Strategic Workforce Planning Partner – Hybrid Role

SF Partners; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners is hiring an experienced Workforce Planning Business Partner to join the Organisation Development & Transformation team and build their strategic workforce planning approach from the ground up. This is a new role with real scope to make an impact.

The 12-month fixed-term contract is hybrid, with locations including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester or Newcastle. Contributions will shape planning across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning or organisational planning.
• Strong knowledge of future skills and organisational capability.
• Ability to translate complex workforce data into actionable insights and plans.
• Experience turning workforce plans into talent and capability strategies.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion in decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead our strategic workforce planning framework.
• Identify the skills, capabilities and capacity we’ll need for the future.
• Turn workforce data into clear insight, forecasts and scenarios that support better decisions.
• Partner with senior leaders to make workforce planning a core part of business planning and decision-making.
• Work with People and Talent colleagues to turn workforce insights into practical talent, succession and capability plans.
• Help shape career pathways, internal mobility and development opportunities.
• Identify workforce risks early and help leaders take action.
• Champion an equity-based approach, ensuring our plans support a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Strategic HR

Analytical skills

Data to insights

Equity & inclusion

Influence senior leaders

Collaboration

Change management

Job description

SF Partners is hiring an experienced Workforce Planning Business Partner to join the Organisation Development & Transformation team and build their strategic workforce planning approach from the ground up. This is a new role with real scope to make an impact.

The 12-month fixed-term contract is hybrid, with locations including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester or Newcastle. Contributions will shape planning across multiple sites.