SWP Manager

Oakleaf Partnership; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in HR recruitment seeks a Strategic Workforce Planning Manager to shape the future workforce at their organization. The role entails collaborating with senior leaders to define critical workforce segments, analyze disruptors, and formulate actionable workforce strategies. Ideal candidates are data-driven with strong analytical abilities, ensuring the organization evolves to meet future challenges.

Qualifications

• Self-driven approach and comfortable working in ambiguity.
• Ability to challenge and provoke new thinking through external benchmarking.
• Long-term strategic focus with the ability to analyze data and drive action.

Responsibilities

• Drive workforce planning, anticipating future skills needs.
• Partner with leaders to identify critical workforce roles.
• Develop workforce strategies balancing build, buy, borrow, and reskilling.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Strategic Thinking

Influencing Skills

Job description

View more categories View less categories Sector Retail & Wholesale Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time Job Type Workforce Planning

Strategic Workforce Planning Manager

Location: Welwyn Garden City - 3 days a week - 2 days wfh
Competitive Salary + Benefits

Shape the Workforce of the Future

Are you passionate about future-proofing organisations through strategic workforce planning? We're looking for a Strategic Workforce Planning Manager to partner with senior leaders and directors, translating workforce needs into meaningful, actionable plans that prepare the business for the future of work.

About the Role

As a Strategic Workforce Planning Manager, you will drive workforce planning across the organisation, helping the business anticipate and respond to key workforce disruptors, emerging skills, and changing market trends over a 3-5 year horizon.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders to identify critical workforce segments, roles, and skills needed for the future.

Analyse workforce disruptors and assess their impact on future workforce strategy.

Benchmark the organisation against competitors, industries, and market trends to develop insight-driven recommendations.

Develop external insight to challenge and inspire new thinking around workforce strategies.

Lead the development of workforce strategies, balancing build, buy, borrow, and reskilling approaches.

Validate workforce assumptions by continuously measuring and refining supply and demand models.

Support the design of the future organisation, identifying areas for investment and divestment.

Develop best practices and build internal capability across workforce planning communities of practice.

What You'll Need:

A strategic, future-focused mindset with the ability to think long-term.

Strong analytical skills-able to turn data into insight and tell compelling stories that drive action.

Confidence working with senior leaders to influence workforce decisions.

A self-driven approach, comfortable working in ambiguity and adapting as the organisation evolves.

The ability to challenge and provoke new thinking through external benchmarking and insights.


This role offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of strategic workforce planning, ensuring the organisation has the right skills, capabilities, and structures in place for long-term success. If you're a curious, data-driven, and forward-thinking workforce planning expert, we'd love to hear from you!

Company

Oakleaf Partnership is the UK’s largest independent HR recruitment consultancy. Founded in 2005, we have built enduring relationships with HR functions across every sector; thanks in part to our expertise, but also our collaborative approach. We listen. We share our insights. We take the time to truly understand the culture of an organisation – the person behind a CV.

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