Senior ICT Specialist Workforce /Resource Planner

One of our federal Government clients is seeking to engage for Senior ICT Specialist Workforce Planner for Canberra location

• Please note Candidate must have Baseline security clearanceInitial contract duration-12 Months

Extension term -24 months

**Location of work -CanberraWorking arrangements -**Hybrid

Job details

Workforce Planning professionals develop policies, guidelines and strategies related to management of an organisation's workforce. They identify, analyse and monitor the current and future workforce needs of an organisation and develop strategies to close the gap between the two states.

Key duties and responsibilities

The Specified Personnel will be responsible for providing the following deliverables including but not limited to:

• Conducting workforce supply analysis by assessing existing workforce capability and identify underutilized/Overstretched resources and skill gaps.
• Developing and maintaining a branch level workforce demand plan by forecasting resourcing needs of both APS and contracted staff for upcoming and inflight ICT projects across the TOS branch;
• Developing and maintaining a program level workforce skills and capability matrix by mapping the current branch workforce against our required capabilities to inform hiring and training priorities;
• Developing and maintaining a program level workforce allocation schedule by mapping resources to specific projects, phases and timeframes, actively highlight resourcing conflicts, overlaps, and under/overcapacity periods;
• Developing and maintaining executive reporting packs and workforce dashboards for senior leadership showing resource allocations, upcoming shortages, contractor usage and vacancy risk;
• Provide insights to support resource prioritization and funding decisions.

The Specified Personnel will also be responsible for producing the following deliverables, including but not limited to:

• Resouces onboard and off boarding tracking
• Workforce planning toolkit and templates
• Resourcing review reports
• Work plans;
• Schedules.

Technical skills

Power BI, Data Analysis, Forecasting, ICT resource identification and mapping.

Essential criteria

1. Workforce Optimisation level 3 - Strategically plan and manage the workplace environment to support workforce productivity and efficiency, and support cultural change

2. Workforce and Organisational Strategy Formulation level 3 - Develop workforce plans and programs in support of organisational strategies.

3. Workforce Analysis & Insights level 3 - Manage complex data analyses and workforce research/ experiments. Align requirements to organisational needs to draw and present relevant business insights to address organisational risks and needs.

4. Strategic Workforce Planning level 3 - Build the workforce planning function in the organisation. Develop the organisation’s workforce planning capability. Drive workforce strategies within the organisation.

5. Occupational/Job Segmentation level 4 - Identifies critical objectives to inform workforce planning by identifying and addressing high risks/ gaps in future vs. current roles. Contributes expert knowledge across the organisation in relation to occupational segmentation.

6. Business Acumen level 2 - Implement workforce programs and activities in alignment with business priorities and strategies. Understand how the program impacts and interacts with other areas of the business.

Desirable criteria

1. Portfolio, programme and project support level 4 - Supports programme or project control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings. Takes responsibility for the provision of support services to projects. Uses and recommends project control solutions for planning, scheduling and tracking projects. Sets up and provides detailed guidance on project management software, procedures, processes, tools and techniques. Provides basic guidance on individual project proposals. May provide a cross programme view on risk, change, quality, finance or configuration management.

2. Risk management level 4 - Carries out risk management activities within a specific function, technical area or project of medium complexity. Identifies risks and vulnerabilities, assesses their impact and probability, develops mitigation strategies and reports to the business. Involves specialists and domain experts as necessary.

3. Stakeholder Engagement level 3 - Manage stakeholder engagement and cultivate partnerships with co-design, to support and facilitate workforce planning and strategy across the organisation.

If you would like to apply for the above role, then please send your updated CV with Cover Letter to rahul.sharma@italliance.com.au