Head of Strategic Workforce Planning

7 days ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Reed Secure Full time

Every week, thousands of people across the UK start a new job - and it's our job to help them get there.

REED is a specialist provider of permanent, contract, temporary and outsourced recruitment solutions.


We are recruiting for a Head of Workforce Planning to support a national transport policing team with the planning and delivery of its personnel requirements.

This role can be based in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff or Glasgow with hybridworking.


As Head of Strategic Workforce Planning, you will work with a broad range of internal stakeholders to embed a new approach to strategic workforce planning, setting direction and ensuring alignment with our strategy, vision, values and spending review/financialplanning priorities.

This is a newly created role for this police force and you will be instrumental in shaping the workforce of the future.


As Head of Strategic Workforce Planning, you will:

  • Have ownership of the co-ordination and maintenance of a 3-year workforce plan, which is aligned to our strategic priorities, financial planning and wider transformation agenda. You will ensure this plan is regularly refreshed to reflect changes in marketconditions and policing demand.
  • Work collaboratively across the People and Culture, Finance and Commercial, Analysis and Insight, Resource planning and operational divisions to influence and ensure future demand is accurately forecast and supply routes are effectively managed.
  • Lead the People Analytics team in building and implementing an approach to data which delivers integrated dashboards between various people systems and provide key insights for the police force to take an evidencebased approach to decisions.
  • Scan economic and workforce trends in public sector and wider market to predict the potential impact of this on turnover or skills shortfalls and make recommendations for remedies.
The successful Head of Strategic Workforce Planning will be required to evidence the following:

  • A recognised professional qualification (e.g. MCIPD qualified).
  • Demonstrable experience in leading the development of organisational strategies and plans.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Ability to analyse and present data in an engaging and insightful manner.
In return for your experience, they can offer you:

  • A starting salary of £52,519.58 plus £ London Allowance (if London-based only) per annum
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays after 5 years of service
  • Flexible agile working approach
  • Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended and home working
  • Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
  • Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
  • Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
  • Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
  • Pension scheme


18% of the business is owned by the Reed Foundation, which supports good causes around the world, channelled via the Big Give.

Set up by Sir Alec Reed in 1985, it's the driving force behind all of REED's philanthropic activities.

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