Strategic Workforce Planning & Performance Lead

Strategic Workforce Planning & Performance Lead | Permanent | £58,000-£60,000 | Hybrid working 1-2 days onsite

Altum are excited to be exclusively supporting one of the UK's most recognisable charities in their search for an experienced, data and insight driven Strategic Workforce Planning Lead to join their newly formed Organisational Effectiveness (OE) team).

The role will see you defining the organisation's approach to strategic workforce planning - shaping the frameworks, tools and cadence so that their HRBP's can run consistent cycles with their directorates. You will help Business Partners to contextualise plans, and turn scenarios and skills insights into prioritised People Plan actions.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) to guide HR teams in running consistent planning cycles and identifying future workforce needs.
• Translate workforce scenarios into clear risks, gaps and options to support long-term decision-making and prioritisation.
• Define and monitor critical roles and skills to inform build-buy-move strategies and shape People Plan actions.
• Own the People Plan roadmap to track progress, manage dependencies and provide clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Embed planning and performance routines across HR to ensure consistent ways of working and build capability in teams.
• Prepare governance updates to present People Plan progress, support decision-making and ensure actions are followed through.
• Work with Data & Insight colleagues to shape the questions, indicators and narrative that drive meaningful analysis and reporting.
• Work with HR People Analytics Manager to manage dashboard development priorities to ensure reporting tools meet planning needs without duplicating effort.
• Support HR leaders and workstream owners to interpret insights and take action that improves delivery and impact.
• Use resources effectively including time, data and external support, to maximise value and ensure alignment with org goals.

To be considered for the role, you will need:

• Proven Strategic Workforce Planning expertise, modelling demand/supply and scenarios with clear assumptions and ranges and applying disciplined methods that HRBPs can use consistently.

• Use skills-based planning literacy (role-skill mapping, proficiency definitions, criticality signals) to identify gaps and shape practical build-buy-move options.

• Work in Partnership with HR People Analytics Manager to interprets workforce trends confidently, blending internal patterns (attrition, movement, productivity) with external labour-market signals to inform long-term choices.

• Manage the People Plan roadmap with strong portfolio skills-tracking progress, dependencies, risks and benefits- and surfacing decision points at the right time.

• Convert insights into decision-ready storytelling, defining a small set of meaningful indicators and producing concise options and trade-offs for senior audiences.

If your experience aligns with the above please apply below or reach out for an initial conversation.