Workforce Planner

**Who are we?**:
We’re here to help people live well and create a better and more sustainable future. We support healthy and liveable communities by delivering water, sewerage and recycled water services to 1.77 million people who rely on us every day and every night. At South East Water, we innovate with purpose and act with care to deliver healthy water for life. Fresh thinking and collaboration are at the heart of our organisation. We are constantly learning, embracing the challenges of today and excited by the opportunities that tomorrow will bring.

**The role**:

- We're looking for a Workforce Planner to partner with our Service Delivery group for a fixed-term period of 6 months._

Reporting into the General Manager Service Delivery, this role will lead the development of workforce planning strategies and initiatives that enhance and optimise our workforce and deliver on our people's experience, whilst ensuring a workforce fit for the future.

In this newly developed role, you will:

- Understand the Service Delivery workforce intricately to develop a future strategy and scenario plan
- Develop and implement an end-to-end career pathway for our technical workforce
- Assist in the design of ‘technicians’ professional development forum
- Conduct and support configuration modelling, options analysis, impact assessments and rostering optimisation activities
- Use data and insights to interpret trends in the workforce to build strategies around retention, acquisition and talent development
- Enable talent mobility and skills alignment to strategically redeploy our workforce into higher demand areas
- Collaborate with People Operations to conduct succession planning for management and business critical roles in the group
- Conduct a capability gap assessment for critical areas of the group, with the aim of rebalancing resources or developing staff to fill the gaps.

**Who are you?**:
With a background in Human Resources or Workforce Planning, you're a people person who is passionate about developing data-driven strategy. Communication is a strength of yours, which shows in your proven ability to build strong relationships and collaborate with teams across the business, as well as with clients and stakeholders.

Your highly organised nature and ability to identify priorities allow you to meet deadlines and perform well under pressure. You have extensive experience in analysing workforce planning data by leveraging database and reporting systems available to you and can produce analytical performance reports for thoughtful decision making. Your strategic focus partnered with your investigative ability means you tackle problems with flexibility and initiative.

**What's in it for you?**:

- A commitment to work-life balance with truly flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working and leave purchasing.
- A range of benefits, including free on-site parking and cultural leave.
- A great culture working in collaborative teams with strong work ethics.
- Career focused learning and development opportunities.
- The opportunity to be part of an organisation committed to environmental initiatives.
- Enjoy modern office facilities with panoramic beachfront views.

**We're for everyone**:
We do meaningful work, but how we do it is just as important. We’re here to help people live well, protect the environment, and keep healthy water and resources accessible and affordable for all. We know to make a positive difference we need to support our people to be their very best. Flexibility and innovation are at the heart of how we work. But it’s our people’s collective ambition, authenticity and differences that bring our culture to life.

Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. Everyone brings a unique voice and a refreshing perspective that keeps us innovating. It makes us better learners, thinkers and collaborators, helping create better outcomes for our customers. Even though we’re all different, we still share a common goal to deliver healthy water for life.

**Keen to make an impact?**: