Commercial, Security, HR and Talent Acquisition on workforce planning initiatives.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Forecasting & analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Security clearance processes

SFIA framework familiarity

Job description

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations — helping them harness AI to drive outcomes at a time of exponential change with speed. With deep expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry-Specific Software Solutions, DXC modernizes, secures, and operates some of the world’s most complex technology estates. Learn more on dxc.comThe Opportunity
DXC Technology is seeking an experienced Workforce Planning Leadto drive strategic workforce planning across a key Federal Government portfolio, including SAP S/4HANA application managed services supporting Defence customers.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping workforce strategy, ensuring the right people, skills and capabilities are in place to meet current and future business demands.

Working closely with senior leaders across Defence Industry, SAP Practice, Account Management, Service Delivery, Capability and Talent Acquisition, you will translate business strategy, sales pipeline and contractual commitments into actionable workforce plans.

You will provide the insights and foresight needed to anticipate workforce demand, identify capability gaps and develop strategies to address them before they impact service delivery, contractual obligations or business growth.

This role can be based in Canberra or Melbourne.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain the strategic workforce plan, aligned with portfolio objectives, contractual commitments, SLAs and the SAP S/4HANA roadmap.
• Lead workforce demand and supply forecasting across short, medium and long-term planning horizons.
• Develop workforce models covering roles, skills, location and security clearance requirements.
• Identify current and future capability gaps, critical skills shortages and workforce risks, recommending proactive solutions.
• Develop and manage security clearance workforce pipelines to ensure appropriately cleared resources are available when required.
• Analyse workforce capacity, utilisation, attrition, recruitment demand and resource availability.
• Develop scenario models to support changing business demands, project transitions, growth and service delivery requirements.
• Recommend workforce strategies across recruitment, internal mobility, upskilling, retention and redeployment.
• Monitor workforce costs, staffing structures and utilisation against commercial and contractual commitments.
• Develop executive dashboards, reporting and workforce insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Delivery, Sales, Commercial, Security, HR and Talent Acquisition to drive workforce planning initiatives, succession planning and capability development.

What you'll bring

• Demonstrated experience in strategic workforce planning, workforce analytics or workforce strategy.
• Experience working within the Australian Federal Government or Defence environment.
• Strong experience in workforce demand and supply forecasting.
• Proven ability to undertake skills and capability gap analysis.
• Experience applying the SFIA skills and competency framework.
• Strong analytical, data modelling and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience developing executive-level workforce dashboards, reporting and insights.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to align workforce strategies to business objectives and contractual commitments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
• The ability to work autonomously and influence senior stakeholders in complex, security-conscious environments.

Security clearance requirements

• Mandatory:Australian Government Baseline security clearance.
• Preferred:Existing NV1 security clearance.

Highly regarded

• Experience within technology services, consulting or managed services environments.
• Exposure to SAP, ERP or large-scale technology service delivery.
• Understanding of Australian Government security clearance requirements and their impact on workforce planning.

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