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We are partnering with a well-established organisation in the essential services sector to appoint a capable and experienced Workforce Planning Specialist to join their People & Culture function. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, with potential for permanency, and offers exposure to national-level workforce planning across diverse projects and business units.
This role plays a key part in ensuring project teams are adequately resourced and future workforce needs are proactively forecasted.
About the Role
This position sits within a high-performing HR Operations team and is responsible for workforce forecasting, contractor planning, and resourcing strategy across a large-scale, multi-disciplinary organisation. The successful candidate will work closely with senior project leaders, People & Culture stakeholders, and the Talent Acquisition team to deliver accurate, data-driven workforce insights aligned to operational and strategic needs.
- Lead short- and medium-term contractor forecasting across national projects
- Partner with Project Directors and Talent Acquisition to identify and address workforce gaps
- Analyse large datasets to provide resourcing insights and inform project planning
- Utilising dashboards, creating reports and visualisation packs using Power BI and Excel
- Contribute to long and short term strategic workforce planning initiatives
- Support continuous improvement of workforce planning tools, templates, and processes
- Provide regular reporting on headcount planning, diversity, and contractor utilisation
The successful candidate will be a confident communicator and critical thinker, able to operate across both strategic and operational levels. Key attributes include:
- Demonstrated experience in workforce forecasting and operational resource planning, within a HR/People capacity
- Strong data analytics capability, with advanced Excel and Power BI
- Understanding of HR or Talent Acquisition functions and safety-led workplace cultures
- Excellent stakeholder management, with the ability to build credible relationships with senior stakeholders and project teams
- Previous exposure to both blue and white collar workforce environments preferred
- Experience in project-based resourcing (e.g. infrastructure, energy, government, or utilities) highly regarded
- Workday experience desirable, though not essential
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For specific questions about this role, please contact Anica Weereratne at aweereratne@thenextstep.com.au