Strategic Workforce Planner (18-Month FTC) – Hybrid

Leeds Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working – 2 days per week in 2-

Annual bonus up to 12%

Matched pension contributions up to 10

26 days holiday + bank holidays + buy‑

Colleague Mortgage and Saver products

2 days volunteering per year

Job summary

Leeds Building Society is seeking a Workforce Planner to help anticipate future capacity and skills needs. You will build a data-led approach across the People Enablement team, producing forecasts and dashboards to guide practical workforce decisions and actions.

You will collaborate with People, Finance and business teams, turn insights into reports, and support stakeholders with clear, data-driven recommendations for build, buy, borrow, redeploy or automate actions.

Qualifications

• Ability to collect and interpret workforce data and explain findings clearly.
• Proficiency with approved digital tools to produce reliable workforce outputs and identify automation opportunities.
• Collaborate across People, Finance and business teams to coordinate inputs and deliver outputs.
• Able to adjust forecasts and reporting as data and deadlines change.
• Think creatively to improve forecasting, scenarios and reporting within defined methods.
• Connect workforce evidence to outcomes for members, customers and colleagues.
• Handle sensitive workforce data objectively and adapt communication to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Produce reliable workforce and skills forecasts and analyse current and future demand.
• Identify capacity, capability and critical-role gaps and propose actions.
• Coordinate planning inputs and maintain workforce data quality.
• Turn analysis into dashboards, reports and actionable insights.
• Explain assumptions and limitations to stakeholders and document decisions.

Skills

Data literacy

Digital literacy

Teamwork

Adaptability

Creative thinking

Customer centricity

Empathy

Relationship management

Job description

Leeds Building Society is seeking a Workforce Planner to help anticipate future capacity and skills needs. You will build a data-led approach across the People Enablement team, producing forecasts and dashboards to guide practical workforce decisions and actions.

You will collaborate with People, Finance and business teams, turn insights into reports, and support stakeholders with clear, data-driven recommendations for build, buy, borrow, redeploy or automate actions.