Workforce Planning Lead

3 months ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press & Assessment Full time

**Salary**: £54,700 - £73,200

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid working

Contract: 1 year FTC

Are you ready for the next step in your Strategic Workforce Planning career and could you establish the strategic workforce planning capability across our global enterprise?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Strategic Workforce Planning Lead, to drive the development and implementation of strategic workforce planning across our global enterprise. You will collaborate with stakeholders to drive a future-fit, sustainable workforce, that delivers our strategy, and enables our people to pursue their potential.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

**About the role**

This is a new and exciting role within our People & Culture Team, working collaboratively with senior stakeholders and by integrating and prioritising external and internal insights. Reporting to the Head of People Capabilities, your key responsibilities will be to:

- Collaborate with Executive and broader business stakeholders to identify business needs and co-design strategic workforce plans that align with our strategic objectives.
- Develop and implement an evidence-based workforce planning methodology and framework that enables effective and robust workforce planning across our organisation.
- Evaluate internal and external workforce trends and data to identify opportunities and risks and make proactive recommendations to key stakeholders. Conduct scenario planning and analysis to assess the potential impact of changing business requirements on workforce needs.
- Lead the end-to-end design and implementation of strategic workforce planning engagement, including roles and responsibilities, facilitation of stakeholder meetings, data analysis and the creation of compelling stories to communicate findings and guide evidence-based decision-making.
- Provide guidance and support to business leaders in developing and executing workforce plans that are aligned with our business objectives.
- Create the evaluation framework for measuring the effectiveness of strategic workforce planning practices and provide insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

**About you**

Experienced in the design and implantation of enterprise-wide strategic workforce planning capabilities across geographies and / or industries with the ability to demonstrate strategic thinking, commercial acumen and awareness of the trends impacting capability needs, within a complex, global, matrixed organisation.

A strong collaborator and stakeholder manager, who works proactively with a breadth of colleagues to deliver impactful products and initiatives. The ability to demonstrate strong relationship building, communication and presentation skills to facilitate project progress. You will also be comfortable and confident in managing the ambiguity and complexity associated with the development of a new enterprise-wide capability.

A champion of evidence-based practice and understand the value of data and insights in driving robust, organisational decision-making as well as being connected with the thought leadership across strategic workforce planning and future capabilities.

**Rewards and benefits**

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

- Group personal pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Green travel schemes
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

**Please note that Cambridge University Press & Assessment will not ordinarily be able to provide sponsorship for vacancies of less than 12-months in duration. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position.**

**Why join us**
- Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. _
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet. _
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