Workforce Planning Specialist

About Woodlands Hospital

Woodlands Hospital represents a future-focused healthcare system integrating acute and community services with specialist outpatient clinics and innovative care models. Our commitment is to deliver seamless and patient-centered care that extends well beyond traditional hospital settings. Our mission is to revolutionize healthcare for an aging and diverse population by leveraging digital innovations, preventive health measures, and strong community partnerships. Central to our approach are team-based care, sustainability, and promoting health equity to build a healthier future for all.

Role Significance

We seek a data-savvy and analytical expert to influence workforce decision-making that underpins organizational expansion, operational efficiency, and financial viability. This position uniquely bridges workforce strategy, analytics, finance, and governance. Collaborating with various organizational stakeholders, you will drive data-informed manpower planning and optimize staffing investments.

Key Duties

• Lead the annual manpower planning and budgeting process by partnering with Finance and HR Business Partners to forecast staffing needs and associated costs utilizing data trends and workload indicators.
• Assess, challenge, and streamline manpower requests throughout the year, ensuring consistency with organizational priorities, approved headcounts, and budget constraints.
• Enhance workforce governance frameworks, policies, and controls to promote effective management of manpower resources.
• Convert workforce data into strategic insights through analytics, trend evaluation, and scenario modeling to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports that deliver timely insights on workforce metrics, utilization rates, and budget adherence.
• Oversee manpower-related reporting tasks for internal and external audiences while championing simplification and automation of processes.
• Track funding utilization, coordinate submission and claims processes, and assist in audit and compliance activities.
• Advocate for an evidence-based approach to workforce planning, continuously seeking opportunities to enhance practices, productivity, and resource allocation.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Possess 4 to 6 years of pertinent experience in workforce planning, manpower management, HR analytics, finance, or related analytical functions.
• Demonstrate a strong analytical mindset capable of organizing and extracting meaningful insights from large, complex datasets.
• Exhibit hands-on experience and comfort working in ambiguous situations with a strong drive to resolve business challenges through data analysis.
• Proven ability in stakeholder management and communication, influencing and collaborating across multiple organizational units.
• Familiarity with budgeting, financial planning, or cost management is preferred.
• Experience with dashboard creation and data visualization tools, such as Power BI, is advantageous.
• Maintain a proactive, curious outlook focused on continuous improvement of processes, insights, and outcomes.