Strategic Workforce Planning Partner | Insight to Action

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

Job summary

SF Partners is recruiting an experienced Workforce Planning Business Partner to establish a strategic workforce planning approach within the Organisation Development & Transformation team. This 12-month fixed-term contract offers hybrid working and significant scope to shape the function from the ground up.

Location across UK major cities, with a broad remit to partner with senior leaders and turn data into practical, future-focused people plans that align with business strategy.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in strategic workforce planning, strategic HR or organisational planning.
• Deep knowledge of workforce planning frameworks, future skills and organisational capability.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to turn data into insight.
• Experience translating workforce plans into talent and capability strategies.
• Understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion in workforce decision-making.
• Confident to influence senior leaders.
• Collaborative, proactive and solutions-focused approach.
• Ability to build trust and embed new ways of working.

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.
• Work with People and Talent to turn 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 to ensure diversity in plans.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Workforce analytics

Future skills

Talent strategy

Diversity & inclusion

Executive influence

Collaborative mindset

Change adoption

Job description

SF Partners is recruiting an experienced Workforce Planning Business Partner to establish a strategic workforce planning approach within the Organisation Development & Transformation team. This 12-month fixed-term contract offers hybrid working and significant scope to shape the function from the ground up.

Location across UK major cities, with a broad remit to partner with senior leaders and turn data into practical, future-focused people plans that align with business strategy.