YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Very strong MS Office skills, in particular excel with an aptitude to master new systems quickly
• Strong and effective communicator. Very Strong people skills, being able to effectively communicate and influence key decisions at all levels
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal, and ability to build and sustain productive relationships.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to adhere to processes and procedures.
• Proven time management skills as the need to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines is essential with ability to manage assigned workload, a strong team player.

RESOURCE SPECIALISTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FULFILLING STAFFING DEMANDS AND MATCHING THE DEMAND WITH THE TALENTS BASED ON THEIR SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES. TO FULFIL CLIENT DEMANDS THEY WILL CAST, SHORT-LIST, AND ALLOCATE TALENTS. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO ACTIVATE THE SUITABLE SOURCING CHANNELS: INTERNAL TALENT POOL, CROSS STAFFING, AND FREELANCING. FURTHERMORE, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULING CAPACITY VERSUS INCOMING DEMANDS, ROTATIONS, REPLACEMENT, AND RENEWALS. RESOURCE SPECIALIST ALSO ASSESS AND ACT ON SCENARIOS TO OPTIMIZE UTILIZATION OF LOCAL BENCH. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING STAFFING COMMUNICATIONS AND ACTIONS FOR THEIR ASSIGNED TALENTS. IF NECESSARY, A RESOURCE SPECIALIST IS THE FIRST PERSON TO ESCALATE POTENTIAL FULFILMENT CHALLENGES AS PER THE ESCALATION PROCESS. THE HEAD STAFFING MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE TEAM OF STAFFING MANAGERS IN THE PRACTICE AND SUPERVISES TACTICAL WORKFORCE PLANNING ACTIVITIES.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

YOUR ROLE

• Resource planning to allocate consultants effectively across multiple projects based on capability gaps, whilst monitoring and forecasting resource demand and proactive communicating any gaps with leadership,
• Place consultants into roles, balancing their development needs with the needs of the business
• Objective of the role is to proactively manage the resourcing process, identify issues affecting resourcing performance, help to develop solutions, working with a wide variety of stakeholders, in order to support the Management Team in ensuring CIS meets their financial and non-financial targets.
• Management of demand to also timely staffing which can mean working with multiple areas of supply, Perm employees, Contractors or third parties.
• Always ensuring our staffing tool is fully up to date and very well managed.