Workforce Planning and EVP Advisor

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Workforce Planning and EVP Advisor subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract.Rate: £36.28 per hourLocation: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: 2-3 days per week onsiteContract: 37 Hours per weekOvertime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)Workforce Planning and EVP Advisor Job Description:FCAS (Future Combat Air System) is one of the largest, most exciting, and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver a Future Combat Air Programme for the RAF in record time.

The key cornerstone of FCAS is the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which sees the UK working with our international partners Italy and Japan. FCAS and GCAP combined present a unique opportunity to influence the design of the platform and wider system to reflect a new approach to weapon integration and employment of effects rather than just traditional integration of effectors to an existing platform.

The FCAS portfolio consists of a number of different projects and contracts looking at different areas within Combat Air. The company is involved in a number of these projects including the TEMPEST project, where some novel technologies are being explored, the main UK FCAS Acquisition Programme, as well as the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). This role will join the People, Skills and Culture Team on the FCAS Programme.Responsibilities:

Strategic Workforce Planning

• Collaborate with external FCAS enterprise partners, including Team Tempest, to support strategic workforce and skills-based initiatives.
• Contribute to the identification, mitigation, and de-risking of short-term and long-term critical skills gaps.
• Provide project management support for workforce-related initiatives, including attraction, retention, training, and development activities.
• Support the delivery of externally agreed enterprise milestones and deliverables, including:
• Data collation and analysis
• Skills-related insights and reporting
• Advisory Subject Matter Expertise input into skills-based initiatives and workforce strategies

Employee Value Proposition (EVP) & Culture

• Support the ongoing development of the FCAS Programme Employee Value Proposition.
• Manage the coordination and submission of internal and external award applications aligned to the FCAS programmes annual award calendar.
• Support cultural development initiatives across the company and the FCAS programme by:
• Implementing targeted interventions informed by company culture survey results
• Analysing feedback from exit and offboarding conversations
• Contributing to activities that enhance engagement, inclusion, and retention

Secondments & Partner Mobility

• Project manage and administer the FCAS programme’s cross-partner secondment process.
• Act as a key point of contact for external partner organisations, supporting the exchange of secondees both into and out of the company.
• Ensure secondment activity aligns with programme objectives, workforce planning priorities, and governance requirements.

Internal Skills Development

• Support the identification and implementation of initiatives to enhance workforce skills and capability within the FCAS programme.
• Contribute to the development of measures aimed at strengthening internal capability and reducing reliance on external skills and internal subject matter experts.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure skills development activity aligns to current and future FCAS programme needs.

Skillset/experience required:

Experience working in a Workforce Planning/Talent Acquisition/STEM Skills/HR role.

Experience working in large and complex organisations.

Highly organised and able to manage multiple projects in conjunction.

Ability to manage competing demands.

Skilled at building effective relationships.

Ability to interpret large volumes of data.

Proficient in the use of MS Office particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

Knowledge/Experience in the defence sector would be useful but not essential.