Senior Federal Workforce Strategy & Staffing Lead

ECS

Arlington (VA)

Hybrid

USD 130,000 - 160,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Sr. Workforce Planning & Staffing Manager to join our Arlington, VA hybrid office.

This role leads strategic workforce planning, forecasting, staffing operations, and talent deployment across multiple federal programs with external staffing partners. Ideal candidates have 7+ years in workforce planning or staffing within professional services or federal contracting, strong analytics, and experience with capacity planning.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business, HR, or related field.
7+ years of experience supporting workforce planning, staffing, or program operations.
Experience supporting a large federal government program or professional-services organization.
Demonstrated experience managing staffing across multiple projects or workstreams.
Strong understanding of resource forecasting, utilization, and staffing pipelines.
Experience working with program managers, recruiting, and HR organizations.
Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage large volumes of workforce information.
Experience developing or maintaining workforce dashboards, trackers, or staffing reports.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to operate proactively in a fast-moving environment with changing requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead portfolio-wide resource planning and staffing across programs, projects, and workstreams.
Maintain an integrated view of open positions, staffing needs, resources, and anticipated demand.
Partner with Delivery Leads and program leadership to translate customer requirements into workforce needs.
Coordinate resource selection, internal mobility, and deployment of personnel.
Manage and monitor the portfolio’s flexible resource pool and redeploy employees before external hiring.
Develop workforce forecasts based on contract demand, attrition, growth, and changing customer requirements.
Monitor capacity and utilization and identify overages or bench risk.
Lead strategic workforce planning to align talent capacity with growth objectives.
Develop long-range workforce plans addressing future skill needs and readiness.