Organizational Design and Workforce Planning Specialist

Job Title : Organizational Design and Workforce Planning Specialist

Location : Edmonton, AB

Type : Permanent, hybrid

• All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada

The Position :

Our client is growing and we are currently looking for a Organizational Design and Workforce Planning Consultant for their HR & Culture Team. Reporting to the Leader of Culture, you will play a critical role in evaluating and enhancing the organizations frameworks to drive efficiency, collaboration, and alignment with strategic goals.

You will be responsible for developing comprehensive workforce strategies that address talent acquisition, skills gaps, and succession planning to meet future business needs. Your expertise will guide change initiatives related to organizational redesign, ensuring smooth transitions that align with the organizations business objectives and culture.

What You'll Do :

• Assess existing organizational frameworks and recommend improvements to optimize efficiency, collaboration, organizational capabilities, and alignment with strategic goals.
• Develop and implement workforce strategies, including talent acquisition, skills gap analysis, and succession planning to meet future business needs.
• Lead and support change initiatives related to organizational redesign, ensuring smooth transitions and alignment with business objectives.
• Create, curate, and educate leaders on organizational design principles on an ongoing basis to reinforce the key organizational outcomes as it relates to the organizational structure.
• Balance the needs of the business by enabling best practices, connection to organizational strategy, and ensuring consistency with key organizational design principles.
• Partner with senior leaders in the organization to align workforce strategies with broader business objectives and culture initiatives.
• In collaboration with other HR & Culture leaders and partners, develop and plan programs and strategies to translate business plan & strategy into short-medium-long term talent needs.
• Create and manage workforce projection models and tools (e.g. Excel based, Power BI, etc.) based on internal demographic data and available external market data.
• Identify a skills taxonomy to implement, maintain, and reinforce through organizational design, workforce planning, talent intelligence, and other key programs (e.g. learning and development, talent acquisition, etc.).
• Develop and maintain reporting abilities to continuously monitor and refine the effectiveness of the organizational design including, but not limited to : cost efficiency, average span of control, key outcomes.
• Research, establish, and reinforce current best practices as it relates to organizational design in other organizations and competitors.
• Conduct gap analysis and forecast future workforce needs using internal and external trend analysis in order to align with business growth and strategy.

Mandatories :

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Social Sciences, or a related field is required (experience in lieu of education will be considered).
• Certification in HR-related fields (e.g., SHRM, CPHR) is preferred.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in a similar role in organizational design and workforce planning.
• Experience in organizational design and workforce planning in a complex organization with strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Proficiency in HRIS, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and other relevant software tools.