Strategic Workforce Planning Lead

3 days ago

Canberra, Australia Downer Group Full time

_At Downer Professional Services, you’ll find purpose, impact and huge opportunity. Join us and help make it happen.**A real endeavour,**_achieved with you _**

As Australia’s multi-disciplinary advisory and business partner of choice for clients in Defence, Government and infrastructure, we deliver complex things that matter. It's not always an easy task, but anything worthwhile seldom is. Great things are rarely accomplished alone. We’re building something remarkable. Now we just need you.

**A real endeavour,**_shaped by you _**

The People Development & Enablement Manager will partner with the business to deliver customised career progression, learning and development frameworks, identify and manage talent and implement initiatives to retain our workforce.

We currently have an opportunity for a Strategic Workforce Planning Manager to join our team based in Canberra.

The Strategic Workforce Planning Manager is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive workforce strategy to ensure alignment between the DPS workforce and the organisations current and future requirements.

Leading a team of four, the Strategic Workforce Planning Manager will oversee the delivery of day-to-day workforce planning activities, including resource management, business partnering, bid support, subcontractor management and CREW management.

**What you’ll do**

The role has a broad remit, with key responsibilities outlined below:

- Lead the development and execution of DPS’ Strategic Workforce Plan to enable the forecasting of future workforce demand, efficient allocation of resources, identification of skill gaps, and optimisation of DPS’ talent.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to align workforce strategies with organisational objectives, ensuring workforce planning supports long-term business goals.
- Use workforce analytics and data to inform and guide strategic decision making, measure performance, and assess the impact of workforce initiatives.
- Continuously assess and improve workforce planning processes and systems to ensure they remain effective and adaptable to changing business conditions.Standardise and streamline workforce planning processes to improve efficiency and align with best practices.

**What you’ll bring**
- Cert IV. in Project Management, PRINCE2, PMBOK or AGILE Methodologies.
- Undergraduate qualifications in Business, Workforce Planning, Human Resources or a related field.
- Post-Graduate qualifications in Business Administration (MBA), Human Resources Management, Organisational Development or a related field (desirable).
- Extensive experience (7-10 years) in Workforce Planning and Resource Management, ideally in the Professional Services or Management Consulting industry.
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, PowerBI Reporting tools, and CRM tools.
- Proven experience in a leadership or team management role, including the ability to lead, develop and inspire a team.
- Must be an Australian citizen (able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency security clearance at the appropriate level)

More than anything, you’ll have a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a drive to provide high quality outcomes for the Social Infrastructure and Citizen Services business unit and our clients.

**Why Downer Professional Services?**

At DPS, you’ll find the opportunity to build something remarkable. Here are some of the reasons why our people love working here:
**Work with purpose**. You’ll deliver or enable critical defence projects and programs in Australia, for Australia. Your expertise will help build sovereign capability.

**Great projects, influence and impact.**You might join us for the projects, but we think you’ll stay for the impact you can have. With high project ownership, agile problem solving and accessible leaders, you can go further at DPS.

**Your opportunity to build something remarkable.**We’re proud of all we’ve achieved. But there’s much more to do. Together, we’re building a better, stronger, more agile DPS. From process and systems to culture and communications, we're working hard to enable our teams to do their best work, whoever and wherever they are.

We encourage you to join us on our greatest endeavour. We’ll support and recognise your contribution, and you’ll also enjoy a range of benefits including:

- Veteran support initiatives and policies, including up to 20 days of Reservist Leave for veterans to remain connected as they transition out of active service
- An Employee Assistance Program providing access to professionals to support you (and your family) to achieve your personal or professional goals through wellbeing coaching, counselling, financial advice, legal advice and more.Affordable healthcare covers, discounted car purchase and rental (with selected brands), and other retail discounts.

**Ready to join us on our biggest endeavour?

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