Workforce Planner

at  The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Integral to the Trusts success and ongoing sustainability, this post plays a key role in evaluating the Trusts workforce establishment and creating innovative workforce plans.
The Workforce Planner will aid the Trust in various key projects associated with it’s workforce plans. Taking a role of coaching and training, the Workforce Planner will aim to increase the Trusts capability in managing it’s workforce and planning for the future.

This role is suitable for an experienced Workforce Planner with strong interpersonal, presentation and analytical skills.

• Review the Trust establishment in collaboration with key stakeholders based on the organisation position, growth and productivity, focusing on ‘outside of the box’ thinking to fill vacancies gaining best value for money and quality of care.
• Work closely with the Recruitment Team around process improvements and talent attraction strategies.
• Be an active member of key workforce projects which involve changes to workforce supply and demand.
• Write business cases and support key stakeholders with the writing of business cases associated with workforce plans, succession planning, pay and terms and conditions.
• Review staff constraints for service delivery, productivity and aid with workforce based solutions when the answers are complex or conflicting of other priorities.
• Advise Trust stakeholders on staffing structures, with practical solutions to complex structures.
• Advise key Trust stakeholders (including Executive level) on effective staffing solutions in line with employment law, legislation best practice, workforce supply, equality and diversity and value for money.
• Work in collaboration with Finance and ESR, create and maintain detailed staffing and vacancy reports for regular submission to management and board.
• Complete returns in line with National, Local and Regional workforce requirements working closely with System colleagues.

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The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.
Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we’re always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.
The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.
The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.
If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.

Devise regular workforce reports highlighting key performance indicators and progress. Communicating very complex reports regularly including at board level.

• Keep abreast of the national/regional picture regarding new roles.
• Create and contribute towards HR policy development, including consultation and negotiation with Staff Side colleagues.
• Devise, plan and deliver a training package associated with Workforce Planning across the Trust.
• Whilst there is no direct line management in the role, there is a need for the incumbent to coach, develop and support within the HR & OD Team and various other departments.
• Be a strategic link with Temporary Staffing, Finance and departments around deployment of temporary workforce in line with newer legislative requirements, such as the Workers Bill.
• Be a champion for workforce initiatives and be an advocate for the NHS People Plan and People Promise .
• Analyse, organise and forecast organisational workforce needs.
• Regularly review complex financial reports, establishments and
• Evaluate key workforce related risks to the organisation, such as equal pay risks and advise management to solution to mitigate risk and ensure remuneration is fair and equal.
• Assess the Trusts approach to workforce plans in line with annual planning and objectives, highlighting where the various plans don’t interlink and highlight risk associated with plans.

• Review the Trust establishment in collaboration with key stakeholders based on the organisation position, growth and productivity, focusing on ‘outside of the box’ thinking to fill vacancies gaining best value for money and quality of care.
• Work closely with the Recruitment Team around process improvements and talent attraction strategies.
• Be an active member of key workforce projects which involve changes to workforce supply and demand.
• Write business cases and support key stakeholders with the writing of business cases associated with workforce plans, succession planning, pay and terms and conditions.
• Review staff constraints for service delivery, productivity and aid with workforce based solutions when the answers are complex or conflicting of other priorities.
• Advise Trust stakeholders on staffing structures, with practical solutions to complex structures.
• Advise key Trust stakeholders (including Executive level) on effective staffing solutions in line with employment law, legislation best practice, workforce supply, equality and diversity and value for money.
• Work in collaboration with Finance and ESR, create and maintain detailed staffing and vacancy reports for regular submission to management and board.
• Complete returns in line with National, Local and Regional workforce requirements working closely with System colleagues