Workforce Planning Manager

About Arup

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally. At Arup you will have the opportunity to collaborate on ambitious projects - delivering remarkable outcomes for clients and communities, and to do socially useful work that has meaning. Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set it apart for over 75 years, and now is your opportunity to join.

AMS is the world's leading provider of Talent Acquisition and Management Services. Our contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) service acts as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provides professional interim and temporary resources. We partner with Arup to support contingent recruitment processes. On behalf of Arup, we are looking for a Workforce Planning Manager for a 12 month contract based in London (hybrid).

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) team within Arup's Future Skills group. You'll help shape a 5-year rolling workforce plan, using data-driven insights to ensure we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place to deliver on our strategy.

Working across regions, you'll support the development and implementation of SWP methodologies, enabling tangible workforce interventions. You'll also partner with People Partners and business leaders to build and execute workforce planning roadmaps that create an agile, future-ready workforce aligned to Arup's long-term goals.

Responsibilities

• Working in the aligned region, building data-driven Strategic Workforce Planning models, which identify future skills and associated practical solutions.
• Through People Partners, drive these plans to support the deployment of change projects to deliver the skills needed.
• Develop excellent relationships with business stakeholders and key partners across the Group to identify and quantify the role and skills needed for now and for the future, translating this insight into compelling and practical interventions.
• Develop and deliver tools to build the overall knowledge, understanding and strategic workforce planning capability across the wider People team and business leadership.
• Conduct proactive external horizon scanning to identify emerging trends, market shifts and advancements that could impact the future workforce plan.
• Working with the Talent Acquisition Delivery team, understand the availability of skills across the external landscape.
• Work collaboratively with the other Centres of Excellence and Arup University to inform and design recruitment, talent management and reskilling plans, to contribute to the development of a skills-based organisation.
• Play a leading role in overall SWP workstreams to develop and evolve the global methodology and framework including but not limited to; technology, data and skills solutions.
• Take an active interest in the external development in Strategic Workforce Planning models and Talent Market Insights to develop and support the delivery of our strategy.

Criteria

• Ability to problem solve, generate hypotheses, structure problems and generate robust conclusions and strategic objectives.
• Ability to work with ambiguity, taking on non-fully defined challenges to structure and resolve with the necessary levels of personal commitment and resilience.
• Demonstrable experience in SWP methodology development and implementation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, in particular experience of producing written outputs for a senior audience.
• Ability to review and perform good quality analysis, including resourcefulness in sourcing and validating data, to present recommendations.
• Using a commercial understanding and excellent communication skills, to develop and maintain positive relationships with a range of people and business areas.
• Ability to take ownership for a workstream, develop project plans and work right to left to deliver required outputs, at pace.
• Build partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Ability to create a strong network and good working environment within the team and the organisation, working with colleagues at all levels of seniority.

About the client

Diversity at Arup: Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. Guided by its values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Arup creates and contributes to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Arup's internal employee networks support their inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion - creating a space for everyone to express themselves and make a positive difference.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our Sourcing Specialists.

AMS are committed to providing all our candidates with the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments during the screening process and we will work with you and Arup to identify the best solution to meet your requirements.