Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead - Central Government

Spinwell Global; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Spinwell Ltd is recruiting a Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead for a 6-month contract in Salisbury. Hybrid role with 60% on-site time. The post requires SC clearance and a focus on workforce planning, analytics and governance to guide executive decisions.

The role emphasises development of workforce forecasts, governance of RMOM and building data-driven insights for senior stakeholders across HR and transformation domains.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading Strategic Workforce Planning within a complex organisation.
• Experience developing workforce strategies, supply/demand models and forecasts.
• Strong people analytics capability including dashboards, trend analysis and reporting.
• Experience conducting capability assessments and risk analysis.
• Experience presenting to senior/executive stakeholders.
• Experience implementing workforce operating models and transformation programmes.
• Governance and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate data into practical workforce interventions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience across HR, OD and transformation environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, maintenance and publication of the client’s Strategic Workforce Plan.
• Develop workforce supply and demand forecasts.
• Undertake capability assessments and risk analysis.
• Conduct scenario planning and workforce modelling.
• Present recommendations to Executive stakeholders.
• Support workforce prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Lead people analytics and workforce insight capability.
• Produce dashboards, reports and analytical products.
• Deliver forecasting, trend analysis and workforce research.
• Develop governance arrangements and operating procedures.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

People analytics

Power BI

Dashboards

Forecasting

Governance

Stakeholder management

Excel (formulas, pivots)

Data analysis

Presentation to executives

Education

Degree in Business, Data Science, Economics, Statistics, Finance or related

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Role: Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead REF 105115
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Hybrid/Salisbury - 60% of time on site
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Strategic Workforce Planning & People Analytics Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING & PEOPLE ANALYTICS LEAD

• Lead development, maintenance and annual publication of client’s Strategic Workforce Plan.
• Develop workforce supply and demand forecasts.
• Undertake workforce capability assessments and strategic workforce risk analysis.
• Conduct scenario planning and workforce modelling activities.
• Present workforce planning recommendations to Executive stakeholders.
• Support workforce prioritisation and workforce investment decisions.
• People Analytics and Workforce Insight
• Lead client’s people analytics and workforce insight capability.
• Produce workforce dashboards, reports and analytical products.
• Deliver workforce forecasting, trend analysis and workforce research.
• Support evidence-based workforce planning and organisational decision-making.
• Improve workforce data quality and reporting standards.
• Resource Management Operating Model (RMOM)
• Coordinate implementation and embedding of RMOM.
• Develop governance arrangements, processes and operating procedures.
• Support workforce planning maturity and organisational adoption.
• Manage implementation risks, actions and dependencies.
• Workforce Governance and Capability Development
• Coordinate Quarterly Workforce Planning Steering Groups.
• Maintain Workforce Establishment governance arrangements.
• Develop workforce interventions arising from workforce planning outputs.
• Support workforce capability development priorities and implementation activities.
• Provide specialist advice to senior stakeholders

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING & PEOPLE ANALYTICS LEAD

• Significant experience leading Strategic Workforce Planning within a complex organisation.
• Experience developing workforce strategies, workforce supply and demand models and workforce forecasts.
• Strong people analytics capability, including workforce insight, dashboard development, trend analysis and reporting.
• Experience conducting workforce capability assessments and workforce risk analysis.
• Experience developing evidence-based recommendations for senior leaders and Executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience implementing workforce operating models, organisational change initiatives or workforce transformation programmes.
• Strong governance, stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Experience establishing and maintaining governance forums and operating procedures.
• Ability to translate workforce data into practical interventions and strategic workforce decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working across HR, workforce capability, organisational development and transformation environments.
• Ability to work independently and provide specialist subject matter expertise.
• A demonstrable ability to link strategic goals with operational and financial information in order to facilitate big picture decision-making
• Ability to carry out multiple variable analysis, regression analysis, factor analysis, thematic analysis.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to distil and present information
• Proven experience of utilising Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivots, macros etc).
• Experience working across various levels of the organisation, while building trust and fostering collaboration.
• Project management experience with multiple stakeholders prioritising and delegating projects/tasks.
• Demonstrable experience in analysing complex data and quality assuring findings.
• An in-depth understanding of the employee lifecycle in an organisation, and how indicators translate the overall health of the organisation.
• Power BI would be desirable
• As a minimum a degree in Business, Data Science, Economics, Statistics, Finance or any related fields (i.e. Mathematics, Engineering), or equivalent practical experience.

We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us and quote the role you are applying for.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let us know.