Strategic Workforce Planning & Analytics Lead

First Military Recruitment Ltd; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

First Military Recruitment are seeking a Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead for a client at Porton Down, near Salisbury. The role focuses on developing a Strategic Workforce Plan and leading analytics to support executive decisions.

The position requires extensive experience in workforce planning within complex organisations and strong data analytics capabilities, including dashboards and forecasting. The role is a 6-month FTC with a daily rate of £450-£620 Inside IR35.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Data Science, Economics, Statistics, Finance or related fields.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead development 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 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

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Excel

Power BI

Education

Degree in Business/Data Science/Economics/Statistics/Finance or related

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

First Military Recruitment are seeking a Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead for a client at Porton Down, near Salisbury. The role focuses on developing a Strategic Workforce Plan and leading analytics to support executive decisions.

The position requires extensive experience in workforce planning within complex organisations and strong data analytics capabilities, including dashboards and forecasting. The role is a 6-month FTC with a daily rate of £450-£620 Inside IR35.