Strategic Workforce Planning Assistant Manager

Lloyds Banking Group; Moor Side; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK bank is seeking a Strategic Workforce Planning professional to drive data-driven insights and support the development of essential skills across the organization. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to identify future skill needs and implementing long-term plans to ensure the right talent is in place. Ideal candidates should possess strong analytical, communication, and strategic thinking skills, with a passion for workforce planning and team collaboration. Competitive benefits and a supportive work environment are offered.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

28 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Ability to problem solve and generate strategic objectives.
• Strong written and verbal communication, especially for senior audiences.
• Capability to conduct quality data analysis and validate sources.
• Skills in developing relationships across various business areas.
• Experience in supporting project plans and delivering required outputs.
• Proficiency in building partnerships and collaborating with others.
• Initiative in driving tasks to completion.
• Understanding of organizational dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing data-driven Strategic Workforce Planning models.
• Build relationships with business stakeholders to assess skill needs.
• Inspire passion for Strategic Workforce Planning across the organization.
• Aid in long-term skill acquisition and change project support.
• Collaborate with Centres of Excellence on recruitment and reskilling.
• Ensure insights for future workplace talent presence.
• Engage in personal development for optimal performance.
• Stay updated on Strategic Workforce Planning developments.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Impactful Communication

Data Analytics

Stakeholder Management

Programme Support

Collaboration

Proactive Action Orientation

Organisational Awareness

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) team in our People and Places function (P&P). The purpose of our team is to deliver material impact for the organisation through SWP by partnering across various areas of P&P and the business to mature an effective and robust Strategic Workforce Plan. SWP is used to ensure we have the right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time to deliver our strategy. This is a developing area which is key to supporting the Group's strategic direction, by building an agile, engaged future‑proof workforce to enable growth, focus and change. You'll be responsible for supporting and developing aspects of the Group's Strategic Workforce Planning capability and contribute to setting a directional view of the 5‑year rolling workforce plan, underpinned by data‑driven insight into specific areas of the business, critical roles, and critical skills. You'll be responsible for conducting comprehensive analysis of researched and big‑data oriented external and internal insights. This will cover talent insights relating to available talent, skills, competitors & locational trends. This is used extensively across the business by partnering business areas to work through a strategic workforce planning cycle of activity, needing to build links with integral business area stakeholders and manage these relationships to shape data‑led strategic outputs that utilise data analytics, insights.

Responsibilities

• Assist in Strategic Workforce Planning: Support the development of data‑driven Strategic Workforce Planning models to identify future skills and align with our location strategy.
• Support Stakeholder Collaboration: Help develop relationships with business stakeholders and key partners across the Group to identify and quantify current and future role and skill needs.
• Promote SWP: Assist in fostering an organisation‑wide passion for Strategic Workforce Planning, inspiring others to become part of the journey and vision.
• Contribute to Long‑Term Plans: Aid in developing and implementing long‑term plans to acquire and develop required skills and capabilities, supporting the deployment of agreed change projects.
• Collaborate with Centres of Excellence: Work with the Centres of Excellence to inform and design recruitment, talent management, and reskilling plans, contributing to the Group's overall Employee Value Proposition (EVP).
• Support Future Workplace Insight: Assist in developing insights ensuring the organisation has a presence in key locations for talent now and in the future.
• Focus on Continuous Development: Engage in your own development to ensure you are working at your best. Engage in personal development to ensure optimal performance.
• Stay Updated on External Insights: Keep abreast of external developments in Strategic Workforce Planning models and Talent Market Insights to support the delivery of our strategy.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast‑changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What You’ll Need

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to problem solve, generate hypotheses, structure problems, and generate robust conclusions and strategic objectives.
• Communication & Storytelling: Impactful written and verbal communication skills, particularly in producing written outputs for a senior audience.
• Data Analytics: Ability to review and perform quality analysis, including resourcefulness in sourcing and validating data, to present recommendations.
• Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain positive relationships with a range of people and business areas using commercial understanding and excellent communication skills.
• Programme Support: Ability to assist in developing project plans and supporting the delivery of required outputs at pace.
• Collaboration: Build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives, creating a strong network and good working environment within the team and the organisation.
• Action‑Oriented: Proactive in taking initiative and driving tasks to completion.
• Organisational Awareness: Understanding of organisational dynamics and how to navigate them effectively.

About Working for Us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need. We also offer a wide‑ranging benefits package, which includes:

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.