Workforce Transformation Project Manager

Workforce Project Manager – Workforce Transformation

3 days per week | 3–6 month fixed-term contract | Northamptonshire

How do you build a flexible workforce model that balances changing employment requirements with significant peaks in operational demand?

Our client is seeking a Workforce Project Manager to review how it engages its flexible workforce and develop a practical, commercially sound model for the future.

Working across casual workers, agency staff, contractors and volunteers, you will assess current arrangements, develop costed options and create a clear implementation plan.

The role

Working alongside a Strategic Workforce Planning Analyst and colleagues across People, Legal, Finance, Technology and Operations, you will:

• Map workforce arrangements, including contracts, policies, processes, systems and supplier relationships.
• Analyse workforce spend, identify inefficiencies and establish opportunities for savings.
• Assess the implications of employment reforms, working with Legal to identify risks and priorities.
• Develop workforce options that balance flexibility, cost, compliance and worker experience.
• Build the business case and implementation roadmap for leadership approval.
• Plan consultation, communications and manager guidance around operational demands.
• Establish project governance, manage dependencies and provide a thorough handover.

Applicants MUST have delivered workforce transformation, contingent labour or organisational change projects, turning analysis into practical recommendations and implementation.

Experience involving casual, agency, seasonal or other flexible workforces will be particularly relevant.

You will bring:

• Working knowledge of UK employment law relevant to flexible workforce arrangements, including worker status, agency worker rules and ideally IR35.
• The ability to assess legislative change and translate it into operational action.
• Confidence analysing workforce costs, comparing options and building business cases.
• Strong project planning, governance and stakeholder management skills.
• A hands-on approach and the credibility to challenge constructively.

Katie Bard is acting as an agency and is an equal opportunities employer.