Job Description
To develop and deliver the SPrO Resource Management Plan, ensuring that SPrO and Client resourcing needs are proactively identified, understood, and effectively met. The role is responsible for driving continuous improvement in resource management performance metrics and optimising workforce capability, utilisation, and deployment.
Key Responsibilities
Trusted Advisor
Act as a trusted advisor to SPrO by understanding demand requirements and the wider needs of the client to facilitate effective, data-driven resourcing decisions.
️ Resource Management Model Development
Support and, where appropriate, lead the development and implementation of the SPrO Resource Management Model, including associated processes, systems, tools, and reporting frameworks.
Resource Management Initiatives
Lead and/or support SPrO organisational resource management initiatives (e.g., DSA career pathways, graduate and apprenticeship programmes).
Stakeholder Collaboration
Collaborate closely with partners and demand leads on all resourcing matters to ensure alignment between supply and demand.
Governance & Representation
Chair resource management forums as appropriate (e.g., Partner Resource Management Group) and represent SPrO on all resource management matters.
Succession & Redeployment Planning
Identify succession and redeployment opportunities to retain critical tacit knowledge within SPrO and strengthen organisational resilience.
End-to-End Resourcing Ownership
Take responsibility for the full resourcing lifecycle within SPrO, including onboarding (new starters), internal moves, and leavers.
Continuous Improvement
Lead initiatives and targeted interventions to drive continuous improvement in SPrO Resource Management performance metrics.
Data Analysis & Reporting
Conduct ongoing analysis and reporting of forecast capacity, utilisation rates, and resource availability to inform strategic decision-making.
Demand Management Lead
Act as the first point of contact for demand leads to analyse and refine requests, resolve blockers, and manage risks and issues.
Portfolio Resource Planning
Establish and maintain regular resource and demand review sessions with portfolio leads to provide updates on workload allocation, deployment opportunities, and under/over-utilisation risks.
⚖️ Strategic Resource Deployment
Deploy resources effectively across tasks and projects, balancing organisational priorities with individual development needs to optimise utilisation, enhance mobility and agility, and support career progression goals.
Qualifications
️ Safety-Focused Mindset
Actively promotes and sustains a positive and safe working culture, ensuring safety remains a core priority in all activities and decisions.
Driven and Goal-Oriented
Demonstrates a proactive, can-do attitude with strong organisational skills and a clear focus on delivering results.
Stakeholder Awareness
Identifies key stakeholders and invests time in understanding their needs, priorities, and interests to ensure effective collaboration and alignment.
Highly Organised Communicator
Works efficiently, objectively, and with strong attention to detail. Communicates confidently and effectively with a wide range of personalities and professional backgrounds.
Customer-Centric Solution Builder
Promotes solutions that fully utilise the Joint Venture’s capabilities while responding flexibly to evolving customer needs.
Innovation and Continuous Improvement
Introduces value-adding ideas, best practice approaches, and innovative solutions to enhance performance and outcomes.
Resilient and Constructively Challenging
Demonstrates resilience and confidence in challenging the status quo when appropriate, while maintaining strong, professional stakeholder relationships.
Relationship Builder
Proactively initiates and develops relationships that encourage open communication, collaboration, and mutual understanding.
Additional Information
**Security clearance**
This role requires the successful candidate to hold a minimum of a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance.
Due to the nature of work this role will be delivering and for the protection of certain assets, the successful candidate has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non-ITAR country.
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.