Workforce Planning Analyst

About the Role

We are seeking a Strategic Workforce Analyst to support a large-scale workforce planning initiative within a rapidly scaling organisation delivering major clean energy projects across the UK.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, workforce planning, and analytics, providing insight-led workforce solutions to ensure the organisation has the right people, skills, and capacity to deliver its operating model both now and as it grows.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the development and delivery of a Strategic Workforce Plan, translating organisational strategy into actionable workforce insights and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Workforce Planning & Scenario Modelling

• Support the development and ongoing management of a multi-year Strategic Workforce Plan aligned with organisational strategy and delivery priorities.

• Build and maintain workforce models and capacity scenarios to assess growth plans and delivery outcomes.

• Translate organisational strategy into clear workforce demand signals, identifying future capability and skills requirements.

Workforce Analytics & Insights

• Design and maintain workforce dashboards and analytics covering headcount, capability, skills, productivity, cost, and delivery risk.

• Analyse workforce data and convert complex insights into clear recommendations for senior leadership.

• Establish analytical frameworks to track workforce performance and outcomes.

Location & Skills Strategy

• Support workforce location and sourcing strategies to ensure roles are placed where they best support delivery and skills access.

• Analyse labour market trends and external insights to inform recruitment strategies and workforce planning.

• Support development of skills pipelines and workforce transition strategies.

Capacity & Resource Planning

• Design and support capacity and resource management processes, including workload and utilisation analysis.

• Support the development of approaches to capture time, activity, and workforce utilisation.

• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, role clarity, and operating efficiency.

Reporting & Performance Management

• Track key workforce KPIs aligned to strategic workforce objectives.

• Produce high-quality reporting and insights for senior leadership and governance forums.

• Support improvements in workforce data governance and reporting frameworks.

Required Skills & ExperienceEssential

• Experience in Strategic Workforce Planning, Workforce Analytics, Business Analytics, or Workforce Optimisation.

• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills.

• Experience developing workforce models, scenario planning, or capacity planning frameworks.

• Strong data visualisation skills and ability to build dashboards.

• Ability to translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience supporting organisations through scale-up, transformation, or organisational change.

• Experience within public sector, infrastructure, energy, or large-scale delivery environments.

• Experience with Power BI or other data visualisation tools.

• Familiarity with labour market analysis, workforce forecasting, or location strategy.