Workforce Planning & Analytics Lead

Burman Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Wider employee benefits package

Collaborative work with senior leaders

Job summary

Burman Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Workforce Planning & Analytics Lead to establish and lead a university-wide function. The role focuses on forecasting, modelling and evidence-based recommendations to shape workforce size, skills and costs in support of strategic objectives.

You will design governance, processes and analytics approaches, building capability across the organisation and partnering with HR, Finance and Transformation to enable informed, data-driven

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and practical application of workforce planning, analytics and forecasting.
• Strong understanding of organisational design, governance and decision-making within complex organisations.
• Advanced analytical and data-visualisation skills for actionable insights.
• Ability to design and embed workforce planning frameworks and governance across an organisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior leaders.
• Experience extracting, integrating and analysing workforce data from HR/payroll systems.
• Advanced Excel and workforce modelling skills to support strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Establish, develop and continuously enhance the organisation's Workforce Planning & Analytics function.
• Design and embed the workforce planning framework, governance arrangements and annual planning cycle.
• Build workforce planning capability across the organisation and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Lead organisation-wide workforce planning activities to identify future requirements and risks.
• Develop and maintain forecasting, demand/supply modelling and scenario planning for strategic decisions.
• Identify workforce risks, capacity pressures, capability gaps and succession challenges.
• Lead analysis of future capability requirements and priorities for development and investment.

Skills

Workforce analytics

Forecasting

Data visualisation

Stakeholder management

HR systems data

Governance

Modelling

Organisational design

Education

Relevant degree/qualification in workforce planning or related

Tools

Excel

Job description

Reporting to: Head of Organisational Change

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Workforce Planning & Analytics Lead to establish, develop and lead a university-wide Workforce Planning & Analytics function.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and embed a strategic workforce planning capability, providing workforce intelligence, strategic insight and specialist expertise to support organisational decision-making.

As the lead specialist in workforce planning and analytics, you will design and implement the frameworks, processes, governance arrangements and analytical approaches required to support effective strategic workforce planning.

You will lead on forecasting, modelling and evidence-based recommendations relating to workforce size, shape, capability, skills, costs and future workforce requirements.

Working collaboratively across the organisation, you will assess and model the workforce implications of organisational transformation, operating model development and organisational design activity, ensuring workforce plans support strategic objectives and long-term organisational sustainability.

Through workforce intelligence, forecasting and strategic advice, you will enable informed workforce, resourcing and organisational decisions, ensuring workforce strategy is aligned with current and future organisational priorities, capability requirements and affordability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish, develop and continuously enhance the organisation's Workforce Planning & Analytics function.
• Design and embed the workforce planning framework, governance arrangements and annual planning cycle.
• Build workforce planning capability across the organisation, supporting leaders and managers to undertake effective workforce planning and evidence-based decision-making.
• Lead and coordinate organisation-wide workforce planning activities to identify future workforce requirements, risks and capability needs.
• Develop and maintain workforce forecasting, demand and supply modelling, and scenario-planning capability to support strategic workforce and resourcing decisions.
• Identify workforce risks, capacity pressures, capability gaps and succession challenges.
• Lead the analysis of future workforce capability and skills requirements, identifying emerging workforce risks and priorities for workforce development and investment.

Workforce Analytics & Insight:

• Produce and present workforce analytics, insight and strategic recommendations to inform workforce and organisational decision-making.
• Work in partnership with HR Systems, Data and Finance teams to maximise the quality, integration and strategic use of workforce data and systems.
• Develop and maintain workforce intelligence, reporting and analysis to support strategic workforce planning and organisational decision-making.
• Build credible and effective relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders across academic and professional services functions to influence workforce planning activity and support strategic decisions.

Transformation & Organisational Change:

• Partner with Transformation, Organisational Change and Finance colleagues to assess and model the workforce implications of organisational change and future operating models.
• Assess organisational design proposals and provide recommendations on workforce size, shape, capability, affordability, succession and workforce risk.
• Act as the organisation's subject matter expert on workforce planning, providing strategic advice, analysis and recommendations on workforce risks, capability requirements and resourcing priorities.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge and practical application of workforce planning, workforce analytics and forecasting methodologies.
• Strong understanding of organisational design, workforce planning, workforce capability, governance and decision-making within complex organisations.
• Advanced analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex workforce data and use reporting, business intelligence and data visualisation tools to produce actionable insights and recommendations.
• Ability to design, implement and embed workforce planning frameworks, processes and governance arrangements across an organisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and gain commitment from senior leaders and managers.
• Experience of extracting, integrating, interpreting and analysing workforce data from HR, payroll and workforce systems.
• Advanced Excel and workforce modelling skills, with experience of developing workforce reporting, analytics and insight to support strategic workforce planning and decision-making.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience in workforce planning, workforce analytics, organisational development, HR, business intelligence or a related discipline.

Experience:

• Significant experience of leading workforce planning, workforce analytics, organisational development or a related function within a complex, multi-stakeholder organisation.
• Experience of establishing, developing and embedding new functions, frameworks or approaches that support strategic organisational objectives.
• Experience of working collaboratively with Finance to align workforce planning, workforce costs and organisational strategy.
• Experience of data visualisation techniques and presenting data through dashboards and interactive reporting.
• Experience of using workforce data, analytics and insight to inform strategic workforce and organisational decision-making.
• Experience of developing workforce forecasts, modelling future workforce requirements and undertaking scenario planning to support organisational strategy.
• Experience of influencing and advising senior leaders on workforce strategy, organisational capability and people-related risks and opportunities.

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrable commitment to equity, equality, diversity and inclusion, and creating an inclusive working environment.

About the Organisation:

Our client is a large higher education institution with a diverse academic and professional services workforce. This role will play an important part in supporting its organisational strategy, transformation agenda and long-term workforce sustainability.

The organisation offers a range of employee benefits, including:

• 30 days annual leave, in addition to bank holidays and discretionary days over the Christmas period.
• An attractive wider employee benefits package.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with senior leaders across the organisation.