PeopleandCulture-Proof2

2.Workforce Planning
Workforce planning is an organisational process that can help ensure
service areas make the best use of the resources they have in order to
meet the business needs, both now and in the future.
Developing excellent workforce plans are integral to assessing the gap
between the current workforce delivering services today, and the future
workforce that we will need in coming years. A diverse workforce is our
priority, encompassing a representative reflection of the communities
that we serve, giving due focus to the importance of developing the use
of Welsh language in our City. Supporting and managing changes in the
workforce numbers, skills and agility requirements will also be a priority.
It is essential that all service areas develop an understanding of both their
current workforce and the future workforce required, in order to deliver
their objectives. Developing talent, succession planning, cross functional
working and upskilling are vital practices in developing a robust workforce
strategy to make the organisation resilient into the future.
We intend to:
DEVELOP SUCCESSION PLAN PRACTICES
NURTURE AND DEVELOP TALENT
BUILD CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS AND UPSKILL
EMPLOYEES TO ENABLE THE EFFECTIVE
IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGE
ENSURE THE WORKFORCE IS MORE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE POPULATION WE SERVE
A very important strand in workforce planning is to endeavour to make
our workforce more representative of the population we serve, encouraging
diversity and using data and metrics to inform forecasting and
planning/decisions.
We will have the right number of people with the right skills, employed
in the right place at the right time, to deliver organisational goals
and objectives.
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