Workforce Planning Business Partner

The Talent World; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners are collaborating with an exciting business to recruit an experienced Workforce Planning Business Partner who will join the Organisation Development & Transformation team and help build a strategic workforce planning approach from the ground up.

This is a new role offering impact and growth, with a 12-month fixed-term contract and hybrid location options across UK sites including Belfast, Birmingham, London, Manchester and other major cities.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning and organisational planning.
• Deep knowledge of workforce planning frameworks, future skills and capability.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into insight.
• Experience translating workforce plans into talent and capability strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead our strategic workforce planning framework.
• Identify skills, capabilities and capacity needed for the future.
• Turn workforce data into forecasts and scenarios for decision-making.
• Partner with senior leaders to embed workforce planning into business planning.
• Collaborate with People and Talent to translate insights into plans.
• Shape career pathways, internal mobility and development opportunities.
• Identify workforce risks and advise leaders on actions.
• Champion equity-based planning to support diverse and inclusive workforce.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Workforce analytics

Executive stakeholder engagement

Talent strategy

Equity & inclusion

Influence senior leaders

Collaboration

Change mindset

Job description

SF Partners are working with an exciting business who are looking for an experienced Workforce Planning Business Partner to join their Organisation Development & Transformation team and build their strategic workforce planning approach from the ground up. This is a new role with real scope to make an impact. National: £44,227-£48,650 | London: £48,284-£53,113 12-month fixed-term contract | Hybrid Location: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester or Newcastle

What you'll do

You'll connect strategy, people and insight - helping us understand the workforce we have today, what we'll need tomorrow and how we close the gap.

• 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 and decision-making.
• Work with People and Talent colleagues to turn workforce 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, ensuring our plans support a diverse and inclusive workforce.

What you'll bring

You know that great workforce planning is about much more than headcount. You can look at where an organisation is going, understand what that means for its people and turn complex information into practical action.

• 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 the ability to make complex workforce data meaningful.
• Experience translating workforce plans into talent and capability strategies.
• A strong understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion in workforce decision-making.
• The confidence and credibility to influence senior leaders.
• A collaborative, proactive and solutions-focused approach.
• The ability to build trust, challenge thinking and embed new ways of working.