Strategic Workforce Planning Manager

Build the workforce planning approach that helps Cafcass meet current and future demand

At Cafcass, our work supports children and families at some of the most important and difficult moments in their lives, and the experience and support we provide for colleagues is central to how well we deliver that purpose.

This is an exciting time to join a HR department which is on a positive journey of change and development, with supporting children and families at the heart of everything it does.

We are looking for a Strategic Workforce Planning Manager to lead the development and delivery of Cafcass' workforce planning approach.

About the role

As Strategic Workforce Planning Manager, you will develop workforce forecasting, establishment oversight, vacancy approval processes, controls, governance and reporting. Working across HR, Finance, analytics and operational teams, you will use data and insight to help leaders make informed decisions and align resourcing activity, people initiatives and organisational priorities.

What you will be doing

You will:

• Lead organisation-wide workforce forecasting and planning approaches that respond to current and future needs.
• Develop establishment oversight, vacancy approval processes, controls and governance.
• Work with HR, Finance and Analytics colleagues to produce workforce data, reporting and insight.
• Digitalise and improve workforce planning tools, recording and reporting to support better decision-making.
• Partner with Resourcing, HR Business Partnering and Organisational Development colleagues to align people interventions.
• Lead governance and project groups that support workforce sustainability, inclusion and organisational effectiveness.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

To be confirmed dependent on quality and number of applications.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.