Workforce Planning and Transformation Manager

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Norwich is seeking a Workforce Planning and Transformation Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role will lead strategic workforce planning and drive transformation within the NHS, ensuring the organization has the right people with the appropriate skills in place. Candidates should hold a Master's degree or equivalent in HR or Business, be CIPD qualified, and possess significant operational people experience, ideally within healthcare or the public sector.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent in HR, Business, workforce planning or healthcare management.
• Significant operational people experience with a track record in workforce planning.
• In-depth understanding of NHS workforce policy and planning frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of strategic workforce plans.
• Provide expert advice on workforce planning and transformation.
• Oversee workforce modelling, scenario planning, and data analysis.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Consultancy skills

Education

Master's level in HR or Business

CIPD qualified

Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2)

Job description

Workforce Planning and Transformation Manager

Are you ready to make a real impact on the future of NHS workforce planning and transformation? NSFT is seeking an Workforce Planning and Transformation Manager for a 12-month fixed term contract. This is a pivotal opportunity to lead strategic workforce planning, drive transformation, and ensure our organisation has the right people, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time

As our Workforce Planning and Transformation Manager, you will:

• Lead the development and delivery of strategic workforce plans, collaborating with People and Culture, Education, Finance, and Operational colleagues.
• Provide expert advice on workforce planning and transformation, supporting recruitment, retention, and resource challenges.
• Oversee workforce modelling, scenario planning, and data analysis to anticipate future workforce needs.
• Design and support new workforce models, facilitate service redesign, and collaborate with education providers.
• Deliver high-quality workforce information and analysis to inform strategic and tactical business planning.
• Support system-wide workforce transformation in line with national policy, regional ICs objectives, and local Trust priorities.
• Act as a role model for compassionate and person-centred leadership, deputising for the Director of People as required.

Main duties of the job

What We're Looking For

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent experience in HR, Business, workforce planning, or healthcare management.
• CIPD qualified and member of CIPD.
• Significant operational people experience, with a track record of leading workforce elements of key organisational change programmes.
• Experience in workforce planning, analytics, or transformation in a healthcare or public sector setting.
• Strong analytical, consultancy, and stakeholder management skills.
• In-depth understanding of NHS workforce policy, planning frameworks, and supply pipelines.
• Ability to work autonomously, solve complex problems, and influence at a senior level.

Join us and be part of a forward-thinking organisation committed to compassionate, inclusive, and values-driven leadership. You'll have the opportunity to shape our long-term workforce strategy, drive transformation, and make a real difference for our staff and service users.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience in HR, Business, workforce planning or health care management
• CIPD Qualified and member of CIPD
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Project management certification (e.g. PRINCE2), or workforce planning training.

Experience

• Significant operational people experience with experience of developing the workforce aspects of operational business plans
• Evidence of leading the workforce elements of key organisational change programmes and devising People solutions which ensure consistency
• Experience in workforce planning, analytics, or transformation in a healthcare or public sector setting.
• Demonstrable experience of proactively identifying workforce issues and implementing effective plans to address these
• Experience of working in partnership with Trade Unions towards shared goals with evidence of achieving organisational outcomes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.