Manager, Enterprise Workforce Planning

Job Posting Title

Manager, Enterprise Workforce Planning

Job Category

Workforce Analysis

Language Requirements

Bilingual Preferred / Bilingue de préférenceIn the event a qualified bilingual candidate is not found, a qualified unilingual candidate will be considered. / Dans l'éventualité où un candidat bilingue qualifié n'est pas disponible, un candidat unilingue qualifié sera considéré.

Flexible Work Agreement Type

Hybrid / Hybride

Posting End Date

Job Grade

L1 Zone A

Pay Range

Commensurate with Experience / Selon l'expérience

Job Summary

Are you ready to shape the future of workforce planning at an enterprise level? This is not just another role—it's a rare opportunity to be the first in a newly created position that will define how we plan, strategize, and evolve our workforce across the organization. We're not looking for someone to inherit a playbook—we're looking for someone to write it.

As the Manager, Enterprise Workforce Planning, you'll be at the forefront of building enterprise level frameworks and influencing how we align our workforce with business strategy. You won't be doing this alone; you'll be joining a passionate and experienced team that's already driving workforce insights and analytics. Together, you'll collaborate across departments, challenge the status quo, and bring innovative thinking to a space that's ripe for transformation.

This is your chance to make a lasting impact from day one. If you're a seasoned professional with a passion for strategic workforce planning, a knack for building from the ground up, and the influence to drive change across a complex organization—this is the role for you.

Job Description

What NAV CANADA offers you:

• Challenging, team-oriented work environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Diverse and inclusive workforce

In this role you will:

1. With guidance from the Director and Manager, Workforce Planning & Analysis, the manager develops and continuously improves an organization-wide Strategic Workforce Planning strategy, framework, and approach to support the Organization's strategies and initiatives related to planning for the workforce.

• Creatively and effectively responds to operational and client-based business requirements by assessing and developing innovative solutions to short term and longer-term workforce related business issues.

2. With guidance from the Manager, Workforce Planning & Analysis, researches, develops, improves and implements workforce planning processes, practices and action-plans to assist Workforce Planning and the organization in the formulation of workforce related strategic direction, frameworks and initiatives that are translated into measurable objectives that meet the organization's goals.

• Leads the design, implementation, adoption, and improvement of workforce planning models, systems and toolkits, collaborating with different stakeholders to identify and select the most appropriate solutions associated with workforce planning in alignment with the strategic direction.

3. Leads business activities to determine staffing requirement, create staffing plans and forecast, develops scenarios and creates an organization-level staffing forecast that aligns with the organization's future staffing requirements, strategic initiatives, predictive analytics, and industry trends.

• Leads regular assessments with managers to determine, review and revise staffing requirements and staffing plans.

• Ensures established processes and governance are adhered to and escalates any issues and makes recommendations on resolutions.

4. Proactively analyses, validates against set objectives, and monitors workforce plans, outcomes and risks at an organisation and business client level to ensure workforce objectives are heading in the right direction.

• Makes recommendations to Senior Leadership related to the effective and efficient use of staffing, as well as recommendations related to results that may require additional analysis.

5. Leads, participates, or collaborates with Project Management activities within the department to develop or implement initiatives, including improvements in the performance of workforce planning related services or to meet the needs of the organization.

• Engages with Labour Relations, Unions, other stakeholders, and key senior leaders to ensure the initiatives meet requirements, plans are thorough, and implementation is successful.

6. Leads, participates, or collaborates to workforce related research and development, and analytical insight to recommend improvements that drive labor practices, inform labor negotiations and inform how workforce plans are developed, including assessing key hypothesis and assumptions that will drive staffing forecasting.
7. Develops and delivers compelling presentations to business leaders on staffing forecast plan and other workforce related issues that may impact business outcomes.
8. Develops and designs communications and training material used to support WP`s processes. Participates in change management assessment and activities.

• Delivers ongoing training and support to managers around the understanding and use of workforce processes, practices, modelling tools, techniques in the development of workforce plans, and analytics to ensure all relevant data is considered effectively when staffing plans are created.

What you bring:

• University Degree in a related field OR a combination of equivalent work experience, education and training.

• 3 years of experience in conducting workforce plans, forecasting, monitoring performance of plans and assessing risks.

• Experience with Planning fundamentals, including project planning

• Experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses that identify trends

• Experience in developing and implementing complex activities/projects, processes and practices related to workforce activities.

• Experience in leading initiatives, conducting change management, and influencing stakeholders

• Extensive knowledge of Workforce Planning processes, practices, framework, models, reporting tools and data elements required for effective planning.

• Knowledge of Workforce Planning data and analytics and data mining/modeling tools.

• Knowledge of principles of quality assurance and data integrity.

• Knowledge of collective agreements and any applicable legislation in alignment with staffing with the ability to review and interpret related information to include as part of planning the workforce.

• Willingness to learn about the aviation industry and Canada's Air Navigation System.

How others describe you:

• Demonstrated analytical skills.

• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving skills and business acumen and judgment.

• Demonstrated innovation and creativity in the ability to propose solutions to identified issues and continuously drive improvement.

• Demonstrated ability to influence by using different approaches to persuade business leaders with differing perspectives and interests and building mutual understanding and focus on priorities

• Researching skills and ability to write detailed reports, processes and documentation supporting all workforce planning initiatives

• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively share information at all levels.

• Able to establish and maintain collaborative and positive working relationships with business partners and employees at all levels.

• Able to collaboratively lead initiatives and projects, and influence stakeholders across the business without direct authority

• Attention to detail and ability to balance multiple tasks in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment

Working Conditions:

• This position is a hybrid position with a minimum – 3 days per week on site.

• Occasional travel required
   

NAV CANADA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. If you do not believe that you match every job requirement listed on this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. NAV CANADA encourages a culture of learning and growth, and recognizes that although some technical skills are mandatory, many others can be taught.

Our Company strives to create an inclusive and barrier-free selection process and work environment. If you require accommodations during this competition process, please ensure that you inform the interview coordinator or hiring manager of any accommodation measures you may require. NAV CANADA will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.

The successful candidate must meet the security requirement of the position and be legally able to work in Canada.

We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for next steps will be contacted.

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