Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor on an initial 12-month contract. As the Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor, you will join the People, Skills and Culture Team supporting a high-profile Future Combat Air programme. You will play a key role in delivering workforce strategy, addressing critical skills requirements, and driving people initiatives to ensure the programme has the capability needed now and in the future.

Role: Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor
Pay: Up to 36.28 per hour Via Umbrella
Location: Stevenage - 2/3 days per week in office
Contract: Monday- Friday, 37 Hours per week, 12 Months contract
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: SC Required, can start on BPSS, UK eyes only due to project

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with external FCAS enterprise partners, including Team Tempest, to support strategic workforce and skills-based initiatives.
• Contribute to the identification, mitigation, and de-risking of short-term and long-term critical skills gaps.
• Provide project management support for workforce-related initiatives, including attraction, retention, training, and development activities.
• Manage the coordination and submission of internal and external award applications aligned to the FCAS programmes annual award calendar.
• Support cultural development initiatives across the company and the FCAS programme by:
  • Implementing targeted interventions informed by company culture survey results
  • Analysing feedback from exit and offboarding conversations
  • Contributing to activities that enhance engagement, inclusion, and retention
• Project manage and administer the FCAS programme's cross-partner secondment process.
• Act as a key point of contact for external partner organisations, supporting the exchange of secondees both in and out.
• Ensure secondment activity aligns with programme objectives, workforce planning priorities, and governance requirements.
• Support the identification and implementation of initiatives to enhance workforce skills and capability within the FCAS programme.
• Contribute to the development of measures aimed at strengthening internal capability and reducing reliance on external skills and internal subject matter experts.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure skills development activity aligns to current and future FCAS programme needs.

Essential Requirements

• Experience working in a Workforce Planning/Talent Acquisition/STEM Skills/HR role.
• Experience working in large and complex organisations.
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple projects in conjunction.
• Ability to manage competing demands.
• Skilled at building effective relationships.
• Ability to interpret large volumes of data.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Knowledge/Experience in the defence sector would be useful but not essential.

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Natalie Dalkin at Line Up Aviation

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