Our Workforce planning approach aims to use a data led approach and will:

• Outline the organisation and our environment.
• Analyse the current workforce.
• Determine future workforce needs.
• Identify the gap between the current workforce and future needs.
• Put in place robust succession plans.
• Take actions to address shortages, surpluses or skills requirements.
• Ensure we attract and recruit people to better reflect the communities we serve.
• Monitor and evaluate our actions.

Workforce planning is a process of analysing the current workforce, determining future workforce needs, identifying the gap between the present and the future, and implementing solutions so that an organisation can accomplish its mission, goals, and strategic plan. It's about getting the right number of people with the right skills, employed in the right place, at the right time, at the right cost and on the right contract to deliver an organisation's short and long-term objectives.

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