Workforce Planning Business Partner

SF Partners; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Workforce Planner to design and lead strategic workforce planning, turn data into actionable forecasts, and partner with senior leaders to embed planning into business decisions. You will shape talent and capability strategies, promote equity in planning, and support career pathways and internal mobility in a hybrid setup.

The role emphasizes translating complex data into practical action, collaborating across People and Talent, and

Qualifications

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

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 for better decisions.
• Partner with senior leaders to make workforce planning a core part of business planning.
• Work with People and Talent colleagues to turn insights into talent 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 across the workforce plans.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

Strategic HR

Organisational planning

Workforce data analytics

Influence senior leaders

Equity and inclusion

Collaborative approach

New ways of working

Job description

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

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