Workforce, Planning & Information Lead

Job summary

If you are looking for a role which will make a difference, an opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and supportive People Services team. We are recruiting to cover absence, for a Workforce Planning & Information Lead to create and lead a coordinated workforce planning programme along with people information systems across YAS. The post holder will be expected to use their existing analysis and business intelligence expertise to understandcurrent and future workforce needs. The post holder will lead the development of the Trust-wide workforce plan (WFP) which underpins the Trust's Business plan.

Working with service lines and corporate leads for the creation of a plan which provides assurance the Trust can satisfactorily meet demand. The planning approach should enable measurement of progress the agreed trajectories at agreed intervals. To be successful you must be able to demonstrate your expertise in workforce planning in collaboration with scheduling and workforce modelling colleagues from across all service lines. You will enjoy a challenge where no two days will be the same and enjoy analysing and presenting data to a wide range of audiences. The ability to quickly build relationships and trust in the data is a must.

Main duties of the job

• Provide workforce planning support and expertise to HRBPs and to service line workforce leads to enable them to build workforce planning capability and capacity within their functions. They will be supported by the Systems and Business Intelligence teams. The ultimate aim to have one complete long term workforce plan for the entire organisation.
• Lead and manage People System ensuring optimisation of the systems' functionalities and workforce data reporting, analysis, and presentation across the organisation.
• Provide leadership to the development of a succession plan for business-critical roles.
• Lead and manage workforce supply through the Recruitment Team with a compassionate, innovative and inclusive / values-based approach. This include designing new roles to fill hard to recruit to gaps

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.o Contributory Pension.o NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.o Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)o Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.o Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.o Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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