Senior Workforce Planning Specialist

3 days ago


Perth, Western Australia Western Power Full time $100,000 - $150,000 per year

Senior Workforce Planning Specialist

We're looking for a Senior Workforce Planning Specialist to join our growing People team in a permanent opportunity. You'll lead strategic workforce planning across the business - guiding complex programs and providing critical insight to ensure we have the right people, in the right roles, at the right time.

As we accelerate into the Energy Transition, we face a powerful challenge: meeting today's critical workforce needs while building the capabilities to lead tomorrow. You'll play a key role in driving strategic workforce planning across complex programs, helping us unlock insight, anticipate change, and stay one step ahead.

Your Role in Action

  • Shape and evolve our Strategic Workforce Plan - take ownership of its design, refresh, and governance, along with key workforce planning initiatives that bring it to life.
  • Lead the way in enterprise-wide workforce planning by designing and embedding a consistent model, including tools, frameworks, and processes used across all of Western Power.
  • Turn insight into action - proactively monitor plans, performance, and workforce risks across the business to identify practical, forward-thinking strategies that support our long-term goals.
  • Deliver workforce insights that matter, aligning with key corporate planning cycles such as strategy development, annual reporting, budgeting, and business planning.
  • Leverage workforce data to drive decisions - bring clarity and depth to business conversations by analysing internal trends and external market shifts.
  • Be the trusted expert on all things strategic workforce planning - the go-to person for navigating complex challenges and unlocking effective solutions.
  • Build strong partnerships across the business, engaging leaders and stakeholders at all levels to champion the planning process and ensure solutions are embedded and embraced.

What Makes You a Great Fit

  • Experience in strategic workforce planning within complex environments.
  • Skilled in developing and implementing planning systems, tools, and processes.
  • Analytical mindset with ability to turn workforce data into meaningful insights to influence decisions
  • Confident communicator & creative thinker - able to lead complex projects & bring ideas to life
  • Effective at leading change and engaging stakeholders at all levels.
  • Relevant tertiary qualification

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:

  • Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
  • Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
  • The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
  • Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
  • An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
  • An innovative team culture that's enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
  • In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.

Applications close on 15 October 2025

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Find out more about our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. Western Power is also proud to be a Work180 endorsed employer for women

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