Strategic Workforce Planning and People Analytics Lead - SC Clearance

Reed; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Reed is recruiting for a Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead for a public sector organisation in Salisbury. The role is a 6-month contract with hybrid working (3 days onsite, 2 days home) and a daily rate up to £620 via Umbrella (inside IR35).

You will lead the development of workforce strategies, forecasting models and analytics capabilities to support senior decision-making. The successful candidate will hold SC clearance, be a sole British citizen, and bring extensive

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading Strategic Workforce Planning within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven experience developing workforce strategies, supply and demand models and workforce forecasts.
• Strong people analytics capability with experience in dashboard development, workforce insight and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of strategic workforce plans.
• Develop workforce supply and demand forecasts.
• Conduct workforce capability assessments and workforce risk analysis.
• Deliver workforce modelling and scenario planning activities.
• Provide workforce planning recommendations to senior and executive stakeholders.
• Support workforce investment and prioritisation decisions.
• Lead people analytics and workforce insight activities.
• Produce workforce dashboards, reports and analytical products.
• Deliver forecasting, trend analysis and workforce research.

Skills

Strategic Workforce Planning

People Analytics

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analysis

Change Management

Excel

HR Transformation

Communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

A public sector organisation is seeking an experienced Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead to support a high-profile government organisation delivering critical workforce planning, analytics and organisational capability initiatives.

This role will lead the development of workforce strategies, workforce forecasting models and people analytics capabilities, providing senior stakeholders with evidence-based insight to support strategic decision-making.

This is an initial 6-month contract based in Salisbury with hybrid working available (3 days per week onsite, 2 days working from home) with a daily rate up to £620 per day via an Umbrella company (inside IR35). Due to the nature of the role the successful candidate will need to already hold SC clearance and be a sole British citizen.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Workforce Planning

• Lead the development and maintenance of strategic workforce plans.
• Develop workforce supply and demand forecasts.
• Conduct workforce capability assessments and workforce risk analysis.
• Deliver workforce modelling and scenario planning activities.
• Provide workforce planning recommendations to senior and executive stakeholders.
• Support workforce investment and prioritisation decisions.

People Analytics & Workforce Insight

• Lead people analytics and workforce insight activities.
• Produce workforce dashboards, reports and analytical products.
• Deliver forecasting, trend analysis and workforce research.
• Improve workforce data quality and reporting standards.
• Support evidence-based organisational decision making.

Governance & Transformation

• Support the implementation of workforce planning operating models and governance frameworks.
• Establish and maintain governance processes and operating procedures.
• Coordinate stakeholder forums and workforce planning governance meetings.
• Support organisational adoption and workforce planning maturity.
• Manage implementation risks, dependencies and actions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience leading Strategic Workforce Planning within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven experience developing workforce strategies, supply and demand models and workforce forecasts.
• Strong people analytics capability with experience in dashboard development, workforce insight and reporting.
• Experience conducting workforce capability assessments and workforce risk analysis.
• Advanced analytical skills including experience interpreting complex workforce data.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with experience influencing senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Experience delivering organisational change, workforce transformation or operating model implementation programmes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables and macros.
• Experience working across HR, workforce capability, organisational development and transformation functions.
• Ability to work independently as a subject matter expert.