Workforce Planning Business Partner

SF Partners; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners is hiring an experienced Workforce Planning Business Partner to join the 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.

The 12-month fixed-term contract is hybrid, with locations including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester or Newcastle. Contributions will shape planning across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic workforce planning or organisational planning.
• Strong knowledge of future skills and organisational capability.
• Ability to translate complex workforce data into actionable insights and plans.
• Experience turning workforce plans into talent and capability strategies.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion in decision-making.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Strategic HR

Analytical skills

Data to insights

Equity & inclusion

Influence senior leaders

Collaboration

Change management

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.