24086 - Workforce Lead
About The Position
The Workforce Lead will join Justice Digital, Data & Science within the Justice Data and Science Directorate. The role leads the directorate’s approach to strategic workforce planning, recruitment and workforce capability, working with senior leaders, team leads, recruitment colleagues and corporate partners. It develops an evidence-led understanding of current and future workforce requirements, identifies gaps and risks, and translates findings into practical delivery. The role covers workforce planning, recruitment oversight, capability building and stakeholder engagement. It is responsible for recruitment activity across the directorate, developing effective campaigns and longer-term talent pipelines, and creating clear governance and reporting so leaders can understand workforce risks, priorities and progress. The role is permanent and advertised nationally, with hybrid working and full-time, part-time or flexible working patterns available. Applicants must meet the stated Civil Service eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- Strategic workforce planning skills, including experience understanding organisational priorities and translating them into workforce, capability or resourcing plans.
- Experience working in recruitment and resourcing, including alongside recruiting managers, HR and finance to deliver end-to-end workforce planning.
- Ability to turn strategy into practical plans and drive activity across teams and organisational boundaries.
- Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic workforce planning, mapping current and future workforce gaps, risks and opportunities.
- Build an evidence-led view of the workforce, including roles, grades, professions and capabilities.
- Oversee recruitment activity across the directorate, working with recruitment managers to develop campaigns, improve processes and monitor performance against metrics.
- Develop the directorate’s longer-term approach to talent pipelines.
- Work with profession and capability leads to identify current and future skills and capabilities and develop initiatives and interventions.
- Consider workforce options, including career pathways and clearer opportunities for employees.
- Build relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers, HR, recruitment and professional communities, including finance.
- Constructively challenge senior stakeholders and use evidence to influence workforce decisions and priorities.
- Translate complex workforce information into clear insights and recommendations for senior decision-makers.
- Create effective governance and reporting to give leaders a clear view of workforce risks, priorities and progress.
Benefits
- Civil Service Pension Scheme with a stated employer contribution of 28.97%.
- 25 days of annual leave on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years of service, plus public holidays and a privilege day.
- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, part-time working and compressed hours.
- 10% of working time allocated to personal and professional development.
- £1,000 per-person learning budget, with access to conferences, seminars, professional accreditation, funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
- Maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, including up to 26 weeks at full pay, 13 weeks at partial pay and a further 13 weeks of leave.
- Two weeks of maternity support/paternity leave at full pay.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Employee-run networks offering advice and support.
- Family-friendly policies, including opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
