Workforce Management Specialist
Posted 2 weeks ago by Ceto Talent
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Reading, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Senior Capability Specialist / Workforce Capability Specialist focuses on workforce planning and capability analysis within the nuclear and defence sector. The position requires collaboration with senior leadership to ensure the organization has the necessary skills and structure to meet current and future objectives. The specialist will provide critical insights and reporting to support strategic decision-making. This is a hybrid position located near Reading, with a contract duration of 12 months and classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead workforce capability reporting, analysis, and insight generation
- Identify skills gaps, trends, risks, and single points of failure
- Develop and maintain workforce capability data aligned to delivery outputs
- Engage with stakeholders to define required skills and future capability needs
- Provide oversight of safety-critical roles and highlight vulnerabilities
- Present clear, actionable reporting to senior leadership teams
- Align workforce demand with supply and budget in collaboration with finance
- Ensure governance, compliance, and accurate documentation of workforce risks
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in workforce capability, people analytics, or MI reporting
- Strong background operating in complex, regulated environments
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Highly analytical, with the ability to translate data into clear insights
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong understanding of GDPR and handling sensitive data
- Organised, proactive, and solutions-focused
- Power BI experience (desirable)
- Experience within nuclear, defence, or other regulated industries (desirable)
- Knowledge of change management methodologies (Lean, Kaizen, ADKAR) (desirable)
- Familiarity with Workday and reporting tools (desirable)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role: Senior Capability Specialist / Workforce Capability Specialist (Defence / Nuclear)
Location: Near Reading (Hybrid Working – 9 Day Fortnight)
Contract: 12 Months | Inside IR35
Ceto Talent are supporting a highly secure and complex programme within the nuclear / defence sector, seeking an experienced Workforce Capability Specialist to play a key role in workforce planning, capability analysis, and governance. This is a critical position working closely with senior leadership to ensure the organisation has the right skills, capacity, and structure in place to deliver both current and future objectives.
The Role
You will act as the central point for workforce capability management information, providing analysis, insight, and reporting to support strategic decision-making across the business unit.
- Lead workforce capability reporting, analysis, and insight generation
- Identify skills gaps, trends, risks, and single points of failure
- Develop and maintain workforce capability data aligned to delivery outputs
- Engage with stakeholders to define required skills and future capability needs
- Provide oversight of safety-critical roles and highlight vulnerabilities
- Present clear, actionable reporting to senior leadership teams
- Align workforce demand with supply and budget in collaboration with finance
- Ensure governance, compliance, and accurate documentation of workforce risks
Requirements
- Proven experience in workforce capability, people analytics, or MI reporting
- Strong background operating in complex, regulated environments
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Highly analytical, with the ability to translate data into clear insights
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong understanding of GDPR and handling sensitive data
- Organised, proactive, and solutions-focused
Desirable
- Power BI experience
- Experience within nuclear, defence, or other regulated industries
- Knowledge of change management methodologies (Lean, Kaizen, ADKAR)
- Familiarity with Workday and reporting tools
*Please note that with defence sector roles, you may be subject to security clearance requirements*
Deadline: 22nd March
For more information or to apply, contact Jasmine White at Ceto Talent for a confidential discussion | jasmine@cetotalent.com