Category: People and skills

Subcategory: People management

Workforce planning - WFPL

Strategically projecting the demand for people and skills and proactively planning the workforce supply to meet organisational needs.

Levels:

Level 4:
Description: Gathers, maintains and analyses organisation-wide workforce capability data. Performs gap analysis to identify workforce strengths and shortfalls with reference to business strategy and specific future needs. Contributes to the development of organisation-wide workforce plans to meet current and future demand. Coordinates and schedules ongoing workforce planning activities. Assists in maintaining a skills and capability inventory.

Level 5:
Description: Leads the development of workforce plans to ensure the availability of appropriately skilled resources to meet organisational objectives and commitments. Contributes to the development of the strategic workforce planning approach. Oversees and reviews the implementation of workforce plans. Develops current-state assessment of workforce skills, capabilities and potential. Forecasts future workforce demand for skills based on broad organisation-wide plans and external factors. Maintains a skills and capability inventory and identifies options for closing gaps.

Level 6:
Description: Defines an integrated strategic workforce planning approach connecting organisational business goals to future skill needs. Communicates the workforce planning approach and obtains organisational commitment. Selects frameworks to be used for the organisation's skills and capability inventory. Interprets business strategy to direct workforce demand forecasting (skills and numbers) for the organisation. Monitors the external environment in relation to supply and emerging trends. Influences people management policies and practices to align with workforce plans. Integrates with resourcing strategies and plans. Monitors execution of workforce plans.