Remote Senior Workforce Planning Analyst

Capita plc; Manchester; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Volunteer day

Company pension

Cycle to work

Maternity/adoption leave

Employee discounts & benefits

Job summary

Capita plc is seeking a Senior Workforce Planning Analyst to lead forecasting, capacity planning and modelling across programmes. The role is home-based with travel to the Manchester office for meetings when arranged.

You will translate complex data into actionable insights to inform staffing, resources and growth strategies. You will partner with Operations, Finance, Commercial, HR and Transformation to review plans, challenge assumptions and drive data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within Workforce Management, Resource Planning or Workforce Planning.
• Advanced Excel and data modelling skills, including scenario models and business planning assumptions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, with the ability to present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Experience using Power BI, Sigma, Snowflake or similar analytical platforms.
• Experience supporting bid modelling and commercial activity.

Responsibilities

• Develop short, medium and long-term demand forecasts using trends and seasonality.
• Build capacity plans translating forecast demand into staffing requirements and recruitment plans.
• Create scenario models to assess workforce impact of changes and growth.
• Provide clear workforce insights and executive-level reporting to support decisions.
• Partner with stakeholders across functions to review plans and challenge assumptions.
• Improve planning tools, processes, governance and data quality through automation and analytics.

Skills

Workforce management

Forecasting

Excel modelling

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Power BI

Sigma

Snowflake

Job description

Capita plc is seeking a Senior Workforce Planning Analyst to lead forecasting, capacity planning and modelling across programmes. The role is home-based with travel to the Manchester office for meetings when arranged.

You will translate complex data into actionable insights to inform staffing, resources and growth strategies. You will partner with Operations, Finance, Commercial, HR and Transformation to review plans, challenge assumptions and drive data-driven decisions.