Head of Strategic Workforce Planning (110054-0225)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

About the Role

For informal enquiries, please contact Karen Terry Weymouth (Director of Strategy and Insights) at Karen.Terry-Weymouth@warwick.ac.uk

The Head of Strategic Workforce Planning leads the identification of the skills, knowledge and capabilities needed to meet the University of Warwick’s strategic aims. They define and develop the method of analysis, forecasting and planning workforce supply and demand, leveraging data to identify the gaps and collaborates with the broader People function, especially the Talent team, to agree strategies to achieve a workforce with the right size, shape, cost and capability for both short and long-term success. 

About You  

Duties and responsibilities:

• Introduce and establish the strategic workforce planning capability across the organisation, communicating the need for and benefits of this capability to meet strategic aims 
• Analyse the current workforce, determining future talent and capability needs, identifying the gap between the present and the future, and developing solutions for the University to achieve operational and strategic resource plans
• Gather intelligence on industry trends, how key roles are evolving across higher education and what factors affect the ability to achieve talent and capability goals
• Lead on the development of strategic workforce modelling, providing insight and coordination for the workforce planning and building the University’s capability to define and interpret talent and workforce data
• Develop the workforce planning cycle, collaborating with the broader function to achieve within the People calendar
• Promote and be an ambassador for further professional development of self and team

Actively manage self-understanding and knowledge of the external developments in this speciality. 

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

CLOSING DATE: Sunday 23rd March 2025 at 11.55 pm

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.

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