Worcestershire businesses can now access valuable support to enhance their workforce planning through a comprehensive digital platform, developed by Worcestershire County Council and Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
Worcestershire Workforce Planning Platform is designed to help businesses understand the significance of Workforce Planning and equip them for future success.
Workforce Planning is crucial in supporting organisations to navigate 21st Century business challenges and introduces a people-first approach to talent and skills. It analyses the company culture and the current needs of the workforce vs the future needs of the workforce. This process enables businesses to build a robust company culture and ensure their workforce has the skills, knowledge and behaviours for organisational success in the future.
The workforce is the driving force behind the achievement of business strategy and sustainability. By taking a pro-active, long-term people focussed approach businesses can ensure they have the right workforce, at the right time. This workforce will support innovation and growth whilst overcoming recruitment and retention challenges, skills shortages, and continuous change.
Following feedback from the Worcestershire business community at key business events, such as the LEP’s BIG Conversation in February, data identified that organisations required more support to help them build a workforce plan and understand the benefits of having one.
The Worcestershire Workforce Planning Platform guides businesses through the various stages of workforce planning. It provides practical advice and guidance at each step, making the process straightforward and manageable.
The Worcestershire Workforce Planning Platform is completely free to use.
To help organisations understand how to utilise the new Workforce Planning Platform, there will be two official launch events for organisations to attend and learn first-hand about how the new platform can be utilised in their workplace and also learn more about the additional workforce development support available.
Organisations will also be able to attend a series of informative webinars on various key topics and aspects of workforce development and HR. These webinars will be delivered from September to December and will allow organisations to hear from experts and other organisations about best practice and the steps they can take to improve their workforce.
All the launch events and webinars are free to attend and can be booked onto via the Worcestershire Growth Hub website and are delivered in partnership with the Growth Hub, County Council and Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce.
For more information about the toolkit, events and webinars, visit the Worcestershire Growth Hub website here: Workforce Planning – Worcestershire Growth Hub