SYP - Workforce Planning Manager - November 2022

Carbrook, Nunnery Square, Sheffield
£32,409 - £37,074
Permanent

Role: Workforce Planning Manager

Department: People and Organisational Development

Location: Nunnery Square, Sheffield (moving to Carbrook, Sheffield)

Salary: Band E (£32,409 - £37,074)

Hours: 37hrs per week

Contract Type: Permanent 

 

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Workforce Planning Team as a Manager.

You will produce effective workforce analysis and reporting insight to drive management decision making across all levels in the business. You will support business streams and project planning teams to establish complete and comprehensive resource forecasts for their areas.

This means that, organisationally, we know where our people are, and we can plan and operate effectively.  It also means that our people have access to the right information and systems needed for their individual circumstances. 

This role will have a specific responsibility for a thematic area for example organisational expansion; bulk staff cohorts or detective pipeline and ensuring that the HR and Duties Management systems are updated in an accurate and timely manner.

In addition, the role will support the wider workforce plan and medium-term resourcing strategy.

Role Purpose:

You will provide both tactical leadership, support, and vision to the force to acquire talent that is in line with South Yorkshire Police’s (SYP) strategic direction and core values.

You will be engaged with the Workforce Planning Business partner, the wider P&OD function and District Commander/Heads of departments, serving as a leader to ensure SYP is able to develop workforce plans/strategies for all business areas which will then read into the overall workforce plan and recruitment and strategy for the force.

You will work as part of a team to analyse, plan and manage the implementation of change in line with the forces key strategies and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Recommend the posting of officers to ensure gaps in the workforce are minimised, utilising agreed allocation formula.
  • Monitor and report on the performance of the workforce profile. Make recommendations to adjust plan as necessary, understanding future Force requirements.
  • Supporting the District Commanders/Heads of Departments in reviewing short and long-term resource forecasts to allow more effective succession and recruitment planning.
  • Analyse and monitor workforce statistics including retention, leavers and diversity profiles to identify trends and gaps, making recommendations to address these.
  • Capture and modelling of business pipeline data to determine the impacts on the future workforce and enable a strategic view of the workforce.
  • Anticipate trends in the policing sector and across the broader political, external operating environment.
  • Work with recruitment and L&D to ensure the organisation's talent is fit to meet future challenges, ensuring that recruitment plans are fit for purpose.
  • Oversee the rebuild of any Districts/Department to ensure accuracy.

 

Skills and experience:

Our ideal candidate will have:

Skills

  • Able to lead, develop and motivate, both within P&OD/ WFP and across the organisation; showing passion, energy and commitment, creating strong engagement with P&OD’s priorities and with Force values and behaviours.
  • Able to hold individuals to account for their performance and behaviours.
  • Understanding of data and analytics with an ability to demonstrate to others its impact and return on investment.
  • Skilled in engaging a diverse range of stakeholders, building relationships that are based on trust, working collaboratively and to improve the employee experience and align to the organisations values.
  • Able to use a range of communication and influencing techniques and methods to successfully negotiate, collaborate and/or effect change.
  • Experience of delivering transformation from an HR perspective

Education and Experience

  • Experience in using workforce planning tools and rolling those out across large businesses.
  • Experience of using workforce planning data to support the business and recruitment teams to develop recruitment strategies.
  • Experience of using analytical consulting to inform decision making.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

  • Generous annual leave allowance
  • Flexible and hybrid working
  • Generous ‘family’ leave
  • Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
  • Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
  • Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
  • Access to a range of occupational health facilities
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
  • Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Sports and Social Club

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.  

Closing Date:

Sunday 27th November 2022 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Janet Stephens on 0114 2523433 or janet.stephens@southyorks.pnn.police.uk Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Further Information:

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Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcomes applications from under-represented communities.  For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:

https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

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Internal Secondments:

To apply for this post as a secondment, you must have the support of your current Line Manager. This should be sent via email to the Hiring Line Manager.  Please ensure that the role title and the closing date are stated in the subject of your email.

Without support, your application may not be considered any further.

This opportunity is closed to applications.