Workforce Planning Manager (Capability)

Salary: Band 11, £53,583 - £58,455

Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking

Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.

Learn about our full benefits package

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Workforce Planning and Insights Department as a Workforce Planning Manager (Capability).

As a Workforce Planning Manager (Capability) you will lead the workforce planning function, ensuring all capability aspects are delivered effectively. This role involves informing strategic priorities, implementing financial strategies, and meeting resource requirements.

The goal is to provide the Force with accurate plans and forecasts, enabling the appropriate development of the workforce across the entire organisation.

What you’ll do

Manage and Oversee Data: Ensure accurate and detailed representation of all skills available within the force, addressing emerging and forecast skill gaps through effective solutions.
Workforce Analysis and Forecasting: Conduct comprehensive analysis, forecasting, and modelling of workforce capabilities, skills, and competencies, integrating these with resourcing, deployment, and financial planning to anticipate short, medium, and long-term skill requirements.
Advisory Functions: Deliver effective planning and advisory services across the organization to enhance workforce capability and wellbeing.
Staff Management and Development: Oversee recruitment, appraisal, development, and performance of allocated staff, ensuring they possess the necessary skills, knowledge, behaviours, and experience to excel in their roles and reach their full potential.
Collaborative Work: Partner with the People Department and Finance to identify, manage, and maintain workforce development routes and career pathways, ensuring alignment with force aims and objectives.
Strategic Partnership: Foster collaboration throughout the organisation by identifying opportunities for joint activities, reducing duplication of effort, and increasing return on investment.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description

What you’ll bring

Educated to degree level or equivalent.
In depth understanding of workforce planning initiatives and practice.
Experience of position and organisational management and organisational design.
Very strong data analysis, handling and reporting skills.
Ability to manage complex information and data production generating options and evidence-based recommendations.
Political awareness and credibility.
Ability to manage and mitigate risks.
Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
Ability to prioritise and complete multiple complex responsibilities and projects simultaneously.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Mauricio Alvarez, Head of Strategic Workforce Planning by email at Mauricio.alvarez@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme
Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
Flexi time - allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force
Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support
Access to gyms in some stations
Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
Cycle to work scheme
Opportunity to volunteer in local community

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Workforce Planning Manager (Capability) with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. The interviews are scheduled to take place on 22nd April and 25th April 2025. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.