Workforce Planner

Workforce Planner 

Location: Nottingham, hybrid working options available

Contract type: Fixed Term – 14-month contract

Job Ref: 813

Salary: £43,520 with potential to rise to £51,200 over 3 years

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Workforce Planner, to join our team during an exciting period of transformation. You will be a key part of new projects within the Talent Acquisition team, enhancing our processes and ways of working whilst enabling us to source top talent for our roles.

As a Workforce Planner, you will work closely with the Talent Acquisition Lead to develop our workforce planning and recruitment strategies, so analytical and data skills are essential.

Every day you will … 

Gather data from various sources, presenting insights to the business on our current headcount, attrition, and vacancies. Using insights you will identify enhancements to our people analytics processes, using systems such as Dayforce and OrgVue.
Work collaboratively with the Talent Acquisition team, People Partners, and the People Analytics team to review insights that can feed into the implementation of new recruitment strategies to meet required and forecasted demands.
Work with the Talent Acquisition Lead on projects that enable us to meet our workforce plan requirements, including system enhancements, recruitment process mapping and the development of clear ways of working across teams.
Recruit in periods of volume, sourcing and attracting top talent, through LinkedIn attraction, headhunting, advertising, and being involved in assessment centres.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Generous pension scheme (with us contributing up to 12% when you contribute 6%)
Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

You will have a continuous improvement mindset, always looking for new ways of working, with the confidence to present your ideas and project management skills to see them through to implementation.
You will have strong interpersonal skills, whether working across teams or when connecting with candidates over the phone or in person.
You will be analytically minded, with the ability to work with data on multiple systems and the capacity to create and manage Excel sheets.
A background in recruitment and knowledge of internal workforce planning would be beneficial for the role.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at  

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued but celebrated, allowing everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply