Workforce Planner

Company Details Confidential; Dublin; On-site; EUR 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Beneavin House Nursing Home in Dublin 11 is seeking a Workforce Planner to join our team on a full-time basis (39 hours per week) with a salary of €34,009 per year.

You will design workforce planning frameworks, analyse data, forecast staffing needs, and provide strategic guidance to Nursing Leadership, HR, payroll and Operations while ensuring HIQA compliance and governance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in workforce planning and organisational design within healthcare settings.
• Proven ability in data analysis, forecasting, and scenario modelling for staffing.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on workforce decisions in care settings.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation or change programmes.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare governance, regulatory requirements and labour law.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead short- and long-term workforce planning frameworks.
• Identify workforce risks and opportunities related to staffing capacity.
• Lead organisation and workforce design initiatives.
• Advise leadership on strategic staffing frameworks and scalability.
• Establish workforce metrics and governance standards.
• Provide evidence-based guidance on deployment models (permanent, flexible, contingent).
• Ensure compliance with HIQA regulations and internal governance.
• Act as trusted advisor to Nursing Leadership, HR, payroll and Operations.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Workforce planning

Organisational design

HR analytics

People strategy

Data analysis

Workforce forecasting

Scenario modelling

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Job description

BENEAVIN HOUSE, , Beneavin Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, D11 F576

Application Details

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Job Description

Beneavin House Nursing Home, Beneavin Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, D11 F576, part of emeis Ireland have a vacancy for a Workforce Planner to join their team on a full time basis of 39 hours per week for a salary of €34,009 per year.

• 1.Design and lead short and workforce planning frameworks aligned with nursing homes strategies, budget cycles, occupancy forecasts, and care-quality objectives.
• 2.Identify workforce risks and opportunities related to staffing capacity (agency staff vs permanent staff), clinical capability, productivity, retention, succession planning, and continuity of care for residents
• 3.Lead organisation and workforce design initiatives, including role clarity, spans and layers analysis, and optimisation of care delivery models.
• 4.Advise leadership team on strategic staffing frameworks, workforce structure, skill-mix optimisation, and scalability considerations to support organisational growth, service development, and changes in resident acuity or demand.
• 5.Establish and maintain workforce metrics and governance standards, including turnover, agency usage, absenteeism, overtime, training compliance, and staff-to-resident ratios.
• 6.Provide evidence-based strategic guidance on workforce deployment frameworks and resourcing models, including permanent, flexible, and contingent workforce approaches, excluding any involvement in day-to-day scheduling, rostering, or operational staffing decisions.
• 7. Ensure workforce planning activities comply with HIQA regulations, clinical staffing regulations, safeguarding standards, and internal governance frameworks.
• 8. Act as a trusted advisor to Nursing Leadership, HR, payroll, and Operations teams.
• 9.Any other duties as required by your line manager.

• Sector: human health and social work activities

Requirements

• 1. Significant experience in workforce planning, organisational design, HRanalytics, or people strategy, ideally within nursing homes, healthcare, or regulated care environments.
• 2. Strong capability in data analysis, workforce forecasting, and scenariomodelling, including staffing ratios, acuity-based planning, and occupancytrends.
• 3. Proven experience advising senior or executive stakeholders on workforceand staffing decisions in a care or healthcare setting.
• 4. Experience supporting large-scale transformation or change programmes, such as service redesign, regulatory transitions, or workforce stabilisationinitiatives.
• 5. Strong knowledge of workforce governance, healthcare compliance, labourlaw, and regulatory requirements relevant to long-term care.

Career Level

• Experienced [Non-Managerial]