Workforce Planning/ Resource Advisor

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to understand project and client resourcing needs, ensuring effective workforce deployment across teams.
• Drive utilisation by advising on best practice and identifying resource solutions that balance commercial priorities with individual skillsets.
• Manage competing demands on resources to deliver optimal outcomes for both the business and its clients.
• Maintain and update work planners, providing administrative support throughout the resourcing lifecycle.
• Ensure project teams are well-matched to client requirements, combining technical expertise with industry knowledge.
• Support strategic talent management by aligning staff development goals with engagement opportunities.
• Build strong relationships across the business, influencing and challenging stakeholders to ensure effective resource decisions.
• Coordinate resource allocation in response to changing project timelines and new business wins.
• Assist with internal and external secondment programmes, onboarding of contingent workers, and employee deployment.
• Analyse utilisation data and support conversations around performance benchmarks and non-chargeable time.
• Contribute to forecasting and reporting on workforce utilisation, helping to inform strategic planning.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and support training initiatives within the resource management function.