Pension: 28.97% of salary (RoS contribution)
Annual leave: 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
Duration: Permanent
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week. We are a flexible employer and will consider a variety of working patterns on a case-by-case basis.
Location: Home / Office hybrid working. Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Grade: SEO
Number of vacancies: One
About Registers of Scotland (RoS)
Registers of Scotland is a world-leading pioneer in land and property registration. We hold the answer to the question, "Who owns Scotland?" We’re a modern, digital organisation and our success relies on building a diverse team of dedicated, skilled and motivated people.
The role
We’re looking for someone who enjoys combining strategic thinking, data‑led insight and collaboration to help shape the future workforce of Registers of Scotland.
In this role, you will lead the development and delivery of RoS’ Strategic Workforce Plan. You will work across directorates to understand future organisational needs, assess current workforce supply, and model scenarios that support informed, evidence‑based decisions about future capability, organisational structure, talent and investment.
You will provide clear, accessible and high‑quality insight to senior leaders, translating complex data into compelling narratives and practical recommendations. Your work will directly influence workforce design, talent pipelines and organisational change activity.
As Strategic Workforce Planning & Analytics Manager, you will work as part of a small, high-impact team and be responsible for the line management of one colleague.
We welcome applications from a range of backgrounds and experiences. This role requires relevant experience aligned to the requirements outlined, but we recognise that these skills can be developed in different contexts. If you feel your experience and capability closely match the role, we encourage you to apply.
On a typical day you will…
Strategic Workforce Planning
- Lead the design and delivery of RoS’ Strategic Workforce Plan, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and directorate priorities.
- Develop and enhance workforce planning methodologies to assess future demand, capability needs and workforce risks.
- Analyse workforce supply, capability, demographics and costs to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.
- Model workforce scenarios and produce insight to support strategic choices and organisational design decisions.
Insight, Metrics and Analytics
- Develop high-quality analytics, dashboards and metrics to support senior leadership decision‑making.
- Identify and present workforce trends, risks and dependencies, offering balanced options and recommendations.
- Work collaboratively with data colleagues to integrate data sources and improve workforce reporting systems.
- Translate complex analysis into clear, accessible narratives and visualisations for different audiences.
Collaboration and Relationships
- Partner with directorates to understand strategic priorities and convert these into actionable workforce requirements.
- Build trusted relationships across RoS to influence workforce‑related decisions and secure engagement.
- Promote collaborative problem solving and inclusive decision making across teams.
- Provide project management oversight for the Strategic Workforce Plan, ensuring effective governance and risk management.
- Assess and support workforce impacts of organisational change, contributing to transition planning and long‑term capability building.
- Contribute to workforce interventions that support long term capability and organisational effectiveness.
This job is for you if you want…
- Work with purpose: working for the people of Scotland to set the bar for land and property registration worldwide.
- Flexible and hybrid working: depending on the role and team requirements, work when and where it’s best for you and your stakeholders.
- Benefits: enjoy pay progression, pension contributions of up to 28.97%, up to a year’s parental leave, and 38 days annual holiday, increasing to 42 days with length of service.
- Investment in professional development: we invest in all our people so that they have the right skills to be productive and confident in their job.
- Diversity and Inclusion: We are an ‘Investor in People’ and a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. We are inclusive, stronger together, and committed to putting our people first.
- Positive work culture: RoS is an agile, digital organisation using leading-edge technology. Colleagues understand their role in achieving our strategy and have the autonomy to deliver.
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