Salary
Band 9, £42,861 – £49,716 (Northumbria Police policy to appoint at the beginning of the band)
Location
Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking
Hours/Contract
37 hours per week, permanent
The Role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Workforce Planning and Insights Department as a Workforce Planning Analyst (Capability & Capacity).
Workforce Planning is a systematic, evidence-based process through which we use people systems, integrated data, and analytics to anticipate, design, and manage our workforce. This includes workforce levels, skills, deployment, and composition. Our aim is to ensure the Force can meet current and future policing demands, risks, and public service obligations within available resources.
Our work goes beyond staff numbers. It encompasses:
* A single, trusted view of the workforce
* Insight into capacity, capability, and risk
* Predictive and scenario-based decision support for leaders
* Skills and capability (investigation, safeguarding, digital forensics, leadership)
* Time and resilience (shifts, fatigue, wellbeing, succession)
* Risk and legality (critical roles, statutory duties, public safety)
We own all core people systems, associated technologies and data, providing technical leadership to maximise their use and benefits. We provide data-driven analysis on people performance, workforce composition, capacity and capability. The aim is to translate complex and extensive data into actionable insights. We help mitigate risks and optimise workforce investments.
What you’ll do
This isn’t your typical analyst role. Northumbria Police have a wide range of roles and skills that are unique to policing and in your role as Workforce Planning Analyst you will be working as part of a team to provide accurate and timely analysis of our workforce through people intelligence and metrics. Using your strong understanding of workforce planning principles and methodologies you will create detailed capacity and capability forecasts, both short/medium and long term.
In your role you will use your workforce planning, data and statistical analysis skills to create forecasting and modelling tools which will allow you to be able to undertake effective interpretation, skills-based demand analysis, scenario planning and predictive forecasting to ensure current and future capacity and capability requirements meet our organisational needs.
People intelligence and metrics are the key to the success of our team and enable us to develop compelling, data driven approaches, narratives and recommendations that improve the visibility we have of our workforce, improve performance, and effectively plan to meet the capacity and capability needs of the force. You will be using your data insights to create products that showcase your presentation and data visualisation skills across mixed medias.
Key Responsibilities
* You will inform, based on appropriate evidence, attraction, recruitment, training and development initiatives through producing and maintaining detailed and dynamic people intelligence and analyses.
* Develop, refine, and continuously evolve advanced forecasting and modelling tools—ensuring they provide accurate, evidence‑based projections of workforce capacity, capability, and risk across medium, and long‑term horizons.
* Design and deliver effective workforce planning, forecasting and management solutions that support medium-term and long-term organisational needs.
* Development of comprehensive succession plans and skills-based analysis to ensure resources are identified and developed, in a timely manner, to help understand pipelines across the force area.
* Attend and participate in workforce meetings, use data visualisation and presentation skills to support corporate decision making to meet operational and strategic resourcing objectives.
* Engage with key stakeholders across various departments to gather and share information to meet business objectives and support the delivery of force resourcing strategy and associated plans.
* Ensure modifications and system changes are up to date, fit for purpose and support the maintenance / development of core systems that underpin the workforce planning function.
What you’ll bring
* Degree-level education or equivalent experience.
* Expertise in workforce planning, data analytics, and strategic insight generation.
* Advanced skills in data visualisation and insights (e.g., dashboards, presentations).
* Ability to compose narrative-driven reports for senior audiences under strict timelines.
* Advanced data handling skills and experience with large relational databases.
* Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a creative approach to interpreting data.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills; able to present complex information clearly and persuasively.
* Experience with BI tools
* Ability to prioritise multiple projects and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
* Experience in workforce design or development functions in a large organisation.
* Public sector experience.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period. If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
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