Head of Strategic Workforce Planning

Overview

The Head of Strategic Workforce Planning is responsible for working across and through a wide range of stakeholders to ensure DWP has cutting edge frameworks and approaches to our strategic resourcing policies and procedures which are innovative, align with best practice and meet our legal and Civil Service Commission requirements.Responsibilities

Leading on strategy and approach to Strategic Workforce Plan development for DWP. Maintaining a rolling 5-year Strategic Workforce Plan, you will work proactively interpreting emerging departmental strategy, workforce transformation and operating models and articulate what those changes will mean for the workforce including developing and holding the strategic narrative in relation to the current and future workforceLeading on strategy and approach to in year short term Workforce Planning for DWP. Maintaining a 15-month rolling WFP process to ensure that each business area across DWP has in place an approved and affordable WFPLeading on exit strategy and providing a centre of expertise on exit governance and scheme development to support the organisation and ensure DWP operates within wider Civil Service Compensation Scheme protocolsLeading on developing and maintaining a Contingent Labour strategy and providing a centre of expertise on Contingent Labour policy and proceduresWork collaboratively across the departmental system to take a lead workforce role in key fiscal events (including Spending Review) working with others around the workforce narrative and reviewing other aspects in relation to people impactsWork collaboratively with colleagues across DWP in developing options and addressing people issues that support the deployment of other departmental strategies that impact on strategic resourcing e.g. estates strategy to ensure that plans take account of this and wider Civil Service Places for Growth and Plan for London initiativesEnsuring DWP''s strategic resourcing policies and procedures are in line with current legislation, are fit for purpose and meet business requirements, with strategic oversight for the development, maintenance and appropriate interpretation and application of policyCoordinating key strategic resourcing governance and assurance activity including oversight of departmental supply/demand levels and regular reporting to the departments People and Capacity Board and the Cabinet Office with responsibility for promoting a culture of compliance, keeping the organisation safe and challenging non-compliance at all levels where appropriateBuilding networks and using expertise and insights drawn from across People and Capability, wider Civil Service and external organisations to identify best practice, champion innovation through testing and evaluating new approaches, making evidence-based decisions to continuously improve DWP''s strategic resourcing practicesTake a lead on building a high performing and highly capable workforce planning community across the department ensuring business embedded and wider People and Capability roles (HRBP''s/Resource Account Managers) have the necessary understanding and capability to lead local workforce and strategic workforce planning ..... full job details .....