Workforce Planning & Metrics Advisor

The role involves supporting the delivery of Strategic Workforce Planning across the organisation. Working within the newly established Strategic Workforce Planning team, you will help bring workforce data to life by transforming information into clear, actionable insights that support strategic decision making. You will analyse workforce information, produce reports and dashboards, identify emerging trends and support the development of workforce plans that address workforce challenges and anticipate future needs.

Using tools such as Excel, Power BI and other analytical platforms, you will help maintain high-quality workforce information, develop reporting solutions and support continuous improvements in workforce planning processes. You will also work closely with colleagues across the People team and wider organisational teams to build a strong understanding of workforce priorities and contribute to innovative workforce planning solutions.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with data, solving problems and communicating complex information in a simple and engaging way. Your contribution will directly support the organisation's ability to plan for the future.

As an organisation, we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face-to-face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

About us: The Strategic Workforce Planning team is a newly formed function within Talent and Resourcing, created to help shape the future workforce of the organisation. Our purpose is to provide the workforce intelligence, analysis and planning expertise that enables the organisation to understand its current workforce, anticipate future workforce needs and respond effectively to changing demands.

What you will do:

• Support the delivery of Strategic Workforce Planning activities by preparing workforce information and contributing to planning output.
• Assist in maintaining workforce planning tools and approaches to support consistent planning across the organisation.
• Contribute to workforce planning cycles, including supporting workshops, stakeholder engagement activity and follow-up actions.
• Work with colleagues to identify emerging workforce themes, risks and priorities.
• Produce clear and accessible reports, dashboards and summaries to support all Strategic Workforce Planning activity.
• Use statistical tools such as Excel, Power BI, and Minitab to analyse data, creating dashboards and reports for organisational specialists and leaders.
• Identify trends and patterns and provide recommendations to improve people policies and practices.
• Translate workforce information into meaningful insight that can inform strategic workforce plans.
• Support the development of regular workforce reporting and planning outputs.
• Maintain workforce information and ensure it is accurate, up to date and aligned with organisational standards.
• Support the review and improvement of workforce information and reporting processes.
• Work with colleagues to resolve information issues and improve consistency and reliability.
• Contribute to guidance and documentation that supports effective use of workforce planning.
• Identify opportunities to improve workforce planning solutions, tools and ways of working.
• Support research and gathering of information relating to workforce trends, skills and organisational priorities.
• Provide guidance to colleagues on understanding and using workforce information and reports.
• Build effective working relationships across the organisation.
• Support collaboration between workforce planning, HR and people-related teams.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills:

• Degree in a relevant subject or a good grounding in data management or computer science.
• CIPD qualified (Level 5 Intermediate)/Associate Member of the CIPD or equivalent level professional qualification or experience in workforce planning.
• Experience of working with information, reporting or analysis in a professional environment.
• Ability to interpret information and present clear, practical insight to support decision making.
• Knowledge and experience of using statistical packages for analysing data and able to present findings (Excel, SPSS, SAS, Power BI, Miro, etc).
• Good communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information in a clear and accessible way.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment while supporting managers on strategic workforce planning.

Welsh Language level requirements: Essential: Level A1 - Entry level Welsh language levels. Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement, NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Additional Information: Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date. Natural Resources Wales is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Benefits: This role will offer a range of benefits, including: Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97%, 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days, commitment to professional development, health and wellbeing benefits and support.

We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.