Strategic Workforce Planning Lead

C&C Search Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

C&C Search is partnering with a major UK organisation to appoint a Senior Strategic Workforce Planning Specialist who will help turn strategic questions into clear, evidence‑based business decisions. You will join a small, highly experienced team shaping future workforce needs in London and beyond.

You will translate business strategy and financial assumptions into practical options, combining internal data with external insights to guide hiring, redeployment and reskilling decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning or analytics within large organisations.
• Ability to translate business strategy into practical workforce options.
• Strong data analysis skills and comfort with complex data.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Develop workforce scenarios translating strategic priorities into practical recommendations.
• Analyse future demand and current supply across skills, tasks, roles, locations and capacity.
• Identify workforce gaps, risks and opportunities over a 3–5 year horizon.
• Combine internal workforce data with external labour market and technology insights.
• Assess how AI and automation could change work and future workforce requirements.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Digital, Transformation and business leaders to embed insights into planning.
• Present clear recommendations on hiring, development, redeployment and reskilling.
• Help establish consistent planning methods and repeatable approaches across a complex organisation.

Job description

C&C Search is partnering with a major UK organisation to appoint a Senior Strategic Workforce Planning Specialist who will help turn strategic questions into clear, evidence‑based business decisions. You will join a small, highly experienced team shaping future workforce needs in London and beyond.

You will translate business strategy and financial assumptions into practical options, combining internal data with external insights to guide hiring, redeployment and reskilling decisions.