Reporting to the Head of Operations, Financial and Business Planning and Reporting, the Resourcing Consultant will own our resourcing programme which supports the success of CF’s project delivery through the assignment of the best teams to deliver the highest quality of work.
You will collaborate across the organisation to deliver an excellent employee experience and ensure cost efficiency.
In your role as Resourcing Lead, you will play a pivotal role in managing and optimising our team to ensure the smooth execution of our business operations and projects.
This is a dynamic, high-impact role that requires both strong operational and analytical acumen and the ability to translate operational data into actionable insights that support the business's broader objectives.
When working with colleagues in CF, clients, suppliers, and people seeking to engage CF, professionalism, kindness, diplomacy and professionalism are essential qualities we expect from the person in role.
Manage and adapt our resourcing rules that set out the practices we need to follow in order to ensure projects run smoothly and finish successfully
Support staffing matters by recommending appropriate resources while considering workload, skillset, and business needs
Design resourcing KPIs and utilise CRM reporting functionality to provide insights into resource utilisation, demand and forecasting
Engage with delivery leadership teams to adjust team profiles when project scopes, timelines, or performance issues change, ensuring the maintenance of established profit margins for projects
Act as a gatekeeper for our resourcing guidelines, ensuring that Accountable Partners are as the name would suggest accountable for making great decisions around resource utilisation on their projects and maintaining compliance with our guidelines
Collaborate with business development in the creation of cost tables that provide an overview of the costs incurred of running a project as well as the expected profit margins
Manage our use of associates in line with our business plan to accommodate the right people being in the right place at the right time and that associate usage and therefore costs can be planned
Design project teams that show appropriate attention to meeting cost margins in each practice, ensuring balanced usage of Associates in line with our business plan and spread across project teams
Follow our associate pay benchmarks when determining the pay available for associates being deployed in specific roles for specific projects, particularly when an associate is playing a different role than is usual for them
Build and grow an understanding of the expertise and interest of our team to ensure they’re able to work on projects that both challenge and excite them
Maintain a skills matrix for CF employees and the associate pool as a live record of the skills and experience network available to us
Engage with team members to support their goals and provide wellbeing care where needed
Complete ongoing reviews of work allocation across the business to meet target utilisation goals, while ensuring that projects requiring time spent away from London are evenly split across parties
Communicate resourcing decisions to all staff via conversations where possible, and followed up via Teams before they’re notified of new assignments by Partners or other parties
Engage in face-to-face discussions around resourcing with support from the Head of O, P&R in situations where challenging or sensitive decisions have been made
Maintain monthly communication with our associate pool to stay up-to-date on their availability, skills, day rates, and areas of expertiseAct as the point of contact for all resource administration queries managing the resourcing mailbox
Ensuring all staff are notified in advance of being cited as a project team member in a proposal
Create and distribute a weekly resourcing overview that outlines utilisation, start dates for upcoming projects and details of resourcing to those projects
Escalate significant resourcing challenges to Head of O,P&R as soon as they present a meaningful business or people impact
Escalate significant resourcing challenges to the Head of O,P&R and Partner in charge of a project as soon as they present a meaningful business or people impact
In the event that we have bench resource, you will take responsibility for liaising with the Head of Operations, Planning and Reporting to decide how best to use that resource
Ensure each new hire is aware of the project they will be working on prior to joining the business
Manage our pool of associates which includes issuing and managing associate contracts, and keeping track of their availability and skillset
Support the retention of top-performing associates by maintaining strong connections and ensuring a seamless, positive experience in all interactions with the business
Monitor and manage associate offboarding from the pool by evaluating feedback on project delivery, encompassing both performance and behavior, in alignment with our core values
Support the retention and engagement of our regular associate pool by engaging in meaningful connection conversations
Requirements
Prior experience leading resourcing within a professional services environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work in a fast paced and quickly changing environment
Ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines
Strong attention to detail and organisation skills
Proactive, flexible, organised, and able to problem solve
Advanced Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
Previous experience in professional services environment ideal
Interest in healthcare and making a social impact
Benefits
Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year in addition to all bank holidays; after two years’ service this would increase to 27 days; after four years’ service this would increase to 32 days, after six years’ service this would increase to 35 days, which is the maximum entitlement
Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days
Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid
Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total 12 weeks in any 12-month period
Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service
Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt
An interest-free loan: offered to staff up to £10,000; up to 40% (£4,000) can be requested 2 months prior to the start date
Access to an interest-free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments
Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of the nursery care
Flexible working policy: including the ability to work fully remotely for up to 44 days a year
An Employee Assistance and Wellness Program: including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks
Seasonal flu jabs: provided by Boots annually
Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts at Vision Express
Ride to work scheme, saving up to 42% on bikes and cycling accessories at Evans Cycles
Access to ClassPass a monthly fitness membership that provides access to thousands of different studios, gyms, and wellness at a discounted rate
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