Job Description
- Role: Senior Capability Specialist / Workforce Capability Specialist
- Location: Near Reading (Hybrid Working 9 Day Fortnight)
- Contract: 12 Months Inside IR35
- Rate: Competitive / Negotiable - Hourly
Deadline: 22nd March
Ceto Talent are supporting a highly secure and complex programme within the nuclear and defence sector in the search for an experienced Workforce Capability Specialist. This is a key opportunity for someone with strong workforce planning, capability analysis, and governance experience to support a critical programme operating in a regulated, security-sensitive environment.
The successful individual will be responsible for providing insight into workforce capability, identifying skills gaps and vulnerabilities, and supporting strategic decision-making through clear reporting, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.
The Role
You will serve as the focal point for workforce capability management information, providing detailed analysis, insight, and reporting to support strategic workforce planning and decision-making across the wider business unit.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead workforce capability reporting, analysis, and insight generation
- Identify skills gaps, trends, risks, and single points of failure
- Develop and maintain workforce capability data aligned to delivery outputs
- Engage with stakeholders to define required skills and future capability needs
- Provide oversight of safety-critical roles and highlight vulnerabilities
- Present clear, actionable reporting to senior leadership teams
- Align workforce demand with supply and budget in collaboration with finance
- Ensure governance, compliance, and accurate documentation of workforce risks
Requirements
- Proven experience in workforce capability, people analytics, or MI reporting
- Strong background operating in complex, regulated environments
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Highly analytical, with the ability to translate data into clear insights
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong understanding of GDPR and handling sensitive data
- Organised, proactive, and solutions-focused
Desirable
- Power BI experience
- Experience within nuclear, defence, or other regulated industries
- Knowledge of change management methodologies (Lean, Kaizen, ADKAR)
- Familiarity with Workday and reporting tools
Please note that with defence sector roles, you may be subject to security clearance requirements
For more information or to apply, contact Jasmine White at Ceto Talent for a confidential discussion.
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