Strategic Workforce Planning Manager
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The Vacancy
Strategic Workforce Planning Manager
Location: Flexible location, with regular travel to Cafcass office locations across England
Salary: £64,091 plus London Weighting where applicable
Reports to: Head of Resourcing
Build the workforce planning approach that helps Cafcass meet current and future demand
At Cafcass, our work supports children and families at some of the most important and difficult moments in their lives, and the experience and support we provide for colleagues is central to how well we deliver that purpose.
This is an exciting time to join a HR department which is on a positive journey of change and development, with supporting children and families at the heart of everything it does.
The role is a fantastic opportunity to make Cafcass's Strategic Workforce Planning approach your own. We need someone who can build our approach from the ground up, lead strategic planning and continuously improve.
About the role
As Strategic Workforce Planning Manager, you will develop workforce forecasting, establishment oversight, vacancy approval processes, controls, governance and reporting. Working across HR, Finance, analytics and operational teams, you will use data and insight to help leaders make informed decisions and align resourcing activity, people initiatives and organisational priorities.
What you will be doing
You will:
- Lead organisation-wide workforce forecasting and planning approaches that respond to current and future needs.
- Develop establishment oversight, vacancy approval processes, controls and governance.
- Work with HR, Finance and Analytics colleagues to produce workforce data, reporting and insight.
- Digitalise and improve workforce planning tools, recording and reporting to support better decision-making.
- Partner with Resourcing, HR Business Partnering and Organisational Development colleagues to align people interventions.
- Lead governance and project groups that support workforce sustainability, inclusion and organisational effectiveness.
About you
We are seeking someone who can bring:
- Hands on experience of strategic workforce planning, a track record of working from the ground up to develop your planning approach.
- Strong understanding of supply, demand, establishment controls and workforce forecasting.
- Experience advising and influencing senior stakeholders through credible insight and practical recommendations.
- Strong analytical, planning and problem-solving skills, including use of HR systems and management information.
- A proactive, collaborative and values-led style with a commitment to inclusion and continuous improvement.
Why join Cafcass?
This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in an organisation with a unique and important purpose.
In return, you will be part of an organisation that offers:
- Flexible and hybrid working, with regular travel across England where the role requires it.
- A supportive, values-led HR team with a clear focus on improvement and colleague experience.
- Access to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund, a Local Government Pension Scheme.
- 28 days' annual leave, rising to 33 days after five years' continuous service, plus bank/public holidays.
Safeguarding and inclusion
Cafcass is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
We are also committed to creating an inclusive and diverse working environment where colleagues feel valued, respected and able to do their best work. We welcome applications from people with a range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
If you are interested in this opportunity and want to help Cafcass deliver exceptional outcomes for children and families, we would welcome your application. For enquiries, please contact Chris.O'Brien@cafcass.gov.uk
Be Their Voice
We are Cafcass – the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service – and we represent children in family court cases in England.
Independently advising the family courts about what is safe for children and in their best interests, we speak up for over 130,0000 children every year when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures, ensuring their needs, wishes and feelings are heard.
Watch our video to find out we don’t just listen to children’s voices but we can be their voice.
If our purpose resonates with you, and you share our ambitions for children - exceptional experiences, for every child, everywhere and every time - then if you join us, you will work alongside like-minded people in a diverse, inclusive and supportive organisation.
You will be trusted to work flexibly and independently using outstanding technology (e.g. touchscreen laptops, iPhone, all with first class support, including IT Trainers) with access to substantial resources (e.g. Cafcass Library has over 27,000 resources on social work, child protection and related topics). You will also have opportunities to develop, whatever team you join, wherever you are in the country and at whatever stage you are at in your career.
Whether you join us in one of our social work roles that work directly with children and families or our corporate and business services teams who provide technology, support and expertise, you will have the chance to make a difference for children and families. You can also find out more at www.cafcass.gov.uk/careers.
Wellbeing
The wellbeing of our colleagues is something we are truly passionate about, as demonstrated by everyone having four dedicated, additional days per year when they are encouraged to spend time focusing on their health and wellbeing.
Colleagues can also have a health and wellbeing cash plan, for which Cafcass pays the basic premium (you can upgrade to include family members), which allows them to claim back some costs of routine health expenses, including dental check-ups, eye tests, physiotherapy sessions and more.
Overall, we foster a holistic approach to supporting our colleagues, benefitting physical, mental and financial health. This is led by a dedicated in-house team, the benefits of which include meaning support is targeted and specific to what colleagues need. Our team can also offer support and guidance when it comes to specific health conditions, such as neuro-diverse conditions, cancer and the menopause.
Our wellbeing offer is further strengthened by an external Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) which provides a free confidential support service 24 hours a day. This means access to clinical and professional expertise which gives you a chance to talk about all kinds of work and personal issues.
If this wasn’t enough, we are especially proud that over 125 colleagues have completed training and receive ongoing support to act as Health and Wellbeing Champions. Furthermore, we have nearly 100 people that have trained to be Mental Health Allies.
Diversity
We represent children and families from diverse backgrounds and having a diverse workforce helps us to fulfil this responsibility authentically.
It also helps us to grow, evolve and innovate, so we particularly welcome applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds as we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the children and families we work with.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader, we invite you to join our team, we are committed to actively attract and recruit individuals with disabilities including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. Our inclusive and accessible recruitment process means we aim to accommodate reasonable adjustments as needed. This commitment highlights our dedication to employing, training, retaining, and developing the careers of our colleagues with disabilities.
Our Diversity Networks provide a safe space for colleagues with shared aspects of identity and lived experience – supported by allies across the organisation. The networks help ensure we provide an inclusive working environment and a service which promotes the diversity and uniqueness of children and families from all backgrounds.
For more information watch our video here.
Our current networks include:
Kaleidoscope Network
Colleagues from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
Mental Health Network
Colleagues who experience, or have an interest in, Mental Health issues.
Pride
Network
Colleagues who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans – LGBT+.
Neurodiversity Network
Colleagues who are neurodivergent, or support someone who is.
Together
‘Together with Children and Families’ (which we just call ‘Together’) is the name of our relationship-based practice framework. It applies to the work of every individual in Cafcass, from Social Workers to Leaders and includes our Corporate and Business Support teams.
It is at the heart of what we do and is made up of our values, how these values work in practice, the tools to use to incorporate these values in our work and the impact this will have on the children and families we serve.
This framework encourages us to be pro-active and to look for the strengths in ourselves and others. It also enables us to build positive relationships with our colleagues, our partners and most importantly, with the children and families with whom we work.
We look forward to telling helping you learn more about Together should you join us.
Benefits
We know if you join us you want to be rewarded in a variety of ways, including time away from work to spend time with those important to you, manage your financial present and future, whilst also be trusted to manage your work/life balance.
Therefore, in addition to our unique, holistic approach to supporting your health and wellbeing we also provide:
Generous holidays
28 days holiday (including three for Christmas) rising to 33 days with five years continuous service, which could include your current employment. You can also sell any you do not need.
This list is just a selection of main benefits and we have a range of policies and processes that allow us to support our colleagues - and their families – and we look forward to providing you with further information about these in due course.
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